<2022-12-20T22:43:01.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: What's your approach when starting a new painting?
<2022-12-20T22:43:55.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: I have been working on digital paintings, but I've had difficulty conveying my imagination 
<2022-12-20T22:51:49.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: A lot of reference pictures, really (unless it's something "exact" like a person's face, in which case I'll probably only use one reference).  I usually have a general idea which I'll sketch out if I think the placement or composition is really important (or has people in it), and then I'll go find some references that look sorta like what I'm thinking of... and then I kinda just paint from there, using the references as a guide.  I don't always get it like in my head, but the more I paint things the better I get (well, sometimes not always better lol) and the closer I get to the ideas in my head, so I'd rather get *something* out rather than fussing *too* much with it (there is still fussing). 
<2022-12-20T22:57:20.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: Also it is *very* hard to convey your imagination on canvas (or I suppose on a digital... canvas?... in your case).  I have a tough time with it all the time.  Sometimes it helps to get a piece of it out instead of the whole scene?  Like... I might do a landscape or even just one tree or just an animal with no background as a separate thing to see if I have the right idea, and then incorporate what I've learned into a bigger painting later?
<2022-12-20T22:59:07.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: That makes sense, I recently completed a large project on digital, working on small parts at a time really helped out
<2022-12-22T04:23:42.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: poa.st/objects/a52b4bc3-4087-443a-a048-5f58df86649f
<2022-12-22T04:23:56.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: Here's the digital art piece I was working on
<2022-12-23T20:31:38.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: Do you have any feedback on my work?
<2022-12-23T20:32:27.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: oh so sorry I saw it the other night and I thought I said something but I guess I didn't!  
<2022-12-23T20:32:44.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: I think it's friggin adorable
<2022-12-23T20:32:56.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: gimme a second
<2022-12-23T20:39:31.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: So I can tell you're going for a certain style here but there was one thing that stood out to me as not fitting the perspective and I'd say it's that yellow tent.  I think it's the bottom of the yellow tent (or it could be the top as well?... I tried drawing some orange lines where I thought the vanishing point was leading just as a quick guess).  I realize it doesn't have to be perfect with the cartoony style anyway but I think that corner makes the road seem like it's... going in a different direction than the other tents? https://freespeechextremist.com/media/6248e402-4403-4ffe-ad04-6fdeaacb43a0/cb01.png?name=cb01.png
<2022-12-23T20:40:31.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: so I think... gimme a minute...
<2022-12-23T20:44:00.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: You're right, that blue yellow tent did look very off to me when I was drawing it
<2022-12-23T20:45:42.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: oh oh boy my shopping skills are not great lol but something like this I think makes the road and tents make more sense but keep the cartoony feel  https://freespeechextremist.com/media/f2e5c9d6-2a11-44fd-9489-0837e187bde5/cb02.png?name=cb02.png
<2022-12-23T20:46:21.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: That feels a lot better
<2022-12-23T20:46:38.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: but yeah it is frigging adorable; I love it
<2022-12-23T20:46:49.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: got a lot of cute little details in there
<2022-12-23T20:46:51.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: very fun
<2022-12-23T20:47:06.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: I appreciate the feedback, it means a lot to me
<2022-12-23T20:47:18.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: you're welcome, fren! :)
<2022-12-23T20:50:34.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: Definitely going to keep drawing after that, I'm very happy that so many people liked it
<2022-12-23T20:51:22.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: it's super fun!  I find it hard to use a lot of bright colors like that but you really nailed it.  lots of fun cute things in there and it's got a nice mood
<2022-12-23T20:51:41.000Z> scenesbycolleen@freespeechextremist.com: yes, keep drawing; I'd love to see more! 
<2022-12-23T20:53:58.000Z> Twoinchdestroya: Will do, it's the first time I've done anything that complicated with color, glad it came out well