This unit was truly inspired, which can be credited to the fact that the prompt was "Paint something." We were given the option between acrylic and oil paint, and since I know I'm a poor painter with no patience, I used acrylic because I knew that it would actually dry at a point in the foreseeable future. I didn't really use any standout techniques, just normal brush strokes, but I did have to mix a vast amount of paint to get colors we could have easily bought if we actually had a budget. This was easily the most frustrating part of the project because I could NEVER get the purple and skin tone I wanted. The purple was always too dark and the skin ended up looking sunburned (but part of that is just the photo, it looks better in person). This wasn't helped by my self imposed time limit, since it was my only passable option for a recent Art Show.
My planning process should probably just be written in the stars at this point, as it's always the same. I sit there, doodling in a sketchbook and lacking in ideas, before I settle on some last ditch concept that will only gather the assorted, unimpressed grunts of my peers. This time, I just picked a sketch I did because it did count as an idea and I could use my art style. I'd like to think that the style helps it be successful, but it might also sway people away from it. Such is the curse of not pushing for realism. At the end of the day, I do like this piece, but if I had more time and resources, I would fix the hair and skin color, and possibly touch up on some spaces that were a bit thin on color.
Also, the word "shrug" is incompatible with puns. As is this piece. I guess this piece is my own antithesis.
My planning process should probably just be written in the stars at this point, as it's always the same. I sit there, doodling in a sketchbook and lacking in ideas, before I settle on some last ditch concept that will only gather the assorted, unimpressed grunts of my peers. This time, I just picked a sketch I did because it did count as an idea and I could use my art style. I'd like to think that the style helps it be successful, but it might also sway people away from it. Such is the curse of not pushing for realism. At the end of the day, I do like this piece, but if I had more time and resources, I would fix the hair and skin color, and possibly touch up on some spaces that were a bit thin on color.
Also, the word "shrug" is incompatible with puns. As is this piece. I guess this piece is my own antithesis.