The Golden Owl of Athena and Minerva

 This is digital art I started a couple of months ago. 

That was when I first learned how to do gradients. They are so fun to experiment with that I have to stop myself from overusing them.  

Athena and Minerva are basically the greek and roman versions of the goddesses of wisdom. Their symbol is the golden owl of wisdom.

Looking at this picture now, I think I'm going to change the gradient on the leaves so the dark parts are on the side. I'm also going to add more branches and leaves, and a trunk for the branch to come from.

Digital art makes it possible to endlessly tinker with things. This is both a blessing and a curse. I can go back and change things when I see I have made a mistake or I think of a better way to do it. But it is an endless process, unlike when I was using acrylics and watercolors. With physical painting, I would finish a painting and then move on.

I hadn't thought of making any changes to this before I just happened to see it and thought it would make a good blog post. There's nothing like thinking about what other people will think about my art to make me look at it with an even more critical eye. 

Oh yes, I should also put some texture or shading on the branch. I will post this picture and the next version next to each other in a later post.