I was looking for other artists that could inspire me, and Bobby Chiu quickly became one of my favorites. The third one was actually inspired from Bobby Chiu's concept that he came up with during his stream.

Feeling inspired, I made my own thumbnails for the project: I've always went the the other way around: from the details to the big picture. When I saw that video, it just clicked for me. I have no idea how to compose the painting! So I looked for some videos that could help me, and I happened across a video by someone named Amit Dutta and he was talking about 'thumbnail makings'.

There were quite a few references I liked for the idea, so I decided to go with this. I really like the idea of a tiny civilization in a huge world so I thought of another environment where that could work: a city of tiny creatures living in the dark recesses between the raised and gnarly roots of an old tree. =) Later on in my search, I realized that my cool idea was actually far too common! (Plus, it was kinda hard to draw =D) So of course I needed to look for reference photos of “fantasy turtles”. I tried to think of what kinds of animals would be good, and settled for the turtle because the huge surface of its shell is really perfect. To make it even grander, that rainforest lives on top of a really huge sentient creature that floats majestically in the sky and through the clouds. Haha!Īt first I thought that I would make a world filled with fairies and wisps who live in a lush rainforest. It's not even being shipped yet! The only way I got this done was with a mouse. I was actually impressed with myself.

Unfortunately, the pen tablet I ordered is so late. Since I was very poor in drawing but I can fake my way in painting, I decided to learn Krita so I can submit a digital painting. But just a few lessons in, I can honestly say that I was flowing with ideas and couldn’t wait to start the class project! That's a first! I've always wanted to be an artist but never had the courage to apply to art school because I thought I didn't have imagination or creativity and would just embarrass myself in class.

Krita drawing with mouse