Like this one.
Before you see it, though, I have to explain why this is significant. I had stopped painting for awhile because I felt like I had reached a point where I couldn't improve any more. So, I decided to go back to the beginning of my progress and restudy the tutorials that I had used to improve.
Previous to this incident, I had been using an airbrush to paint instead of a hard brush. While it was easier in the beginning because airbrushes blend more easily, it was actually preventing me from adding the detail necessary to improve beyond what I had already accomplished. Since the blending and the colors were soft, hard detail looked foreign and unnatural whenever I tried to add it.
The tutorial I restudied taught me how to use hard brushes, which in turn vastly improved my detail capabilities. The original painting I tested this new method on was a failure (bad undertone color - long story) but this one is going quite well, if I do say so myself. Now if I could just successfully draw the shoulder armor...
The Dragon Queen
(she will be holding a fireball, which is why the lighting is weird)
Fail rendering brought to you by Blogger. I assure you, it looks much better than that XD
But that's it for now! I'm working hard, if I could just get that armor right. *pout*
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