/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>7017549
basically what you're doing, just summarize them to a larger size, one 'step' below the size you're at now, and work the whole thing at that 'resolution'. Then, as time allows, do another 'step' smaller and so on. Additionally, figure out where you want the visual focus to be and work proportionally more 'steps' as you get closer to there.

>>7017601
This is fine but not very /study/. Texture brushes have a tradeoff:
- they relieve you from carefully analyzing relatively unimportant details of the subject
- you lose a great deal of control over how the details are presented and an opportunity to further characterize your image.

Picrel: Look how Mønsted carefully models every detail in the craggy snowbanks. A contemporary digital artist would likely think it's a great opportunity to save time with a textured brush. But Mønsted's work really sings because of the thoughtfulness with which he arranges his details.

You're doing good work at handling the overall forms, so I'd say the choice of whether or not to use a textured brush is just about how you feel about this tradeoff.