Carlotta4th

So for those wondering where I am--I was working quite a bit on the Skies of Arcadia map (as well as other digital projects which won't be posted here due to privacy reasons) but I had to take a break due to my hand hurting. After a few days it seems to recover but then I start another project and it starts hurting again, so it may take me some time to figure out how I can do the things I want to do without permanently damaging my hand... Perhaps I'll look into tablets, perhaps I'll do more physical drawing rather than digital work. I'm not sure yet which approach I want to take and it will take some experimentation and time to figure that ou

I've been absent for quite some time and for that I apologize. "Life is busy," of course, but there's always an excuse and really I just haven't put art as a priority until recently...  but I'm planning on getting back in the game again. That being said, I desperately need to improve my sketching abilities (which are practically nonexistent right now) and so I will most likely not be uploading the low quality sketches that will occur from this process--but I need the practice anyway, and it's about time I just buckled down and did it even if there's no output! I HAVE been working on a big sprite project, though, and I'll post some of the wo

I've finished enough tutorials to set that aside for now (maybe I'll get around to some painting process tutorials eventually). Here are the new matting and framing tutorials! http://carlotta4th.deviantart.com/gallery/10855172/Tutorials?rnrd=141420 They. Took. FOREVER. Anyway, now I can finally get back to creating art. First, I plan on doing a few studies of some various artists just so I can get some more experience with oil paints... I still consider myself inexperienced with oil, and I have yet to paint many simple things like a human being (if can that be called simple). So creating studies should help. I also plan on gilding a frame f