rippermonty

Haha nice. Greenery is good for our mood.

Thank you, that's very kind of you!

Less than a year. I have not used any other painting software. This is great so far, although I use like 10 percent of its features.

thank you, It felt like the right fit for this piece. Glad, you liked it.

thank you

thanks my dude!

This is so beautiful. What a vibe! Your reference photo is cool but the painting is just splendid.

Thank you! If the laptop screen has pressure sensitivity, and came with a stylus, you are golden. I use krita on desktop, with a graphic tablet. It's a Huion, i don't know the dollar price but it was cheap and it's quite decent. You may have a lot of software choices like Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint etc but I'm on Linux so Krita is the best option for me.

As for the painting process, I just rely on observation and constant failing. If you put enough wrong brushstrokes, happy accidents begin to happen eventually. Learning a little bit about values, blocking and colour theories is a good starting point.

Is that Vermeer reference? i hope I'm not embarrassing myself by thinking that. Ha h

I do like to use textured brushes but here, it's sorta deliberate. I wanted to do this type of chaotic and broken gradient of values.

While the people who ask stupid questions still have the whole bed to themselves

Thanks!