| So things are starting to come together pretty nicely. It's good to get back and look at the image as a whole and make sure that everything is working together. It's easy to get caught up in the details and lose sight of the entire image. It's also a good idea to take breaks and come back to the image with a fresh eye. This image was painted off and on over a few months, so I had plenty of resting time between sessions. | |
| Here I again made a change that deviates from the original line drawing. Instead of chains and shackles binding her arms, I now have robotic arms coming out of the torso. This was done on a separate layer to allow me to get rid of them if the idea didn't work out the way I was hoping. However, I was satisfied and decided to keep them in the image. |  |
| The hands in this image were difficult to paint. Hands are probably the most difficult part of the human body. I used my own hands as refferences for all of the hands in this image. Don't be afraid to do that. |  |
| Almost finished. I tightened up the forearm and hand on the left half of the image. Again, I use my own hand as a refference for this hand when i'm unsure of how things should look. |  |
| More detail is added to the foreground. I put in some flying debree to indicate the force of the arm smashing the man into the ground. All of the debree and foreground elements were created on a separate layer for simplicity. This allows me to erase pieces that I don't like without compromising the finished elements of the figure and background underneath. At this point, I am just going to add some finishing touches and then the piece is done! |  |
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After a little touch here and there, I'm satisfied with the image. You can keep working on a painting forever. A painting is never perfect. But, there is always a time for you to just step back and say that you're done. It is also possible to overwork a piece and it's good not to do that on accident. All in all, I am happy with this image. There are changes I can still make and I could probably spend another three months trying to get it perfect, but I've decided that it is finished. Plus the contest is over already anyway :p To view the final image, click here. |
