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🎬Speedpaint//Mist nouveau {NSFW Warning on uncensored video link}

Added 2024-09-24 07:48:39 +0000 UTC

Hello hello! Here is the time-lapse speedpaint🖌️ with music for : Mist Nouveau

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A Little About the Process and insights into speeding up the workflow

This timelapse video is a bit shorter than some others, which usually means that I was able to finish the piece a bit faster than usual! When that happens, I like to try to figure out why a piece was faster than usual because it is nice to be able to replicate it in the future.

Sometimes, a piece flows easily because I'm able to envision it clearly or the mood is just right. I do think that is a bit the case with this one, but there are some other reasons why I think this piece was quicker!

The pose and composition are based on one of Alphonse Mucha's pieces, so I didn't have to create them from scratch. That saves a lot of "figuring out" time in the sketch phase.
- How can I apply this to future artworks? Obviously, it isn't a good idea to always make art based on pre-existing art, but I think this says something about how important reference is. Being quicker to take pose references early in the process or even before starting and heavily using them while sketching rather than trying to come up with unfamiliar poses off of the top of my head can help speed up the process a lot!
The shading, lighting, and rendering is very minimal. There is some shading but I was very careful to not add so much shading that I felt the need to render very much. It isn't completely flat, but it is a little more flat than some of my artworks.
- How can I apply this to future artworks? I have mentioned before how rendering isn't my favorite part of the process (I even have a whole tutorial about how I render when I hate rendering. haha!), so for future works, I want to try and continue to be careful about how much rendering I do in a piece.
  
  What can I "get away" with not rendering? Most of the time I believe that the more you are enjoying the process, the better a piece will come out in the end, so if you hate a certain part of the process, I think it's worth it to try and minimize that part as much as you can, while maximizing the parts that you enjoy.
  
  But how do you make a piece look complete without over-rendering it? Relying on things like texture and textured brushes helps immensely. It gives a more watercolor look, which is often a bit lighter in the rendering department.
  
  In addition, making sure that other parts of the piece are on the same level of "not-rendered" or even less rendered than the main subject helps things feel consistent. Things like the frog, fish, and other elements in the frame are all left not only flat, but not even colored in with local colors. They remain approximately the same color as the paper. It gives the whole piece an intentionally flat look where we can focus more on the flow of the lines and the texture.

Anyhoo, those are a couple of thoughts on why this piece was quicker to do than usual. Have you guys ever noticed this phenomenon with some of your work? Where you were somehow able to complete it faster than usual? Do you have any points that you've identified that made it quicker than normal for you?

Generally, I feel very slow in my process, and I know that many of you worry about the same thing in your own work. I think it is totally okay to be slow and take your time, but at the same time, there is always that little desire to be quicker so that I can do more.