I felt like this needed to be revisted. It’s still a WIP and a lot of it I’m not sure what to do with, so I’m just having fun with it. It already looks better in the background, but the character needs to be adjusted.
I’m not so sure about that zombie fighter’s lame background :/ I’m still a noob at buildings…for now.
Very simply enough, i start with a gradient background. After that I grab a dark color that is close to that color range, but just darker enough to show up in the gradients darkest areas. I sketch in a real loose sketch that gets her down just good enough to start painting on. I do this much like how I take real sketches to finish, eraser and pencil. I don’t use any other color. I render it out as much as I can on another layer and then start adding a background. Then it is time to throw some temperature colors in. Sometimes adding lights and darks here and there. I work on all 3 layers at once during this stage. Once things look good enough, I flatten the skin layer and the shadow layer and start fixing the painting up, tightening things here and there. Finally it starts to look good enough to finish. Add in details here and there, closer tightening and refined contrast. Done! Sorta :/
By using this method where you have a black and white render, you can then paint under neath that with all the colors you need, as messy as you want. Then move to the sketch layer and adjust the colors with preserve transparency on. That will keep the sketch intact while you change the colors on it. It can sometimes have pretty neat effects if you add blobs of color under it and change the layer settings. Like the picture above. I think it looks more real that way then the actual painting :/
I usually never have time for weekly, and really, this week…I don’t! But I made time by staying up late to finish this for the weekly.
Here is an old sketch I had laying around that I never finished.
I might add more detail later, if people are interested in it.
I’m trying out a new set of brushes.
Some quiick sketches.
