Digital painting isn't as hard as I thought. Thanks Marco!

This is my first time doing an art competition. I've only been taking art seriously for about a year at City College of San Francisco and I'm loving it! This was really fun to work on, thank you and best of luck! "Faerie" (Linework and Colored - traditional)

Hi Karl! How do you tell stories with character design? Love your work.

Question: How do you create the story behind the character? Additionally, what comes first - the written/unwritten story or the character's visual storytelling? Thank you!