STEP BY STEP // stargazer
Added 2020-01-28 12:26:54 +0000 UTCHere’s the steps for the early access painting I posted last month, plus a larger version! As you can see, the painting changed a bazillion times. It started out as a procreate doodle on the ipad and then later I worked out the details in photoshop. The step where I switch from procreate to photoshop is the one where she’s suddenly looking up rather than down.
Every time I revisited it, I wanted to change things around. It’s part of my intuitive process - just going with the flow of how I feel at that moment. I have mixed feelings about it sometimes though, because there are always things in the earlier steps that I liked and feel like I should have kept. Even now I feel like I need to revise the painting and go back to an earlier step… but it’s also important to just let it go and put that energy into my next painting. Do you guys also switch the idea up as you go, or do you tend to stick to your first sketch?
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aaaall the time! It is so important to go with your gut I think <3
Pernille Horgen Bø
2021-01-24 07:29:08 +0000 UTCthanks! I always have that when I look back on my process - that the older stages also had things going for them, but different things than I ended up going for.
Loish
2020-02-14 15:33:40 +0000 UTCI like the end result as it's strong, but I'm also partial to the third image. It has a very sleepy-time, introversion feeling to it, like she's a giant who's taking refuge/a nap in a field, whereas the final feels like a protector/silent guardian feel to it. They're both good, just in different ways! It's interesting to see all the changes in the process and how the feeling can shift so dramatically based on a bunch of smaller decisions.
Lionlessart
2020-02-13 12:16:50 +0000 UTCyes, sometimes it drags out the process so much. there's definitely a lot of downsides to working that way. it's especially problematic when I don't have time to finish the drawing within a day or two, and need to spread it out over months. I end up changing stuff a lot and the process just gets dragged out.
Loish
2020-01-29 11:12:35 +0000 UTCthank you! that's a huge compliment. since drawing is a calming activity for me, I'm always happy to hear that looking at it can have a similar effect.
Loish
2020-01-29 11:11:38 +0000 UTCyes! i feel like sometimes you need to see it in front of you to know what the next step will be. so planning too far ahead is futile.
Loish
2020-01-29 11:11:05 +0000 UTCI change my mind while the flow "takes Life"....Just like me!
Silvia Mercuri
2020-01-28 22:28:50 +0000 UTCI love this piece, it make me feel calm, a little lonely but in a good relaxing way, more about reflexing!!!. Like always your art is amazing!!
Ia Lugo
2020-01-28 22:10:45 +0000 UTCI feel like I am too scared to let go of all the work I’d done so far :( so I rework a piece a lot but I don’t stray far from the original sketch. It’s definitely something I find to be very interesting with how you work, I have to wonder though, do you ever find it tedious to keep reworking parts?
SK
2020-01-28 16:25:51 +0000 UTCI don't so much go back to earlier steps as I do just end up overworking a piece x.x Sometimes it's really hard to let go and just move on! Perfectionism is the death of creativity, as they say. Something I (and I expect a lot of other people) need to work on.
FaroreNightclaw
2020-01-28 15:22:48 +0000 UTCgreat tip about letting go and putting that energy into the next one! I will have to try that myself :)
Courtney Dobbs
2020-01-28 15:13:01 +0000 UTCYess im in same feelings and sometimes i cant let it go, it waste my energy.
Atılay Sargın
2020-01-28 13:15:27 +0000 UTC
