Faye Art

The Polish Haunting of Leszek "Adder"

Hey guys! Due to popular demand I have released an updated rendering guide on my patreon based on the DU drow x Jaheira art.

It's 18 slides long and covers a total of 13 steps. My membership is "only" (subjective, I know) 2 dollars a month and you can cancel at any time, so if you want you can always just take a look at it and bail, no hard feelings (but of course, continuous support is immensely appreciated!)

And as a freebie, here are my used brushes for that particular pic - It'd feel silly to lock that behind a paywall.

That depends on your goals with your art and skill.

Consider the existence of a collage artist, for example: why do they cut and paste a bunch of existing images together instead of just painting stuff from scratch? Probably because they don't gravitate towards drawing, or don't find the results that they get through that method to be interesting or worthwhile - they can get satisfying results and make their point through other means, and you won't see anyone berating them for it. The same can be applied to a photographer, a sculptor, or a 3d modeller. As long as you aren't lying about it, or tracing someone else's work without permission, whatever path you choose to get to a piece you're happy with is a completely valid one - even if that means tracing copyright-free images or 3D assets regularly.