it's a photo of my friend, but i spent a while brushing over it to make it smoother, and the rest of that effect is from a gif optimizer. i agree that these pieces dont really have much direction at this point in time, but im hoping to make a more complex project soon where i'd start with drafts and create at least 200 frames, whereas this is like 30 that i made up as i went along. my first gifs were nothing but simple color changes or two frame animations, so this is all very new to me, and i could call these experiments in movement and line/shape more readily than finished pieces.
i've been considering getting a tablet so i can start doing more detailed digital painting with a stylus, so hopefully one day i can achieve that level of realism. thanks tho!