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AMoonRabbit · 4 answers · 8mo

If you are an artist, how long do you spend on a piece?

A quick line sketch: 1 hour, w/ color/inking: 2
Detailed work: 10-16 hours
And then I've tried a more intricate piece that I spent about 20 hours on, though I didn't end up getting shading or other effects done and some of my old photo-realism pencil pieces took upwards of 30+

I don't get as much done in a given time span as I would like, but I'm pretty sure that's because my practice is rather sporadic and prone to long gaps which I'm trying to address

It depends on the type of art. Sometimes I can write a poem in 5 minutes or so, but a painting will take me a lot longer. I might paint something over the course of several weeks or revise it a lot. Sculpting takes me forever because I'm not so great at it XD

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