Here you can see how I placed the colored render into the background.
For the faces I used a combknation of photos and 3D renders

I'm using it for blockouts, perspective and lighting. This time I even modelled the whole background so I only had to overpaint. Here's an early stage of the render

Here's the comparison

I re-did this illustration I painted in 2021. I was surprised how much I improved. Learning Blender helped a lot, especially with my backgrounds

Gosh, Julia! You can't just post such a deep question on an ordinary thursday 😂
I feel so disconnected to my paintings, I can hardly say what's 'me'. I mostly identify with my sketchbook these days. So have a few of those 😊

Oh, hey! I'm Nele and I do fantasy art for a living. 😊