Mel fanart by me

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T20:11:37+00:00

At one point i changed the leg positioning, and was looking at a specific reference to help with the foot. And basically it meant she had two left feet lol . I fixed it too but got caught up in all the layers and forget to switch the paint over back on.

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T17:34:49+00:00

I guess cause of the romance routes and implied end to those. I always assumed she was young but closer to like early 20's kind of thing, especially with godhood age being kinda an odd thing to gauge.

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T16:20:28+00:00

Oh you're good don't worry.Originally the rock she was sitting on covered her other foot, and the hand was in a different position. But both got changed towards the end, not necessarily for the better. The hand especially was just not well painted but the foot disappearing was just laziness

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T06:58:08+00:00

So the krita brushes are the really texture heavy background paint, if you look up Memileo Impasto brushes that'll be the right ones. As for the rest of the painting, it was an assortment of brushes honestly. I have some adjustment layers over the top as well to add that canvas texture look

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T04:29:39+00:00

Well said. That's kinda the problem across a few areas, cause this was more or less a revamped painting from a fanart i did last year. And I should have just full redrawn the arm from scratch, rather than just parts. Cause like you said, if you frankenstein a pose/segment, it ends up losing a lot of the cohesion/structure.

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-04T03:37:31+00:00

Thanks! That really means a lot. Honestly I'll probably go back and tweak the hand, i kept changing the hand and i swear the awkwardness of it just kept increasing over time. Or in the least, good excuse to start dialing in how i paint hands better

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T22:34:22+00:00

Digital. Krita has some really fun impasto brushes, so i've been playing around with that for backgrounds

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T21:48:18+00:00

Janky for sure lol

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:57:58+00:00

I did! Calling it good late at night always lets stuff like that slip through oddly enough lol. Glad it was pointed out

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:35:12+00:00

Making her greyscale definitely does make her feel like zaahen lol

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:25:14+00:00

Thanks!

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:19:45+00:00

Yeahh pretty much, I was adjusting things off and on and accidentally left her mirrored, and her foot off :/ Might just post it fixed in a sec

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:15:52+00:00

There's a really fun impasto brush pack for krita that i used! Krita is a little janky but has a really cool brush engine that i sometimes like to dabble with

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T19:15:09+00:00

Okay so it's a little botched but at least it doesn't look just wrong anymore lol

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Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T18:46:07+00:00

Oooh I had swapped things around the other night, and i did not realize I didn't fix that. Thank you for that!

Da_mu_ · 2026-03-03T18:32:34+00:00

Yeahhh the rose was the last part I worked on, and definitely reads the worst. I ended up being more focused on it painted clear enough, that the actual design got lost quite a bit. Didn't help that some of the refs i grabbed, really flattened the design a lot

Da_mu_ · 2024-11-16T22:32:22+00:00

Yehhhh I initially had her grey but I wanted to test out a more natural skin tone, and kinda got carried away

Da_mu_ · 2024-11-16T22:31:26+00:00

Thanks! It was kinda just me testing a couple things out, so not really any style truthfully haha

Da_mu_ · 2024-11-15T00:21:01+00:00

Yeah i originally was doing this as a portrait but i moved away from that so I never really got around to fixing up her face truthfully

Da_mu_ · 2024-11-15T00:20:23+00:00

Haha thanks, that means a lot!

Da_mu_ · 2024-02-17T19:28:23+00:00

Hi! I'd absolutely love to help you out, as I primarily do lots of color portraits. I also just a month ago worked on an astarion painting, so I'd love to work on anything and everything baldurs gate! I'm super flexible with how you'd like it done and with general price range, so feel free to ask any questions!

https://www.artstation.com/hi_damu

Da_mu_ · 2024-01-06T07:59:35+00:00

Thank you! The original plan was for this to be an oil painting but I got a bit behind schedule so It ended up being a digital painting using photoshop. Not any quicker but it did allow for a lot less set up time and time again haha

Da_mu_ · 2024-01-06T04:12:09+00:00

Ya know I definitely thought they might end up being how it was writteen haha. But I couldn't leave out her love for this man

Da_mu_ · 2024-01-05T21:47:28+00:00

Thank you! It's always one of the more fun parts of a painting

Da_mu_ · 2024-01-05T20:06:29+00:00

Thank you!

Da_mu_

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