Tbf I call it done, I personally don't wanna work on it any longer ad i don't have anything to add to it. so there you go
like it or not - it's done :stuck_out_tongue:

I think it looks great, I love especially how you painted the face. I think the one thing is missing that could help make it more interesting is a more predominant directional light, something that would push the values and add a completementary and contrast-y color to the scene. I took the liberty to do a super quick paint-over. I imagined the sunlight coming through the trees because yellow-ish light is the easiest, but it can be any color depending on the mood you choose of course.

What I did is a pass in overlay with a soft brush and a yellow color, then a pass in screen with the same color but a harder brush. Then I added a gradient from black (at the bottom) to trasparent (at the top) in overlay to push more the values in the foreground and a brightness/contrast level to raise the overall contrast a tiny bit.

Hope this helps for your future works :smiley:

I'm setting up a new task for myself.
A 2-day generic illustration. Hoping to finish it for Halloween :smiley:
will see if i will manage haha

Well, I doubt that I will finish this today
whatever :smiley:

This looks awesome. You did an really good job on the face. Definitely was the first thing I looked at.

18 days later

Hello!
I haven't been posting for couple of weeks.
During this period I was sketching a lot of rocks and trees and I proceed doing so as I think it helps me to broaden my visual library. (they are done with traditional medium and maybe I will scan them sometime and post it here, maybe not)

This one is done digitally and I focused a lot on figuring out values and colours without colour picker. I also didn't use any smudge tool or mixer brush (and I'm proud of myself) as without them it is easier to control what you are doing and through what colours you do a transition.

I think it turned out pretty cool and I hope that volumes of this statue read well :smiley:

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10 days later

I've been thinking and thinking and thinking... and I decided that I want to abandon the previous idea of sun\moon elves for now, because I want to find a better balance between fantasy and reality.

Anyway, I sketched my new idea and this time around I actually followed a proper plan since usually I tend to jump into painting right away and then my designs look poor.
General idea -> sketch -> searching for needed reference -> lineart.

C'n'C are welcome :smile:

There will be a lot more added as for the design elements, hopefully..

Yes, my sketches are messy

12 days later

Just a bunch of trees i sketched few weeks ago.
The more I did it the easier it became.

At first I did a light sketch with a pencil and then went in with my liner.
however after doing 10 trees I've realised that I can skip pencil because it just adds up to the time.

Sketches can be neat and tidy but most of the time for me they are messy.
I want to improve it a little bit to have more confidence in lines that I do.