#91: Haifang daydreaming (Patreon)

Hey! Here's the illustration I worked on through February! I wanted to have it done a couple of days ago, but I had stared at it for so long at that point that I had a hard time knowing what was left to do on it, lol. So I took a much needed break from it and worked on some other stuff in the mean time. If you've ever stared yourself blind on a picture, stepping away from it for a couple of day really helps a lot!

A good friend of mine has a character I enjoy and I wanted to do an illustration of her (or at least my interpretation of her), so this painting shows her daydreaming a little bit. :) If you're curious, the character's name is Haifang, by @CalliopeXRPG.

And here are the download links for this one:
WIP images   Short time lapse (48m)   Long time lapse (10h 20m)   PSD files 

This one is the final illustration that was decided through the now discontinued polls, so from now on I'll just work on whatever inspires me in the moment, like I talked about last month! I'd like to try and see if I can do some paintings next where I'll spend a little bit less time on each so I can post more often. Some of the pictures I've spent the least time on are the ones I'm the most happy with and had most fun with, so I'm excited about trying to make some more of that type over the next couple of months. :)

While I didn't post WIP updates throughout the process of this one, I'll see if I can find some opportunities to do that a bit more going forward instead of only showing the WIPs at the end. Also, if you check out the time lapse of this one, you'll notice the process got a little bit chaotic at times. 😅 I fumbled around a bit while trying out some new stuff, and I learned a ton, especially about how to use Linear Burn, Linear Dodge (Add) and Linear Light! But I'm still sort of digesting the stuff I learned and it hasn't fully crystallized into a workflow I enjoy, but hopefully it will over the next few illustrations. I'll probably aim for a bit less juggling of tons of layers. I really don't like that, lol. We'll see! I'll try to update you guys on my thoughts on the stuff I've learned once I feel more confident in its usefulness.

Thanks for supporting my work through February! I hope you found a lot of stuff you like in the new gallery post I made last month. I've updated it with all the stuff for this new illustration as well, if you need to find that again in the future. 👍

I'm gonna go draw some more now, I'm excited!