(DISTRACTION FROM P5) PERFECT SHOT - experiment in digital painting

ok, im bored of working on the wind and the willows stuff at the mo so iv set myself a little project that is an experiment to see how well i can paint without relying on textures , , , , , HEAVEN FORBID a digital artist not using textures HAHAHA


anyway here we go these are the shots of my work in progress from start to finish -

OK, so all together it took about 9 hours. SO i have come to a dramatic conclusion that i love using textures simply because it saves so much time. being able to paint the detail by hand is a valuable skill to have but it simply takes to much time. If i was using textures i could of probably completed this in around 4 hours. 

Variation

shows how concepts can be recycled and show something completely different if neccercary