I know the picture has many things wrong and I have not reached point where we learn to draw poses on figure drawing course. It was experiment on quite a few things. Some worked better than others. It was first time I finished anything with Corel Painter’s liquid ink. I have tried to find brush technology to concentrate on and I think I found it. Liquid ink wasn’t my first choice. Thick paint and watercolor were but I couldn’t get anything ready with them on time I wanted.
Picture above took way too much time but with thick paint or watercolor I couldn’t have done anything on time I spent on the picture. Some of the time was spent learning how each brush works and to be honest I used most of them wrong. That is why it looks too much like made with Microsoft Paint. Later I learned how I should have done few things differently to get more artistic look. I use that picture because there are few things I like about it and I don’t want to spent another evening doing it again. Someone said you should finish your work and then move next project instead of trying to make one project perfect and never finishing anything. I follow that rule.
Thick paint and watercolor get closer to where I want my paintings and drawings to get. Liquid ink lets me get more done which is better on learning colors, composition and other drawing skills. At this point it is better to get more done than trying to learn too many things at ones. Liquid ink is quite simple and I don’t need to learn how different brushed mix paint. And I have good excuse to watch more Cartoonist Kayfabe where they talk about inking among other things.
Inktober just ended. Might take part next year if I feel confident I can keep up with one picture a day schedule. To prepare for next year and to learn I am trying to get something done every week. Not sure if I post everything I get done. Goal is to get build habit and find working work flow.