A rough start, but we turned things around in July and finished off strong (Art Fight really saved my ass!). I managed to continue my upward trend in consistency, and I feel my shading and lighting skills have improved greatly, though my coloring has suffered from primarily doing mono- and duo-tone palettes. My backgrounds have also improved, though I'm definitely not fast with them!
All in all, a good year, even if I didn't finish anything until May.
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One last piece for the year, bumping up my total count from last year. In my brilliance I decided a reflection piece with a detailed, real-world background was a great idea. Every time I thought I was finally done with something, I remembered I had to flip the canvas over and do it all over again.
But I'm very happy with it! I struggled with every step of this piece, but it got there in the end. I could not find a color palette I was happy with and almost left it in black and white, but I'm quite glad I slept on it and gave it one last try. Even the sketch gave me a hard time, and I ended up completely scrapping my original idea when I couldn't get the composition down, and even moved the entire piece to Photoshop for a bit to work out a pose.
Drawn 12/29/24, Chickensmoothie.
The Journalist having a delightful Midwinter's Eve, lost deep in the woods around the West Pole. I'm very happy with this - I put this off worrying about the background but I think it turned out nice. This piece serves as both my contribution to Arctic Fight and my entry to the Whumplovers server art challenge. One more drawing to cram in before the end of the year to beat last year's number!
Drawn 12/23/24, Chickensmoothie.
