469_2 Landscape - Remember to thumbnail βοΈπ€
Added 2024-10-30 07:42:06 +0000 UTCHey everyone! Just taking a break from editing this month's video to show you a little landscape painting I've been working on, and what i've learned from it.
It's been a while since I've tried to build a full scene like this, since they can be pretty pretty tough to get looking "right" when taking into account the level of details and complexities that a landscape often has. Despite that, I'm actually really happy I took a couple minutes to loosely plan out my composition and lighting with a thumbnail before getting into the execution... which is something I'll admit that I need to get into the habit of doing more lol.
Sometimes I underestimate the utility of thumbnailing, treating it as only a minor step in my process and not taking full advantage of it to plan the lighting and basic value structure ...thus struggling to figure out those things later on π I feel like it's something that we all know you have* to do.... but sometimes forget why. I think it's especially useful for larger and more complex scenes, where many visual elements would need to be balanced.
Basically, do as much visual problem-solving as u can early on!
With this reminder, I'm stoked to tackle another painting and apply it to my workflow. I'll keep you guys updated on how that goes π
