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Susana-Santos — Praying Mantis Study
Published: 2014-02-15 12:08:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1820; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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Study from a photo by Igor Siwanowicz.Follow my work through my Facebook Page .
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It's a bit hard to explain but the most important thing is to get the first steps right! Before getting worried about the textures and the juicy highlights I worry about having a solid base! That's the key! You can use realistic textures, but if the base is not good enough everything will fall apart... In a painting there's a certain order of priorities you have to follow. You just can't do it all at the same time. First I worry about the construction: placement of features and proportions; the local colors, then lighting. Only when I have those things figured out, I move on to add textures and final details.
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wa, that's cool. I usually rush in to rendering too quick ven while my sketch step is still wrong at construction, perhaps that's why the result is awful. Thank you.
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Yes, I also get too excited and jump straight to the rendering, but I've learned that it's better to slow down and take the time to make a solid base. Actually you'll be faster, because you'll make less mistakes and you won't have to fix them later.
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continua assim, vais longe!! 
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Hey Susanna, that is incredible. Those eyes are just wonderful.
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it. ^^
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Is th... is that a DRAWING?!!
You... your skills... YOUR SKILLS...
They are so amazing that I've never seen anything alike before, you are the best artist I've ever seen in my life! Your skills are seriously more then anything ever that man described with words and thoughts and your art should be seen by the world.
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Oh my! Thank you so much for the kind words. That’s really good to hear! 
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I understand.
Why can't you do a sheet of your development (like how you was developing your skills all the way from 2000 to 2014) It would be nice to see! ^^
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Ahah I don't know if I'm ready to show the world my crappy paintings yet! On the other hand it could be an interesting way to show my progress. I'll think about it!
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Your skill is... scary
Keep going the good work! It's a pleasure to the eye!
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Thank you for the kind words. I've been doing these animal studies lately to improve my creature design skills.
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