1. Being flexible with myself//
Originally, I had set up a schedule of working at least 2 hours for 6 days a week. However, with my school schedule it would have been extremely difficult to accomplish this Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I decided to change my schedule down to working Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for 2 hours per day.
2. Tutorials//
Instead of winging it and pretending I knew what I was doing I decided to find people who are already doing what I was wanting to do. I stumbled across this tutorial and went from there with baby steps.
3. Scheduling + Time Management//
As mentioned above, I gave myself a schedule. Having a WRITTEN schedule down and attending a time management workshop definitely helped me carve out the crucial 2 hours I needed specific days to get work done.
Also, having the written schedule helped me to focus and not derp around and get distracted.
4. Taking Small Bites out of the Pie//
I think it was good that I hesitated and chose not to work on this painting originally. I feel that by jumping head first into the lake without knowing how to swim would have killed my motivation to work on this large piece.
And so by watching tutorials and doing smaller paintings to practice/start with I feel that it really helped prepare me to take on the bigger painting.
5. Support//
The support from the boyfriend really helped. There are days where I feel like I really suck at this and I'm not going to be as good as my favourite illustrators. But with his encouragement it really helped me to persevere and to keep learning and growing.
And so for today I worked for about two hours and I got the image digitally sketched, did a rough shading layer to understand lighting, and began roughing the colours. I also decided to re-position Bilbo way lower than Sherlock-Smaug because well...he is a hobbit after all. :)
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