I've been studying your monochrome art, like the Turnip28 piece you posted in October, and some parts look like you outlined them in black and then painted them and others look straight-up painted without lineart. Can you comment on your painting process? I want to learn from your method, but I can't begin to fathom it
Hey, sorry I'm just getting back to you now! I would say I *generally* start with some messy linework for most of my paintings, but I rarely clean it up too much before moving to paint over the top (because that's the part I really love). Especially for scenes with multiple characters, I find the best way to nail down a composition I like is to start painting light and shadow shapes asap, so the linework gets lost or covered up pretty early on.
I tend to keep the lines visible for longer in paintings that need a bit more perspective, and often bits and pieces of those lines will survive into the final render. Partially because I like the visual noise, and often because I didn't bother properly rendering less important areas beyond a basic light pass, haha. I've attached some compositions for various t28 paintings to illustrate what I mean, both with the shape + light heavy approach, and with one where I kept the lines in the painting for a lot longer.
Hope some of this helps! Always happy to answer questions, and maybe one day I'll get off my ass and share some timelapses.
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