I may or may not be ready for autumn to arrive 🫠 This summer heat is slowly driving me insane...

I recently discovered new reference materials, and it's upped my pose game so much!

I highly recommend Obscura 29 photo reference packs over on artstation (I'll link it in the comments)

Other great reference tools I've been using recently are BJD dolls for poses and DND miniatures for environments

Tip for rendering realistic hair highlights:
1. Use a fur brush
2. Soft erase both ends to blend it into the hair color
3. Soft erase pieces in the middle to create depth
4. Liquify the new highlight to flow with the hair

Sorry for the awful video quality. I don't know how to make it better🫠

You can see me change my mind about the shadows at least 700 times in this video 🫠🙃 Final result included!

More realism speedpaints can be found on my Threads account. Link is in my profile!