I was at my brother's house today, and we were playing a game of Hero Quest, which is an old board game with D&D-like characters, only it's more simplified and you use actual miniatures. Instead of using the miniatures that came with the game, he and his group of friends expanded the game so we can buy our own miniatures at a hobby shop, name their weapons and armor, and give them each a special ability. So I had my bro pick up a miniature, a brush, and some black primer for me while he was at the hobby shop, and he was kind enough to give me a free acrylic paint set which he had stacks of. So I went home, and I realized that the paint set came with a little canvas, so I decided to paint my first painting ever since high school. Here is the result:
This is a picture taken with a flash:
And here it is sans flash:
The reason why I took two pictures, one with and one without a flash, is because the one with the flash shows my brush strokes but doesn't show the true color of the painting. Although the non-flash picture is quite blurry, it is the closest I could get to capturing the actual colors used.
It's nothing special; I just started with a pattern and then went along with it. I didn't pencil this one it at all, and I didn't paint something tangible. It was all just out of my head. I tend to start and follow patterns whenever I'm doing freeform drawing, and figured it might work with paint.
Anyways, I'd appreciate any constructive criticizm you may have. I probably won't be doing another one for a long time, at least not until I get another free canvas to work on, but critique is always appreciated.