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Day #25: Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) from The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

I've drawn mostly villains already, I think a hero is nice for a change! And time to combine many techniques I've used throughout this challenge!

Software: Photoshop

Duration: 3 hrs 11 mins painting time (deliberately set max 5 hours from ideation to finishing)

Additional Stocks Used:

Also check out the timelapse video!: [ link coming up ]

All constructive comments / critiques are welcome! 

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Welcome to my another monthly art challenge!

This time I finally decided to proceed fully with the Gothic Illustration Project (coz to me everyday is Halloween day)!

I̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶l̶l̶e̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶i̶l̶l̶u̶s̶t̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶k̶i̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶y̶s̶t̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶/̶ ̶m̶o̶v̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶/̶ ̶p̶o̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶d̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶d̶u̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶O̶c̶t̶o̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶1̶.̶ ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶A̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶v̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶l̶l̶e̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶(̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶u̶m̶i̶n̶g̶)̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶p̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶e̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶t̶c̶h̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶m̶i̶s̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶.̶ ̶S̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶1̶6̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶-̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶b̶a̶d̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶z̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶o̶r̶g̶a̶n̶i̶z̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶g̶u̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶ ̶q̶u̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶!̶

BLEH my schedule is ruined.. now I'll do it all over again in for the whole August 2022 (weekdays only)!

My main goal for this challenge is to play around with STYLES and developing my own, not only improving my skills on anatomy, composition, etc. I'm also training myself to draw more from imagination instead of relying too much on reference images - yeah I know I need to exercise especially more on the faces lol!

For commission info / status, come check out this journal: Realistic Drawing Commission 2022