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Flying Golden Turtle Final

 

I think this is going to be it!  Gonna sleep on it but I think this is where this journey ends for this piece. At least for tonight. Barring any last changes I’m looking to get this to a printer this week.
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And here’s some details of some of my favorite parts of the painting.
detail-pathThe little path into the forest

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The little church and houses on the hill

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The turtle.. shell and belt buckle just make me happy.

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And my favorite part might just be the little glistens on the water.

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Digging in to the final painting

Okay.. heeere we go.  Picked a color comp.  Scaled everything to final print size. Masked individual components of the piece.

Lets see if it all goes to crap 🙂

First up the background mountains

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Ok that wasn’t too bad.  next up. Getting started on the background hillside, forest and lake..

turtle-final-1-2Still not hating it.. so that’s a bonus.

It’s amazing how much easier it is if you do a truckload of prepwork.  It’s all playing with shapes and colors since the big decisions have already been made. awesome!