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Nuki News #53 - Color Communicator!
🕑 Added 2021-05-05 22:25:21 +0000 UTCWanted to share the process of a recent personal piece I did. :)
Hopefully it'll be helpful to those who are curious on how to go about tackling an advanced painting process, but I wouldn't really call this a tutorial by any means. Just the steps I take in the process!
It's not often I get to explore an idea for myself- but I had this in my mind for some time, of Artie surrounded by colorful magical spheres. I actually did this back in March- drawing purely for myself can be really challenging. So I kinda pecked at this over the course of the month trying to find the right energy for the pose.
Here's the sketch I went with that had the feeling/energy I liked. Something confident and kindve powerful!
With a drawing chosen we go to the oft-overlooked PLANNING stage where I decide on my lighting scheme and shading. Also used a shape tool for the orbs and positioned them better for the composition.
Oh, and of course line art for once! Not often I do line art, but for a bigger more involved piece, I do, haha.
And now to get to "painting"- which is just me doing a selection, then cel shading with gray, and then refining edges to soften some areas like the belly!
Also chose the color for the orbs- after this I use my colorization technique with gradient maps and add something to the background so its not so blank.
For once I actually wanted a more ethereal background! Next comes lighting! Thanks to the planning stage earlier, it's pretty simple to do. Getting this far is about 80% of the work.
What could come after this point? Looks pretty done now yeah? NO!! The final 90% of the work is actually pretty long, those finishing touches and polish will be the difference-makers i feel. So I do some adjustments, add finishing values to key areas for added contrast, and add some filters to make it pop!
And then, I use what's called a liquify tool to adjust the face- while it is cutely plump in the cheeks, it's not quite the look I'm going for. I also do some rendering on the face and beaded necklace and soften up the belly button to get to the final piece!
Here it is! I'm very happy with this, I got to make something my heart desires and I'm glad to share it with yall. I hope you like it and enjoyed seeing the process!
Comments
J.Fiera CK-19
Cute
J.Fiera CK-19
That’s amazing, it must have taken along time to get it right, but the result is beautiful at the ending. Kinda reminds me of Zenyata from overwatch, but cuter ^^
Temporal Walker
It very much helps someone like me to whom most of this stuff is still more or less witchcraft, lemme tell you
Artie
AAHHHH youre welcome!<3 Each part has like, a zillion steps haha, but hopefully as a general overview is good!
Temporal Walker
This is so fucking cool, thank you so much for sharing!!
