Whew! What a week. Don’t worry, she’s here. This month’s Behance Beauty! Check out my process here.

I finished this beauty last night. She was done. I went to go do my uploads, and two hours of work was gone. Just gone. Like I hadn’t been drawing the perfect jewelry for the past hour. UGH! It’s all ok. Lessons were learned, I am still really new to the iPad app. We’re good. I did lose some of the depth that I thought I had yesterday, but I think that overall she has come through really well.

This was my first shot at dramatic lighting. As soon as she decided (yes…!) that she wanted to be in the dark, I knew that this would be a whole new challenge for me. Lighting is not something that is a super strong point for me. I understand it, but I rarely apply it for too much depth in my pieces. Usually it’s a drop shadow of sorts to get my paper cutout look. Here there needed to be a different level. I did a lot of research, my Pinterest is full of reference material, and overall I am really happy with how she came out in the end. There is always room for improvement, but I am really proud of this first attempt.

This lady looses a little bit of the paper cutout feel that I am usually including in these pieces. You can see it in her hairband, and the cloth around the table a bit, but that’s it. I don’t think that that is a bad thing though. The lighting just takes more of a leading role here. I do think a full on paper cut out piece with this kind of lighting would be awesome! Gotta wrap my head around that one first. Please hold. She does make up for the lack of paper cutout with movement though, whew!

Overall, I am very proud of how this beauty came out. I already have a super different idea for next month and I am getting the ball rolling right away. For those of you that would be interested, I am going to try some live streaming while I develop this month. My file issues put me off schedule, but I am going to try to go live this Thursday, if not, next Thursday. Follow me on Facebook or Instagram to get the details.

Thanks so much for dropping in today!