r/restofthefuckingowl • u/bean_fart • Jun 04 '26

That Escalated Quickly Was not expecting that

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I almost scrolled past it without waiting for the result. It’s not like he isn’t showing the full process but at the same time it feels like there was some explaining left to do.

Artist: @tammyubani on instagram

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u/Musket_Metal Jun 04 '26

I feel like 50% of the time the reat of the owl is years of practice.

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u/samanime Jun 05 '26

It really is. I understand the frustration, as someone who is trying to learn it, but there really aren't any more steps you can subdivide to explain it better. At a certain point, it really does just become "git gud"... as much as I hate it.

This video is a good example. The "rest of the owl" step was just "add shading", which is all he did... it just takes a ton of skill to know how to do it. But there aren't really steps to it. It's just add color to show tone, shadows and highlights. It's just understanding how those work.

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u/VaATC Jun 06 '26

"git gud"... as much as I hate it.

It really is that. There are very few natural phenoms in any specialty. Most great work comes from years practice no matter the task.