Illustration #70 (Patreon)

Hey everyone! There are a lot more of you here this month, so first I wanna say welcome to everyone who's new! I'm happy to have you here. :)

Here's this month's illustration. I hope you like it! I always appreciate an opportunity to paint another one of my red elves, so this one's been fun.

I'll send you a private message with the rewards for this one after I've put together the reward pack in about a week from now, on May 7. In case you're new and missed that info, the 7th each month is the date when I send rewards out. So keep an eye out of it then!

I felt like the process for this one was largely painless. I actually expected it to give me more trouble. But I did try doing the environment in 3D again, and while it worked out alright, it was maybe unnecessary since so much of it is hidden. Still trying to work out where 3D fits into the workflow and where it doesn't! Here's what the 3D modeled background looked like:

It's fun to experiment with it. You'll probably see more of this stuff! And I feel like I'm approaching some other interesting conclusions about my workflow too. I'll talk more about those when I feel more confident in those areas.

Thank you for supporting my continued effort to try to make cool stuff. :)