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mintbees · 1 year

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How long does it take you to make your artworks? It looks so majestic so i imagine it takes hours

though i never properly timed it id say every piece takes about 5-6 hours overall? though i take a pretty slow approach to art, i know a lot of artists have that "work until 3AM till the work is done" mentality but i dont do that part because i cant and simply dont want to.

i work in bits of 1-2 hours at a time and the first hour or so of most drawings is meticulous planning of the composition and color of the drawing i want to make.

^^^ like this. when i get a drawing idea i already know what type of composition and colors i want to do, but its a waste of time and energy to work those things out in the final drawing so i spend an hour just drawing glorified stickfigures over and over until i know excactly what i want in the finished drawing

especially in more complex compositions like these two drawings, it helps make the actual drawing process itself pretty smooth sailing because i already have a pretty good idea of what the end result will look like, and that im sure the idea is worth working out (lots of drawing ideas die in this phase because i end up not feeling it)

it's a boring process but i think this is the thing that makes my art appeal to people. my artstyle isnt very unique but the main thing people compliment is my colors and sense of atmosphere, both of which get fine-tuned first thing.

so yeah thats how i make my drawings so "majestic"! lots of planning and reading a lot about compositions

#thanks for the ask this was rlly sweet! hope i explained it kinda decently i didnt wanna ramble too much #composition is something a lot of artists tend to ignore but the industry pros use a lot for a reason

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