Heart of Northern Africa
Once i got the idea to make this all African themed, I sadly had run out of time to make the girl South African. :'( Anyways, this piece was done on my Galaxy Note 2, and the original intentions for this project was to make her a fire dancer, as my original theme was elementals. I eventually thought of my animal incorporation theme and decided to roll with it. At the beginning, the project creeped along very slowly, and even paused after realizing the detail that would go into painting a lion paw. Doing the main subject on this medium was really difficult for me as I focused too hard on every little detail, and I loved tweaking the tiniest things as well. Anatomy and textures can take forever on the phone screen, but they sure are fun to play with! Once I had put in the paw, everything flowed from there, in my mind and hand. I put every thing that came to my head in, and thank god it looks decent even after having to rush it! I would have added more details to the sky, especially towards the top, as I feel it looks a little boring and plain. The blue in her dress I do like with the red sunset and I feel I used nice shades of brown and cream shades where the giraffes are. I am very happy with how it came out, but I really would have loved to change the girl's race and incorporate more cultural details into it.