They're Different For Everyone
The dust and debris settled around Arin, as he staggered from small smoldering crater which he now occupied. He was already calculating the trajectory of the grenade, plotting each moment of his retaliation in obsessive detail. His attacker was in an elevated position 42 meters on a crane and is obscured by smoke. His gun sat half-sunken a patch of dirt and gravel a 2.1 meter from his position. There was cover 7.3 meters beyond that. A simple task. But-- something was wrong. He hesitated. Sure, he too was somewhat smoldering, but this was different. This was important. His mind raced like lightning through the thousands of processes, ruling out the injuries and errors until all responses settled that it was a discrepancy in weight on his head. And with that, Arin's priorities shifted a bit._
The Process
This was something I started doodling in something like 2020 as a test for canvas size in Procreate. Earlier this year I decided to come back to it and see if I wanted to keep at it. Sure enough I did.
I decided then to try to push my limits in Procreate and see how much I could do without needing to finish in either Photoshop or After Effects. I'm happy with the results, but I brought Procreate to its knees. It crashed a bunch which was likely due to the size I was working and how many layers I had.
I had a lot of fun working on this pic. I used various brushes, but mostly with a basic fat pencil brush, Fude Pen. As is usually the case I used the eraser as much, if not more, than the brush side. This is what allows me to chisel away the sketch lines and ink work into more defined shapes.
I will post links below to the brushes as I re-find them.
