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𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵
(𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦: 7.7' 𝘹 11.5' - 9,000+ px)
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"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘥𝘶𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴 “𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴” 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘥𝘶𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦."
--- McCoy, Daniel. The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion (p. 180).

This personal project embarked in March 2021, with the theme of Spring. 🌿

My artistic journey was deeply enriched by reading Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" and Daniel McCoy's "The Viking Spirit." These influential works sparked my enthusiasm for creating a personal art piece devoted to Norse mythology, an interest that was further intensified by my experience playing "God of War" on PS4.

It was absolutely perfect timing when my partner suggested I research Spring-related topics by chance.

Creating this painting was a labor of love spanning six to eight months, a period during which I had to balance morning and night shifts, all while honoring my commitment to participating in Inktober.

The project also served as an exigent performance assessment for the Procreate iOS App. Impressively, I managed to complete the final piece using fewer than five layers, relying on a single layer to optimize brush blending techniques. Notably, the app seamlessly managed a 9000-pixel canvas, an achievement in itself.

As for the technical aspects, this artwork was a collaborative effort between various tools and platforms. Ten percent of the initial groundwork, including a rudimentary sketch and early brushwork, was executed in Photoshop. I then painted 70% of the piece on a 2nd Generation iPad Pro 12.9 using Procreate, experiencing minor lag that was, nonetheless, manageable. The final 20% was polished on a 5th Generation iPad Pro 12.9, and the improvement in performance was nothing short of extraordinary.

Thanks to Grafit Studio, one of their packages served as my main reference for anatomy. Their exceptional stock of models significantly contributed to my work quality.

I look forward to sharing a time-lapse video of the creative process in the near future.