#process video

Process video of my most recent painting! This took me about a day, with lots of breaks in between lol.

so i’m working on the next batch of mha charms

second time attempting this art style (first was avocado cookie). looking back i should have done a different kind of warm up for this, even with just these characters.

their shapes are fun to draw though. it was hard trying not to make everything too detailed. needed to have the shapes be clear and smooth because there’s not a lot of room to render. should also work on making them more… flat? they are cookies.

Rewatching and editing this footage made me realize how messy my process still is, especially for bigger pieces. I would tend to pick up and render certain parts before laying down all the other elements which makes for a messy workflow. Although I do think that somehow gives me room to change it still early on, but overall in the moment it just feels incredibly cluttered and picks at my focus.

This piece was done over the span of a few months, so some days when working on it I felt very stiff. I think I worked on the bulk of this in one go after getting stuck for so long in the early stages (in the footage it’s where I kept rendering and rerendering her face). In the end I think I could have worked much faster on this. I nitpicked a lot on small details and the composition was also a bit hard to finalize because I had to consider the spine and print layouts. But I’m not unhappy with the piece. It makes me want to work more on making complex but dynamic compositions, as well as more conceptual work. Something I need to practice and research more in the future.

A mini process video for a piece that I can’t *wait* to reveal! Preview of the finished piece below~

Full process video, image, and discussion of the making of this piece can be found on my P@-TRE0N!!