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January 24, 2016 by: Darcy Goedecke

Time-Lapsed Concept Drawing – STELLA

When I create a custom portrait for someone, I first give them a “concept design”. This is the proposal for the basic structure of the painting to see if they like my idea.

I combine pictures of their animal with whimsical elements that are symbolic to the owner.

Recently, I moved to creating these concept sketches digitally, which makes the process much quicker and more fluid.

For Stella’s concept, I decided to record my screen as I did it so you could see the process!

The original digital drawing took me about an hour and a half to do, but I’ve time lapsed the video down to just under two and a half minutes.

As you can see, it starts out a little questionable and requires lots of layers. The technique of laying down color is actually pretty similar to painting in oils or acrylics.

I had a lot of fun with this one and can’t wait to do the actual painting!

If you enjoyed this, please share it!

If you’d like to commission a pet portrait (or other painting), you can find more info here.

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Comments

  1. Maria says

    January 31, 2016 at 7:33 am

    That’s so cool Darcy! I didn’t realize you do the digital drawings first! I bet that really helps to get you started on the right path for not only you but the customer too! Love you!

    Reply
    • darcy says

      February 1, 2016 at 6:37 pm

      Yes, it really does! Thanks, Maria! Love you too! ;*

      Reply

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