djamilaknopf

Hideout - Early Access

Added 2021-04-22 12:43:49 +0000 UTC

Hello friends!
Long time no see. I hope you're doing well and you've been able to catch a bit of sunlight. It's been lovely here these last couple of days. ☀️
Now, onto the reason why I haven't posted anything in a while: I've been struggling with this painting. And I mean STRUGGLING. This one really put up a good fight.

Creating the composite sketch and lineart was pretty straightforward, but the colouring process has been extremely difficult. Capturing the mood I was going for took me quite a while. And halfway through I decided that I wasn't too happy with the character either. So I completely replaced her with a younger girl. Also, the most mundane elements were pretty challenging to paint: that laundry in the foreground, the tree, and those roof tiles drove me insane and I must have repainted them at least three times. If I had drawn this on a piece of paper, I would have thrown it against the wall, torn it up or burnt it, haha.

But I kept going because I felt strongly about the concept, and aside from all the ranting, I really love how this turned out. I wanted to capture what it's like to have your own secret hideout - away from everything and everyone else.

I hope you like it! The layered PSD will be included with the rewards in early May.