Symmetry

The prompt "Symmetry" was perhaps the easiest of my private challenge, but the scariest. I knew what I wanted, just not how it should look when I started; I have long admired the Painter portraits of Android Jones and tried several times to emulate his figurative abstract style. When I failed, it was an issue with patience, my biggest source of trouble. For this piece then, I set out with the resolution to do better. Using several custom nozzles, papers, and patterns, I switched between Painter and Photoshop to get all the effects I wanted. There are many buried layers that I overpainted. I was unsure if I liked the result because it looks nothing like Jones's work; in the end I think finding my own way of working with these tools is better than studying too closely.

I absent-mindedly complained to my significant other that I missed doing challenges because I hadn't gotten around to any in '23. He was happy to provide me with a multi-lingual list of prompts the likes of which I hadn't seen before and gave me a schedule until the end of year I couldn't possibly keep - who has time for art during the winter holidays when there are games that need playing and way too much food to think creatively?
These are my results. I decided before that I wanted to start working with a more reduced and clearer style than my usual paintings; I would love to get into editorial illustrations. I worked in Photoshop, Painter, and Rebelle; leaving out trad tools to speed things up.