Another important thing: I do like to keep a maximum of 3 or 4 layers. For speed painting I do want to keep the brush flowing without having to stop and go up and down with layers all time. I also rarely use more than 3 or 4 brushes (including the custom brushes). Only when they will really save me time.For Chuck Berry I used a custom brush made previously for his shirt pattern. This saved some minutes from the total time.
One procedure I take differently from non-speed paintings is that with speed painting,I do spend more time painting the shadow and colors and quickly adjust some proportions in a later stage. This is very clear when you see the Chuck’s head at early stage and when I increased its size up.
This is to gain some more area to work on and have a more detailed surface when it is scaled down. You know, a raster larger detailed area may look good when you scale down, but a small picture enlarged is unlikely that will look as good.
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