Illustration #108 + sketches, doodles, 109 preview! (Patreon)

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Hey! A good friend of mine has a character I enjoy a lot called Haifang, so this time around I wanted to paint Luke and Haifang enjoying each other's company a bit! Looks like they invited a spectator as well. :)

I often want to try to create brighter scenes, so this time around I tried to create sort of a white environment. I'm decently happy with how the picture turned out, but it was a bit challenging to paint a scene that would realistically be pretty evenly lit. I feel like it's a lot easier when there are clearly established shadow areas and lit areas. So for the next illustration, the water nymph scene I added a preview of here, I'm trying to do a better job of defining those shadows and lit areas. The environment in particular is taking shape much more easily this way, for sure. And I'm excited to keep working on that one! The nature environments I've done have always ended up being the ones I look back at most fondly, so I should probably keep doing a lot more of those.

I also wanted to share a couple of doodles where I'm experimenting a little bit with styles and workflows, I hope you like those too.

And I hope you guys are having a great July so far!