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i thought i'd show the progress of the
Forgotten Goddess

in a little unusual way. instead of showing how i did one painting, i thought i'd be cooler to show the concepts i worked on.

up top we have the black and white sketch. the idea is to have a big statue looming over a visitor and some architecture in the background. the goddess has been forgotten for an age and the visitor is the first person to set foot in her temple for a thousand years. i'm experimenting with the composition and i'm trying different painting techniques. but the arches in the background are too big - she's supposed to tower above the setting, not be framed by an even bigger thing. the pose is boring and the cloud dress looks funky. and not the good kind of funky.

in the middle image i've lowered the arches and i'm thinking maybe we're looking at a gold statue. but i'm not feeling the row of boring pillars. it's too flat. and would a golden statue be left alone for a thousand years? the little dude is just a placeholder. in fact, the whole image is still just a sketch. i know i'm not taking this painting all the way.

the last image is me giving up on the indoor setting. i find a cool pose where she looms over a viewer standing in front of her. the goddess is reaching out, maybe to kill the last enemy before she herself dies. i've got not only a loose story about the statue and the visitor, but now i'm thinking about the goddess too. who was she, who killed her, that kind of stuff. the more back story and drama you put into a painting, the more invested in its progress you'll become. the idea in my head becomes clearer and i'm motivated to complete the painting.

anyway, that's a little peek at how i paint nowadays.

Description
i thought i'd show the progress of the
Forgotten Goddess

in a little unusual way. instead of showing how i did one painting, i thought i'd be cooler to show the concepts i worked on.

up top we have the black and white sketch. the idea is to have a big statue looming over a visitor and some architecture in the background. the goddess has been forgotten for an age and the visitor is the first person to set foot in her temple for a thousand years. i'm experimenting with the composition and i'm trying different painting techniques. but the arches in the background are too big - she's supposed to tower above the setting, not be framed by an even bigger thing. the pose is boring and the cloud dress looks funky. and not the good kind of funky.

in the middle image i've lowered the arches and i'm thinking maybe we're looking at a gold statue. but i'm not feeling the row of boring pillars. it's too flat. and would a golden statue be left alone for a thousand years? the little dude is just a placeholder. in fact, the whole image is still just a sketch. i know i'm not taking this painting all the way.

the last image is me giving up on the indoor setting. i find a cool pose where she looms over a viewer standing in front of her. the goddess is reaching out, maybe to kill the last enemy before she herself dies. i've got not only a loose story about the statue and the visitor, but now i'm thinking about the goddess too. who was she, who killed her, that kind of stuff. the more back story and drama you put into a painting, the more invested in its progress you'll become. the idea in my head becomes clearer and i'm motivated to complete the painting.

anyway, that's a little peek at how i paint nowadays.