At the time, I was only comfortable working with two brush settings, so Floe Fila became an exercise in seeing how far I could push those limitations. I focused on developing depth, facial proportions, and texture while beginning to understand how digital portraiture differed from the traditional mediums I was used to.
The title comes from a floe, a sheet of floating ice, which influenced the cool-toned palette throughout the piece. I also began experimenting more freely with character design and surreal elements, including a frog in a magician’s hat and a mushroom with legs. Looking back, the work captures a very early stage of learning Procreate, when technical experimentation and imagination were happening at the same time.