Day: June 14, 2022

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Project: Daily Sketch Scroll

I’ve been watching this YouTube channel that has a whole bunch of invaluable Composition and Painting advice and stumbled across what sounds like a really fun project to tackle:
A Daily Sketch Scroll.

Here’s the Video by Ian Roberts, about the idea:

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Now, given that I work digitally I had to adapt a little, but I’ve started yesterday and like the setup I have so far.

The idea so far: I set up a Krita-file that will extend downward over the month and day by day I sketch whatever comes to mind. Which lets be honest will be 99% DnD themed, but nonetheless I hope to break loose from all those finished, refined pieced I feel inclined towards. This gives me room to test out some stuff and maybe get my brain out of painting and into line drawing mode again.
Every Evening I block out that days additions and don’t look back until after the month (or whenever I decide that this is over…) Let’s stick with the month for now though.

I will report back with results on the 13th of July!
Wish me luck ^^

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Portrait Painting 11 – Ciccerek

This one felt like magic and I needed a good couple days to figure out why it took me less than 2 hours but I think I found the secret:
There’s no humanoid face on here. No noses, no symmetry for eyes or ears or really anything at all because everything is in profile either way.

And though I had dreaded the whole figuring out feather textures thing, that one turned out to come quite naturally to me… So here he is: Aaracokra Druid Ciccerek, turned Ruby Dragon by virtue of… getting adopted.

That leaves only my very own Character, Gen, to go… and I am mildly horrified both by the dice having made him the final picture I make and… the prospect of being done with the project.
I’ve streamed the first bit of the drawing process last Wednesday and will likely finish the rest tomorrow so… if you’d like to see come step by on twitch!

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Portrait Painting 10 – Fen and Edward

The next instalment of my portrait painting journey, featuring Celestial Warlock Fen and her Fenec Familiar, Edward.

Her Bangs might stand out a bit, because they were what gave me the most trouble, as I seem to increase the level of detail in these with every picture. This one also almost took me 4 hours in the end… But extra fluffy Ed was well worth that! ^^
Somewhere in the making of this, the utter mess of layers I needed to get the face right has a version where she just looks deformed and beat up and it still haunt my nightmares so I will spare you the sight.

Two more to go from here!

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