Female Link Friday - Wet Shirt
Added 2025-07-11 03:05:13 +0000 UTCThis week's illustration is a little weaker, but I don't want to fall in the trap of power creep - with each artwork needing to be bigger & better than the last. I'm also very tired... That'll eventually lead to burn out -- but I do still think I need to continue improving my work.
This style of painting also wears itself thin as the scope of an artwork grows, as it requires a lot of time and energy to maintain consistent quality - which is the nature of highly rendered, painterly art styles. Compared to previous works in the same style, you might see that, as the composition becomes more complex, the diversity of hues within objects decreases.
If you don't know what that means, take a look at her hip on the left, within the shadow area. See how there's a little bit of blue within the red shadow? Now look at the forehead, and see how it contains both warm reds and cool pinks, even bordering a near-greyish purple. This is a common feature in painting, and it resembles how objects reflect a lot of different kinds of colours all at once in real life. We see a little less of this as the canvas needs more energy - and I think that's unfortunate, as it feels like a selling point of this art style.
Don't forget to eat & sleep.
Comments
It looks wonderful, I think you are being overly critical. I cannot see decline in quality here
Nemo
2025-07-11 21:45:38 +0000 UTCI believe that any form of art will have its own pace to reaching it's final form. Whether it be through a pencil, a crayon, a pen, a brush, or with the limitless tools on a Digital Art Platform, artists will find a way to bring what they're making to life.
Ethan Moreno
2025-07-11 03:30:35 +0000 UTC
