Hi everyone! The latest adventure series art is out ;) On Saturday, so tomorrow, I'll be holding a 24h giveaway to celebrate 2months since I started creating NFT-s <3 It has been really exciting 2 months and I've made more art than ever I just keep getting more and more ideas.
The new Knownorigin layout allows for 2000 characters description :O So of course I wrote half a chapter xD
Check out the full resolution and story here:
I'm still an amateur at storytelling, but the most important thing to keep in mind is- only practice will help me improve, just like with drawing. For the first adventure paintings I only did relatively short descriptions and even those felt challenging. The more I write, the easier it is to find words to express myself and I feel less self conscious about "making mistakes". I've noticed overthinking in writing and art is more of a burden that creates art block, than a smart decision. I'm sure some creatives work better with planning and organization, but my solution for art/writing block was to just get started. In the end it's up to me whether I want to share something or just put it in "archive". I prefer not to delete failed art or writing, as some ideas can become useful in the future for inspiration.
This painting took a lot of time because of all of the small details and the color palette is more challenging. I work best with violets/blues, so this painting was the complete opposite of what I'm used to. I still really love how it turned out :)
Storytelling in art is a lot about details and letting the viewer guess the story. Additional written story is helpful, but the art is the first impression here. Even though my details are rough here, you can probably recognize painting frames, a huge skeleton and even an unusual skull in the bottom left. I added some wallpaper details in the background, which I ended up changing to be more blended with the scene. On the walls, you can see shelves with more small items. My favorite is probably the jar with some eyes ;) I didn't want it to be too morbid, so I left it very vague. Also the weird little octopus creature was a fun accident, so I left it as is.
I've been practicing painting more shiny and golden things, I've seen some really incredible paintings with "gold" and I want to find various ways to use it in my style :D
As you can see my "storytelling" is very vague, but that leaves room for interesting interpretation.
Here you can see I fixed the perspective. I initially painted only front view, but I started unconsciously adding elements in perspective, so I took some time to fix the painting. This was a bit difficult, but worth it in the end. Details always take a lot more time than the whole painting, so I'm very picky with what I choose to detail :)
Dragon head winners: 
Tonight or tomorrow I'll announce the Pixelart contest winners and the new theme _
Thank you for checking out!