Really happy with how this illustration turned out! Even though I know our crew won’t always have such a happy and carefree life haha

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    2 days ago

    Those leaves are chef’s kiss! Do you mind sharing your process for painting them? I struggle to get mid field leaves like this.

    Up close super detailed I can do, far off hints at leave I can do, but this distance I have yet to find a process that isn’t super labor intensive and looks good.

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      Thank you so much! I actually had a couple different attempts until I found something that worked well and fit the style of the rest.

      It ended up less labor intensive than some previous attempts would’ve been, but still was a whole lotta work, so you might still want to try different approaches!

      I basically made rough color sploches first, staying in darker shades. Then I used a basic round brush with the taper set to quicky reduce brush size with less pen pressure, that’s how I get that leaf shape with quick short brush strokes. Then I just layered them from back to front, getting lighter in color.

      Sorry it’s a bit hard to describe in writing, I hope it makes any sense at all…