Mika portrait (Patreon)

Another painting, thinks time with 100% more lynx.

Another instance of me messing around with Diffuse The Rest AI for inspiration and then deciding to actually paint something. I'm really happy with how it trurned out, and it only took ±3 hours-ish. One of the things I really like about using an AI tool as a jumping off point like this is that it basicall gives me mental "permission" to give things a slightly rougher, more painterly look where I can move the colors around very freely without obsessively trying to make it look as sharp as a photograph.