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24 Oct '17

I'm admitting defeat. These are the final pieces I completed.

My own challenge proved too hard for me. In the beginning it seemed to work great; I was putting out pieces I was really proud of, I ended up experimenting with new workflows and brushes, and at first it seemed to bring out a lot of artistic energy in me. Then it all started falling apart when I missed a date or two, work piled up and I just don't have the time or energy to catch up.

I think it's obvious that if I wanna attempt this challenge once more I need to figure out how I wanna achieve results I'm happy to present without doing crazy amounts of rendering.

I'm getting some rest for now, and will restart my daily counter November 1.

12-14 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 12, 13, 14 - ...

So, this was a compilation of days 12, 13, and 14. The respective themes were World Chicken Day, Friday the 13th, and a belated celebration of the anniversary of NASA's Pioneer 1. My sleep schedule's been fucked up and trying to correct it takes a lot of energy away from painting and vice versa. I did my best to try and complete all of them, but I had to end the Friday the 13th painting early because I was about to collapse on my drawing tablet at that point.

I'm almost regretting taking on this challenge. Almost.

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11 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 11 - Hair

This ended up becoming a bit of an unusual one. I was gonna to a more thorough photo study like the previous ones, but I realised that wasn't entirely feasible.

Hair has always been an artistic weakness of mine, so rather than spending a week tediously trying to render hair with a regular circular brush (like I've done in the past) I decided to take some time and figure out a workflow that works for me. I was prepared to spend a lot more time on this, but I actually came up with a brush preset pretty quickly that works well for me.

I've still painted something based off a photo so I'm gonna count this as my daily~

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10 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 10 - Skulls

I don't have a lot to say about this. It's a skull, and teeth are a pain to paint!

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09 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 9 - Baked Goods

A tasty cardamom roll for y'all. If you've never tried one or don't know what cardamom tastes like I feel sorry for you, cuz that stuff keeps me going. Now I'm very tired and not sure what to do for day 11.

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08 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 8 - Hands

I challenged the artist's bane; the beast made it out alive, but so did I. That being said, I still struggle drawing hands in certain poses - even from reference. See you again soon, beast...

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07 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 7 - Jackdaws

Wew, this one turned out a lot better than i expected it would. I don't draw a lot jackdaws or birds in general, despite them being my namesake. It's a shame I didn't have the time to do any anatomical research on bird before I acutally started painting, but everything turned out fine in the end anyway.

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06 Okt '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 6 - Calendulas

Calendulas are apparently the "birth flower" of October, so I figured I would include it this month. Not sure what specific species is it, but it's a pretty one. Finally, I'm in sync with my challenge of the month, and it feels good

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04 & 05 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 4, 5 - Dog, Koi

I'm not entirely happy with the Corgi on the right, but I'm not in a good place right now and need to make the call that it's good enough. I should be back later with today's theme, which I'm gonna do myself a favour and keep simple.

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03 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 3 - Medieval / Reneissance Armor

Pushed myself to actually do two of these, because armors is a subject I'd like to be a lot better at. I've been studying up on different armor styles and looking up references for how plate armors are designed (this duder is a godsend). That being said, I don't count this as me having caught up with the dailies. I'm still one day behind, but I will try and commit tomorrow to actually catching up!

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02 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 2 - Architecture

World Architechture Day seem like a fitting day to paint a house. With this one I also wanted to try and emulate the style of watercolor (even if the watercolor engine for Krita isn't out yet). It was a nice little exercise in simplification and style emulations (though I'm not referencing any artist in particular). Unlike yesterday's mammoth study I'm not exhausted by this painting either, so I should be able to catch up with my dailies.

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01 Oct '17

Photo Reference Month - Day 1 - Beer

Day one and I'm already behind. Wonderful! Anyway, because I've been missing out on Oktoberfest I decided that I would honor the holiday by studying beer. Glasses and grains are two things I'm not looking forward to painting again in the future. Grains just have a lot of detail to it, and glass is a nightmareish combination of being transparent, distorting light, and reflecting light, while also having a slight tint of it's own.

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27 Sep '17

Practicing some painterly stuff...

13 Sep '17

Made some progress on the piece. R8 my succulents.

11 Sep '17

Started working on something a bit more demanding, woo!

07 Sep '17

Random painterly doodle.

06 Sep '17

Feeling very worn and uninspired today, so here's a weird dude.