Have you ever wandered how a digital illustrator creates their work? It’s quite easy actually with a thing called speed painting! Speed paint is the process of video capturing the creation of a digital illustration from start to finish then editing the video to speed up. In this way you get a glimpse at the way an illustrator works without having to watch the entire process in real time. A normal illustration takes hours to complete though a speed paint video can be watched in about 15 minutes or depending on the speed the video is edited to. They are very interesting and fun to watch. As an illustrator myself, they really motivate me to create my own work. I have a few speed paints myself and hope to make more in the future. They show technique as well as creativity of the artist!