✨✏️ December behind: speedpaints, fun brainstorming exercise, + sketches

same as last month, because I did the sticker sketch traditionally in pencil, I didn't record that part of the process. the sticker speedpaint only features the coloring process (which was unexpectedly challenging this time around, never a dull moment as they say).

songs used:

• fish in the pool / yeule

• if you were with me ft. tiffi / city girl

• star / mitski

brainstorming + sketches

something I've started doing to jumpstart the brainstorm process is play a word association game. I think of the month I'm about to create for and what comes up for me. from there, I can branch out into specific things like recent interests/inspirations and color palettes. I like having an overarching theme to work with, because it helps me draw everything back to those handful of ideas and with overall cohesion of concept.

rough thumbnail and idea of painting. I always try to keep it really simple at this stage, focusing on overall composition and where to direct the eye. I say try, because I have a tendency to get lost in detail and have to wrangle my inclinations like they were a wild beast.

sketching ideas for various celestial patterns on the quilt.

reference board

it's fun looking back on ref boards, because I get to see how my thought process evolved as I worked on a piece. I may have started out with a certain handful of ideas or vision, but as I work I get new ideas or think about going in a different direction and it's cool seeing a visual map of something as intangible as thoughts.

something else I've been doing recently is taking screenshots of a piece as I'm working on it so I can see how it's evolving and reference previous versions if I think they look better and make changes accordingly. it's a fun litmus test, sometimes I can see that I'm going in a good direction and other times I'll realize a previous version was better and I need to take a moment to simplify my ideas and clear out the noise.

 hope this peek into my process was useful! :]<3