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Ok so this week has been a bit rough for me. I work in an online store so there was a lot of work for black Friday that is happening next week. PLUS my brothers car has stopped functioning properly for the last 6 weeks and we had to share to go to work, it's on the final stages of getting sorted...that last part would have been fine except he has had to work some over time this week (we talking 14-15 hour shifts which means waking up early and finishing late).

So in the last 2 to 3 days I tried my best to finish this piece...I did not but I have to stop. I am getting fatigued and it's slowing down my process. I am fairly happy with the way the face came out. The hair I definitely would like to finish at some point. I do not regret taking this piece of artwork on..was interesting and enjoyable to see the results. I do have a problem with pushing my colors but I am starting to get the hang of it. I had to stop color picking from original and choose colors myself...which was really interesting to do. I switched over to the textured brushes and I must say that it looked better for it...bit of a learning curve for me but a welcome addition. I have to move on to other artwork that has been sitting. Will get back to this study at a later point. I already missed a few days and I can feel my pace slowing down a bit.

Textured brushes used: www.deviantart.com/aarongriffi…
I only used one, not really sure how to mix and match different brushes just yet.

Original photo reference: www.flickr.com/photos/jamespic…

Description
Ok so this week has been a bit rough for me. I work in an online store so there was a lot of work for black Friday that is happening next week. PLUS my brothers car has stopped functioning properly for the last 6 weeks and we had to share to go to work, it's on the final stages of getting sorted...that last part would have been fine except he has had to work some over time this week (we talking 14-15 hour shifts which means waking up early and finishing late).

So in the last 2 to 3 days I tried my best to finish this piece...I did not but I have to stop. I am getting fatigued and it's slowing down my process. I am fairly happy with the way the face came out. The hair I definitely would like to finish at some point. I do not regret taking this piece of artwork on..was interesting and enjoyable to see the results. I do have a problem with pushing my colors but I am starting to get the hang of it. I had to stop color picking from original and choose colors myself...which was really interesting to do. I switched over to the textured brushes and I must say that it looked better for it...bit of a learning curve for me but a welcome addition. I have to move on to other artwork that has been sitting. Will get back to this study at a later point. I already missed a few days and I can feel my pace slowing down a bit.

Textured brushes used: www.deviantart.com/aarongriffi…
I only used one, not really sure how to mix and match different brushes just yet.

Original photo reference: www.flickr.com/photos/jamespic…