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Sectional of this head I've been working on via streaming for those who couldn't make it. He's still a WIP, but almost done. I just have to strip the airbrushing off him now and do it on for realsies. Plus a few minor touch-ups.
My process works something like this
Step 1: Foam head. This doesn't look right. What did I do wrong?
Step 2: Fur head about halfway and realize it looks REALLY bad, okay so what to fix it, fuck it *Strips off all fur on head*
Step 2.5: Not pictured. Drinking. Lots of drinking. And crying. Crying all over pictures of otters like an old French Noir film.
Step 3: Refoam head after consulting references and potentially other artists.
Step 4: REfur: Okay it still looks weird but it always looks weird at this stage, its looking better
Step 5: Oh okay wow yes this looks much more like an otter now. Hooray for me! I DID THE THING. Now to never be happy with the level of finishing that goes into this!
Step 6: Finished product, will be up soon. Gotta buy more airbrush removal fluid today cause I'm out apparently.
Just a friendly reminder not to interrupt your artists artistic process! Imagine if this otter had started nitpicking tiny stuff like spots or markings while I was on stage 2- he'd end up with something way less aestetically pleasing than how it's going to look right now! Tiny shit don't matter until it's almost done! Let your artists work through their process so you get what you deserve!
My process works something like this
Step 1: Foam head. This doesn't look right. What did I do wrong?
Step 2: Fur head about halfway and realize it looks REALLY bad, okay so what to fix it, fuck it *Strips off all fur on head*
Step 2.5: Not pictured. Drinking. Lots of drinking. And crying. Crying all over pictures of otters like an old French Noir film.
Step 3: Refoam head after consulting references and potentially other artists.
Step 4: REfur: Okay it still looks weird but it always looks weird at this stage, its looking better
Step 5: Oh okay wow yes this looks much more like an otter now. Hooray for me! I DID THE THING. Now to never be happy with the level of finishing that goes into this!
Step 6: Finished product, will be up soon. Gotta buy more airbrush removal fluid today cause I'm out apparently.
Just a friendly reminder not to interrupt your artists artistic process! Imagine if this otter had started nitpicking tiny stuff like spots or markings while I was on stage 2- he'd end up with something way less aestetically pleasing than how it's going to look right now! Tiny shit don't matter until it's almost done! Let your artists work through their process so you get what you deserve!
Category All / All
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Size 1280 x 319px
File Size 97.5 kB
I ended up patching a bit of fur on the right side of the 'finishedish' one you can see, to make the cheek profile more symmetrical. I am all out of that colour of airbrush paint tho, so I will have to custom mix that shit- which means it will be off colour slightly. IT will be easier to remove all the paint, mix a big batch and redo it than to try and match it by sight XD
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Oxyclean is the beast-best
"Let your artists work through their process"
This is sooooooooooooooo important. For me at least, the beginning stages of anything always look derped up. I'm working on a nightfury right now and it looks like a strange couch cushion, but that's OK. It's so important to keep moving forward, and to be willing to make mistakes. If you hold yourself to perfection from the beginning, I feel like it would be impossible to move forward.
This is sooooooooooooooo important. For me at least, the beginning stages of anything always look derped up. I'm working on a nightfury right now and it looks like a strange couch cushion, but that's OK. It's so important to keep moving forward, and to be willing to make mistakes. If you hold yourself to perfection from the beginning, I feel like it would be impossible to move forward.
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