Rant: I used to obsess over every tiny brush stroke for hours before posting, now I just paint until it feels right and upload it within 10 minutes

After 3 years of digital painting, I finally realized nobody was zooming in 400% to judge my pixel-perfect shading, so why was I wasting my Sunday afternoons on that when the overall piece looked fine at normal size?

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victorcoleman1mo ago

Wait, are you actually telling me you think rubbing a single pixel for three hours is what makes art good? I've seen homeless dudes make better looking paintings with a half-empty bottle of Jack and a dirty paintbrush than most people who worry about that stuff. That kind of thinking is how you end up with a finished painting that has no soul, just a thousand perfect little details nobody cares about.

abby_scott12d ago

My buddy @mason798 spent 12 hours adding individual pores to a digital nose once, and nobody even noticed until he pointed it out. Is that really the kind of win you're aiming for?

mason7981mo ago

But dont you think that extra polish is what separates a decent piece from something truly great? I get that nobody zooms in to 400%, but those tiny details add up to the overall feel of the painting. If you rush through it, the whole thing might feel sloppy or unfinished even if the big shapes are fine. Maybe you traded quality for speed, and that's a loss if you ask me. What kind of stuff are you painting where the finer points dont matter in the final look?

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