Old Speedpaints

These are two speed paints I did, each of which was produced in under half an hour.

The first one was on the theme of 'Bat out of Hell'. Naturally, I thought of a Hell-esque environment and bat-like creatures flying about. The second was produced on the theme of snow.

I don't like what I produce in a short amount of time, or at least I don't like how I approach producing something in a short amount of time. I dedicated too much time to being meticulous with detail, producing exact shapes and fine details instead of being rough. For example, I took far too long producing the bamboo, and it would have looked more realistic anyway if I had just been more rough and quick and not as symmetrical. I didn't have time to produce a forest, and so they look strange by themselves. I wasn't able to do much at all with the snow either; in fact I screwed up on the layering which meant that the bamboo doesn't look effectively partially buried in the snow.

I'm happier with the bat out of hell picture, but still not too pleased at how I approached it. I could have been a little more thumb-naily with the bat and dedicated more time to getting different shades and colours in the mountains and lava.

That, and I've noticed I use a little too much black in most of my artwork, and I could substitute that for various shades of grey if nothing else, that would better allow me to represent the play of light in the picture.