Hey, thank you. Do you mean the background of the piece? It's just a rough paper texture/image I found on a random texture site. I like to recreate a sketchbook look. Just the subject, little else.

I guess the soft hazy look was helped by the fact the reference is a grab from 90s quality video, so there's little definition.

I also tuned up the contrast on the reference to bring out the darks more, and lose details to shadow.

I spent a good chunk of time blocking in darks, blending a bit, then going back in with darks, the same way you do with real charcoal. So you get a mix of smokey effect, but with some definition.

Check out Jeff Haines demo videos. He uses this technique, block in, blend it right down, go back in.

I've learned everything I use in digital painting and drawing from traditional medium oil and charcoal tutorials. I don't use all the bells and whistles of the software. Just a couple of brushes, one layer, nice and simple. (I do use the liquify tool to fine tweak the super subtle details I'm the eyes etc)

Check out Lane Brown's demos too.

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Keep going. Season 3 is the best work Lynch has ever done (and he's done some amazing stuff)

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I loved it! I was worried about how they would pull it off but I think it was really well done.

Yeah, you know, I see the wisdom in the way some series are handled these days, where from the beginning they plan to have a limited amount of seasons. The idea that every tv show or series has to go on for as long as possible and that that’s the measure of success doesn’t really work for everything. Maybe Twin Peaks would’ve worked well with that kind of structure- like, “here’s the story we want to tell, and here’s how we’re going to structure it, and then it’ll be a complete thing.” I can see that.

Isn’t it grand, though‽ I agree- screen composition, compelling story, great characters, and just so perfectly itself. I’ve watched it an absurd amount of times.

beautiful piece. I struggle with backgrounds, and love this soft hazy look. May I ask how it was achieved?

I've seen this style elsewhere. The colors, bodies, faces. It was fairly popular in the 90s. Who is to say Amanda isn't copying someone else? Do you have a concrete source that states this is her style and her style only?

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This is super gorgeous omg

Hope I didn’t add to the list of stuff you don’t want to know before you can see for yourself! Sorry about that, if I did :/

I hope you enjoy it! I love Twin Peaks so much, and I’m always happy to see a reference to it out in the world. Isn’t this drawing OP did just lovely‽

Let me know, if you’re so inclined, how The Return goes for you and how your viewing of FWWM in that amazing theater is. :D

I didn't catch it when I aired, but Amazon hooked it up. Possibly.aome of the BEST TV I've ever watched. Acting, scene comp and a compelling story.

I'm just happy it ended when it did.

I guess I'm the only one who's like: "That's the actress from that awesome old TV show ... Rude Awakening!"

If you were in the illo world you'd be able to see this as a hyper specific style. It's exactly the same as her faces.

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Thank you! This bread was originally a toasting experiment that ended up falling apart in my hands. I was inspired by Kintsugi to salvage the bread and create something new.

Yeah I'm gonna start it right after the movie (this weekend) I was hoping for more of the same cuz I love Twin Peaks exactly how it is. I have heard from fans of the show that it holds up to the original but, yeah, have sort of avoided too many full critiques or descriptions of it cuz it had been a while since I watched the original and I wanted to do a rewatch before watching the return.

I was wondering if it was distracting in there! I wasn’t aware of the theater, so I had a quick google, and I noticed that they server food and have little tables and stuff. I noticed they say that you pass the waiter your order in a slip of paper, so I figured the rule was “no talking.” That’s really flippin cool!

There used to be a movie theater in Reno, when I lived there 30 years ago as a teenager (holy shit, I’m getting old, lol. I’ve never said “when I lived there 30 years ago” before😂) that had these great velvet loveseats, little cafe tables, and allowed drinking and smoking and food. I smoked at the time, so my friends and I were in heaven! We felt very sophisticated, lol

I have watched The Return! My man and I binged it when it first came out, and recently did a rewatch, spreading the episodes out over about a week. It’s different. Less lighthearted wonky Twin Peaksie stuff, I felt like. But I enjoyed it way more the second time through, once I didn’t have the expectations/assumptions that I went into it with the first time. I’d like to watch it again soon, actually.

You’re planning to watch it soonish? Do you have any ideas about what it’s like and what you expect from it?

Audrey Horne, absolutely stunning

This looks like Jacquline Kennedy?

Clever. I hope you made a full piece of bread and dropped it. Instead of casting two pieces of bread. More fitting with the art of kinsugi. I still like it

You got that charisma to her eyes down beautifully. Bravo. Loved her in “Twin Peaks”.