Illustration #113 + rewards, doodles and brushes (Patreon)

After the pin-up style illustration last time I felt like doing something more complex, so here's the result of that, I hope you like it! The compositions for these illustrations with multiple characters always turn into a bit of a puzzle. Hopefully it turned out well!

It looks like Luke's friends have got some neat tricks to encourage him to keep going more than just a few rounds. I wonder if they've got other interesting spells too. 😏

Here are the download links for the rewards for this illustration:
WIP images
Short time lapse video
Long time lapse video
PSD files  

I've also been doing a whole bunch of small sketches for a concept that's been moving through my brain this month. It's a team of xenobiologists and the flora and fauna they're studying. I'd love to expand a bit on the idea going forward with more concept doodles. There are a lot of interesting designs to play around with in that type of scenario, for characters, creatures and environments. I'm trying to capture sort of a colorful and goofy sci-fi style with these to get a sense of the direction I'm heading, and then hopefully I'll come up with increasingly interesting designs. And with any luck you'll also get to see if those scientists will have, ahem... good chemistry. 👀

That style and setting is one I would have been tempted to use if I ever got around to creating a game. I don't know if I'll ever get to the point where that's manageable for me, but I like to fantasize about it lol. A bright, colorful and goofy sci fi creative sandbox game with fun randomized loot. Games like that make me happy. I could ramble for hours about what kind of game I'd want that to be, so I won't start lol.

It's a lot of fun to doodles these little pictures, where each one is very manageable to complete. More complex and detailed pieces will quickly feel overwhelming and stop being as much fun half way through. So these sketches can feel a bit like therapy. Completing a drawing, even if it's small and simple, feels nice and encouraging. If you feel overwhelmed too by your own paintings I hope you'll make time for those small bite-sized pieces!

Oh and I've also included the brushes I've been using this past month for those of you who are into that (they only work in Paintstorm Studio as far as I'm aware, sorry). Just keep in mind they're not "the carefully tuned brushes Calm uses", but rather ones that have felt comfortable to me recently. I change my brushes all the time. 😅 I will always encourage experimenting with brush settings to find the ones that work well for you. 

Thanks for supporting me, you're all great. I hope you'll have a nice and cozy December. 😄