Gonna take a break from game dev to do some renovations in our new home. Here's a rough first sketch for the entrance hall. I've not done much physical painting before, and definitely nothing near this scale. Gonna be a fun steep learning curve

If anyone's done anything remotely similar all tips are welcome

I really love drawing and painting. But I have a hard time doing it without a clear purpose. So feels really good to have a big whimsical concrete project on my hands

Some more design exploration, plus some test painting on a piece of scrap wood. The colors are much duller than what I'm going for, but that's what they had pre-mixed in small sample cans

Scrap wood test zebra

My biggest test thus far. This time on an easel, to try painting upright. I feel like I spend a lot of time cleaning up egdes. I've got a decent steady hand, but the paint lives it's own inconsistent life on the brush tip. Maybe I should get a marker pen or something for cleanup?

As some suggested, I got myself an empty refillable pen to use with the same paint. Makes cleaning up lines a lot easier. I'll see if I can find one with a bigger container and more flow, as the paint is quite viscous. All in all, it feels like I've got a good workflow going

Some more style exploration on this. I'm thinking maybe there should be these thick totem pole bands going from wall to wall along the ceiling

Plus I painted this bathroom cabinet thing as another warmup

Further iterations on hallway design

The blank space is where some coat hangers and maybe a mirror will go

Theoretically, I should be able to project this on the wall and roof (perspective and all) if I match the projector position to a virtual camera position. I'll have to investigate this soon.

The projection actually works!

Yet another hallway design

My toddler has a long lasting three billy goats obsession, so l baked all three into a sort of goat god. You can see the troll splashing into the water below.

Opposite is a sort of german eagle, but with a floating eye, to make it sillier. It's a kungsörn (kings eagle), and at its shoulder is a kungsfågel (kings bird), the smallest bird in Sweden.