June billing cycle paused & 6 attempts this month

Sorry that I won't be able to deliver the illustration reward this month! 😥 I decide to skip the next billing cycle so if you are one of my May patrons, you will remain accessible to posts and won't pay me again during June! And don't worry, after April's lesson, I won't bother any of you to repledge or anything.
各位...!十分抱歉，這個月無法如期送上插畫獎勵，因此我決定取消六月份的結帳週期，意即各位若在五月或更早便加入會員，本專頁不會向各位收取六月份的贊助金額。經過四月的教訓，我不會再麻煩大家重新贊助什麼的。

Here is why I can't finish the illustration in May. I have been focusing on adjusting the approach to design the forms which are 'compatible' to the rendering. I make several attempts and decide to pick 6 of them to show you every obstacle I've encountered:
接著來分享一些沒能成功的過程Orz總之目前卡在「如果從光影開始畫起，就會很難控制型體」或是「如果從線稿畫起，那麼加上光影後就會發現線稿有很多解剖/比例、甚至是構圖上的問題」。到底該如何起步變成了目前極需解決的首要難題。

• A: I thought the sketch should be thorough enough so I straight up rendering with values. This method is similar to a practice I did in 2018 July. Though this time I have a detailed sketch to help me designing the forms, I then realized that the sketch itself has anatomy/proportion problems and the composition is not a good choice for rendering with values.
  一開始想說線稿已經夠完整，所以就直接鋪上光影，去年七月的某張練習曾使用類似的方式渲染光影。但加上光影後立刻發現解剖/比例/構圖上有許多問題。
• B: Trying to shading with simplified values and fixing the anatomy/proportion problems. I found it is too hard to fix this way and then decided to switch to doing other smaller practices and find a better way of sketching/shading.
  利用簡化的灰度，嘗試一邊畫上陰影、一邊修改解剖/比例的問題，但還是覺得問題難以修正，需要乾脆砍掉重練。

• C-D: Using flat shape brushes for sketching/shading and giving it thin values. It's actually very hard to draw with flat shape brushes. I am not 100% sure if this is a bad approach though, probably will give it another try in June.
  利用扁頭筆刷一邊打稿、一邊加入少許的陰影，接著再塗上薄薄一層灰度。這手法的主要問題是：扁頭筆刷超級難控制。很容易卡在某個地方刻上兩小時結果發現還是要重畫。

• E: Trying to render a drawing I did in January. For some reasons I found it's very hard to finalize it. Probably because I put too much light/values on the canvas but the forms and focus are still obscure.
  把一月時畫的插畫抓出來加上光影。不知為何發現非常難繼續完稿，很可能是光影過度主導整張畫面，造型本身還是不夠確切，導致很難整理出一個視覺焦點。
• F: Using similar method I did in March. It's not totally unfinishable, but I still make poor shape/form choice during the process.
  使用今年三月時用過的某招起稿。雖說似乎有可能繼續完稿，但形狀很容易抓走樣，後續整個繪畫過程變成只是在修正問題、整個型體欠缺設計感。

I still have some ideas to test out in June and hopefully I can finally get a good rendering result. If not, I will change my monthly plan and goals, probably switch to only focus on doing concepts/comics. To think on the bright side, I can update more frequently if only doing drawings. 😅 Thank you all for your patience!
我會繼續測試幾個畫法，假如無法在六月得到比較滿意的結果，我將會調整本專頁的獎勵和目標，可能會改成以漫畫與概念設計為重心，往好處想是能更快上來做更新(汗)總之我會再給畫灰階這個目標一個月的時間！