The Joker

Watch a short timelapse video for this painting here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbVDC…

Steps to this painting:


Wacom Intuos5 (medium size, not touch)
Photoshop CC
I was inspired by the Batman arkham origins concept art: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7…
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Exam time procrastination is great after all lol. I started this painting ages ago in 2014 when I was a noob at painting in Photoshop, and I just kinda left it and did nothing with it until about June this year, but I finally finished it in spare time after exams.

I also just wanna say that it's good to be proud of what you've achieved (without being a dickhead about it), and that it's good to look back so you can give yourself the chance to see how far you've come since the point you started. It's honestly probably one of the best sources of motivation, because I know it's easy to feel unsatisfied with where you are.
I always used to feel like I was utter shit and hopeless at digital painting nearer to when I started because I just didn't realise that my expectations were way too high and that no one can become a pro at anything overnight, but after two or so years, all those tiny improvements built up to lead me here. I am proud of the hard work I've put into my art, and I'm proud of how I eventually got through those moments of disappointment and failure that seemed to keep occurring. I know that this painting isn't top quality or anything, but I'm still happy with how far I've come.

This pretty much applies to anything - if you ever feel like you're getting nowhere, all you need to do is look back to where you started, and then you'll realise that your work is really paying off, even if it's just by a small amount.

So yeah lol. Didn't mean for that to be long

Hope you enjoy XD