question frank: do you have an image in ur mind before you start, or do you explore as you go along?
i know it has to be a mix of the 2 but which one weighs more?

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i like to sketch my ideas down on paper first with thumbnails, usually for me even 2 to 3 inches wide, mostly for composition and shot planning. i usually sketch first then crop after. nothing cleaned up though, i keep it rough and fast mostly. sometimes i use a low opacity prisma-marker to lay down perspectives and shapes first for slightly bigger thumbnails, make alot of acidents, and ink whatever structure i can think of spontaneously. or most other times just straight up pencil sketch. so to answer your question i do have a image in mind most of the times before i start painting even if i decide half way through to change or discard my initial concept. working straight on without previsualizing often proves problematic, as i develop a painting i may end up with a rather poorly planned shot half way through having to decide whether to restart or give up altogether, since anymore time spend on the subject painting would risk being wasted. details and renderings can't save a bad composition. much easier to plan it before hand, having said that. parts of the painting involving textures, details, materials, and 2ndary light sources that sort of decisions are made pretty much on the fly.

eek.. hope that answers your question.. lol

whoa dude, thanks a lot, that was much longer than i expected but all helpful u da best!

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THATS AWESOME!!

thanks mate!

np

man that things insane bro.. how long did it take you?? i cant even make a curve line in photoshop..so i have to outline my art in paint then color it in photoshop..-suks- ...well any ways that 10/10 work man

Wow... this is crazy cool

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