almost Beta
  • Final Touches

    I was not happy with my first pass at the character, so I redid her to make her pose more dynamic and to add a bit more personality. I painted in some more o...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 05:24
  • The Greenhouse Paintings - is this too meta?

    So as I mentioned in the previous post, I needed some paintings to fill the empty canvases, so this was a bit of a meta moment where I, the artist, was paint...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 04:44
  • Paintover begins!

    Using the 3D model I just made as a base, I play around with textures, colors, blend modes and adjustment layers in Photoshop to start figuring out the light...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 04:36
  • 3D Model

    Using the thumbnail, I built a model in Blender to help me finalize the composition and perspective. While I was creating the model, I had the idea of deco...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 04:22
  • Thumbnailing

    With a vague idea of "greenhouse" I started sketching ideas of what it might look like and how it might be used. I liked the idea of the greenhouse being a s...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 04:17
  • Moodboard and References

    I was inspired by the image of the house made up of windows and doors to imagine a greenhouse as my oasis. I liked the idea of a greenhouse for two reasons: ...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 04:08
  • Brainstorming and Feeling Stuck

    I started brainstorming for this piece back in late June. After word vomiting, I knew the most important feature for my oasis was something sustainable. I di...
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    Yannan Shi
    July 27, 2024 03:51