Walk With Me

So I didn't get to blog much during the actual painting as I was moving a lot faster than I expected, and I thought I would have stop started a lot like the previous attempts at digital painting. Because of this I don't really have as many print screens as I was hoping to provide going through the process, which sucks because I would have liked to see some of my changes in hind sight. However I will provide a break down of the process and my layer options in the next post. For now, I'd like to talk about some of the things I encountered whilst actually painting.

First of all; colour schemes! As I've never really dove into colour I've never really faced the problem before... And as weird as this may sound, the designs in my head aren't really clear when it comes to colour. I man yeah I have an idea of what colour I want things to be, but I never realised how different it turns out to be when you put your imagination on the paper. Anyway like I've said in multiple posts now, I've spent a bit of time reading/ watching professionals of the industry, and they always seem to have distinct colour pallets that just work, so I decided to get out the old Chrome surf board and do a bit of browsing!

I found This Website that has a selection of colour schemes relative to my Native American theme.

Another half time interval for Jacks words of wisdom! Really do some homework with your colour scheme if you plan to tackle a huge composition piece. You'd be surprised how much a few colours can effect the mood and feel.

This image is taken from my digital copy of the book "Beginners Guide to Digital Painting"

(I highly recommend it)

Another thing I ran into trouble with was the hair. Now fortunately I left the hair 'til last because this was a lengthy process that left me emotionally drained from painting! The main problem was the fact that (as a noob artist) I simply didn't know how to do it. Fortunately for me, after almost an hour of what I call 'The Related Game' in which you search for something on YouTube, watch a video, then avoid searching for anything else, just let the related videos decide your path (YOLO). Anyway back to the original point of this section, after an hour, I was fortunate to stumble upon This Gem Of A Tutorial. I found the method really easy to follow, I think she does a great job of explaining the process, and I generally liked the outcome. Mine obviously didn't turn out as good as hers, but I'm finally coming to terms with the 'Practice Makes Perfect' business.