When I was in art school teachers used to always tell me that you can't be afraid to murder your babies. Sometimes babies can get in the way of doing art and they just have to go...I didn't make the rules. (J/K)
No this is a common term in art meaning you can't be afraid to destroy a part of a piece that isn't working. This painting is something I'm currently working on and the whole composition is about to get an extreme makeover, or more like cosmetic surgery since things will get hacked to pieces and hopefully put back together again in a better arrangement, but I digress.
This is where things are now
This is how it got there
At first it was a completely different composition, the main guy in the front didn't exist yet.
So at this point I changed the composition and added this front guy
So now I kinda like the front guy but the other people seem really boring that guy with the sword looks like he's taking a nap
Also the rest of the line is too straight, peeps would be nervous or more ready or pissing their pants or something, gotta try to get some of that in there. Wish me luck, the baby slaughter commences!
Thanks for looking! Hit that upvote button will ya? Geez...j/k, but no seriously, Upvote, comment, reteem, all the cool kids are doing it :D