"Passing the point of Remission" Original artwork

Hello Steemit

Finally, I finished this painting, it was a long, long road. I've spent a lot of time on that piece, 92 hours to be exact. Maybe half of it I've spent just by staring at the monitor, thinking how I can make this better. It was an insanely cool experience, especially when I've got it done this morning. I was starting to think that I will never manage to finish it. But here it is. I can barely stay in one place right now. It's my first fully colored work. Not colored by hand but... the colors are there so...

This piece started as a not so simple sketch inspired by my lifestyle not so long ago... The whole story about it was-
A long time ago I was talking with a friend of mine, we were awake for more than 20 hours. All the coffee and the smokes that you can imagine that human can consume... Well, we were really high above that on the scale. And then something weird happened. We tunneled. I felt like I could go like that for days. I felt the remission for the first time then. My friend told me that he is feeling the same way even before I spokе about it. We managed to finish the project long before the deadline, even managed to play some video games before I fell asleep on the chair. We called that condition- a remission.

here you can see the image in full resolution
The reason why it took me so long to finish this piece was the fact that I started rendering without planing. I had my initial sketch. Without any idea what the background and the surroundings should look like, I knew 1 thing only- there should be monitors. And I placed 2 of them. I was looking for a way to come up with a background, I was checking pictures from laboratories, factories, heavy duty machines. and... Cables. I wanted something steampunky like with a pinch of a modern taste. In the end, I've ended up with what you see now.

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Here are some details:

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I've been streaming the last hours of the rendering process on Dlive if you guys wish, you can check out my workflow there, Here are the links from it-

Part -1; Part -2; Part -3; Part -4

Streaming your workflow is something really good, at least for me. When you know that someone is watching you, you do not allow yourself to get distracted, you always try to stay on the topic of the stream... To work. It's like working in a hangout, you interact with people, get and give ideas. And grow as an artist easier. Especially if you get to talk to someone better than you, In the matter of streaming or in art. I recommend it to anyone that does something creative. I mean you are doing your stuff with or without it, but the fact that you're on camera and people see your workflow and stuff increases your efficeincy

If i find some free time soon i will do a time-laplse video of the process.

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Here is my initial sketch done with red ballpoint pen and a pencil

If you want, you can check my posts about it by clicking the pictures below-

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A friend of mine told me about an anomaly that you can see mainly in photography, that is called chromatic aberration effect. Since I had 5 light sources I wanted to recreate that effect on the canvas, after 2 hours of trial and error I quit. It's a thing that most photographers avoid bit I was thinking that it would be really cool if I manage to do it.

I would like to say thanks to @anthonyj! He helped me with setting up the settings on OBS studio. Without him probably i would still be wondering around trying to figure out what are the best settings for streaming in Dlive. Check out his stuff, He is a pretty cool guy!

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Tools used: Photoshop cc2018 and Wacom Intuos pen small

Tip to new artists: Always finish your works! No matter how good or bad it is, I guarantee that you will learn something from it!

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