My first attempt - Back to painting after 20ish years (Kruleboyz Gutrippa)

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**UnkieB**

Hi everyone,

Sharing my first go at painting since getting back into the hobby after a 20ish year hiatus. Welcome any comments/criticisms as well as any photo tips. Thanks

**PaddyMick**

You should take a break more often... looks great. Lovely base.

**vim_the_good**

Hey,

Looks great. You have shading and highlights. Your work is neat. The base is interesting without overpowering the mini.

I'm interested to see what else you will do now that you have dusted off 20 years of cobwebs

You could maybe try to add some fill light when taking photos. Others could probably give better advice than me on how but. I would imagine a longer exposure or bouncing some light back at the mini from behind the camera.

Great work though.
Vim,

**UnkieB**

Thanks for the nice comments

**bbb**

Looks great.

What is your photo set up? Ideally you want diffused light from the top and sides to help illuminate your subject and reduce shadows.

**UnkieB**

bbb wrote:
Looks great.

What is your photo set up? Ideally you want diffused light from the top and sides to help illuminate your subject and reduce shadows.

Don't really have a setup yet, still trying to figure that out. I just put it under my hobby lamp (slightly behind the light as opposed to directly under) on a box to get it closer to the light and the 'backdrop' is a piece of white paper. Then just snapped some pic with my phone.

**bbb**

Okay, you'll definitely need to get some diffused fill light on the sides to keep shadows at bay.