Just realized that forcing myself to stop after three edits made my digital art better

I used to keep fixing my digital paintings until they looked wrong. My stuff started to feel stiff and boring. So I set a hard limit of three edits per piece. First edit is for big shapes, second for colors, and third for small stuff. After that, I have to save it and post it online. It felt weird to walk away at first. But now my art has more snap and people like it more. I guess not overdoing it works.

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riverl753d ago

That three edit rule is actually a really smart way to work, lol. How do you even decide which small details are worth using up your third edit on? I always get stuck trying to fix one last tiny thing and then ruin a whole section.

jakeperry2d ago

Ask @riverl75, my third edit usually just adds NEW typos I then spend hours fixing.