How Long Does The Work Take?

Time or quality doesn´t mean much as Joe public doesn´t take that into consideration when they choose the image. Each artist has their own method as you say and time taken is dependent on that factor and level of skill. I wouldn´t expect an Apo to take anymore than half an hour from start to finish. The Apo programme does most of the work and is more or less random. 3D work takes time as it takes significant time to render some images......overnight is nothing unusual. I had one render take 18 hours. My own methods see me make a lot of base art and tubes and shapes and then I pick and mix and match from those so, I guess I have three or four on the go at any one time. Abstracts like Hot Mama take relatively short periods of time like twenty minutes tops. Like I say though a lot comes down to skill level as to how long each person takes and which method is used. And by stating what I have I am not denigrating the quality or beauty of any one medium....the end goal is to produce something we like ourselves primarily. If someone else likes it then that is a bonus but time has shown me that one should never rely on download figures for satisfaction or confirmation as to what you do is good. The public changes with the wind and where we, the artists,see mistakes in work, the public is oblivious to it. :congrats 😎 ;)