Jurgen Botha's art blog

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Work in progress

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Elf work in progress

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Currently busy with this one

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A character I'm currently designing

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Digital watercolours in Realistic Paint Studio

[bluedommi]

Holy crap, that looks so realistic! The dents! The patina! How long does something like this take you to render?

[jurgenbotha888]

Hi bluedommi, thank you for the compliment
This one, so far is 2 days work.

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Hektor work in progress

[bluedommi]

Thank you for replying! I'm always judging myself on how long it takes me to complete a piece and use it as a value judgement on my quality as a creative. The just further teaches me 'low and slow' is the way to go. How do you search out your references, btw?

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You are welcome
For example, for the Hektor image I posted seven days ago, I used the image I made here for reference mainly.

For this image, reference-wise, I wanted to make something that reminded me of like a 90's or so movie poster if that makes sense , a darker character theme-wise. For colour palette inspiration I looked at Kfir Merlaub's Spawn, especially the warmer light renders.

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Here is a 3D version of Hektor so far