Hey, here a new painting for you guys! I couldn't resist painting another couple of elves. What can I say? 😅
And here are the download links for the rewards if you wanna check out the painting process:WIP imagesShort time lapse videoLong time lapse videoPSD files
It was an interesting painting from a workflow perspective. I've typically used Hard Light to add colors to values, like I showed last month. I've tried using the Overlay blending mode as well, but I often felt like it had trouble adding color to very light values, which Hard Light was capable of, so I fell into the habit of using Hard Light instead. I have noticed now, however, that Overlay does work the way I want as long as the values below are accurate, and my problem was really that I wasn't doing a good enough job hitting those intended values before adding the colors. So I feel like that's something I'll be attempting to pay proper attention to going forward.
I'm still feeling pretty good about having switched over to Krita from Paintstorm. I know some of you have been curious about that. Since Krita is a free software I'd recommend giving it a try if you've been on the fence about it. Just keep in mind that it does require a little bit of effort to set up hotkeys and customizing the UI and stuff. If you can get past that initial hurdle I think you'll like it.
You'll notice the sketches I posted here have different styles to them. I tried some new and some old approaches, which I sometimes do kind of as a sanity check. "Is my new approach actually better? Did I forget something good about the old approach?" And looking at it now I think I much prefer my newer approach, fortunately!
I spent some of my time this month messing around with 3D modeling again. I don't really do it often enough to have anything worthwhile to show you guys unfortunately, but hopefully some day lol. Substance 3D Modeler is a fun software to use though. Especially in VR. You should check it out if you have the opportunity! Or check out Adobe Medium if you want the free alternative. 👍
Thanks for supporting me in October! I hope you all had a nice spooky month. :)