Painting Tutorial Thingy: Valix

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Hurtfully wrote on 2010-05-12 21:07

Hi hi, I just thought it would be fun if I show'd the steps on my artwork, so here it is. :3

First step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/1.jpg]

Yush. Contrary to some random dude's belief, I do start with a blank canvas. >:l
I start with a verrrry large canvas because I work in raster, and it's not pleasant to try to resize raster pictures to make them bigger, unlike vector.

Second step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/2.png]

I have pretty much noooo idea how it's going to look in the end, but I know he wears red and black, so I take the default pressure paintbrush and screw around for a bit, erasing here and there until I like the shape. Looseness is good at the beginning, I think..

Third step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/3.png]

Augghhhh, what is this, his hand is a claw and his face is kind of scary. Well, I started using the color white again, filled in a head shape, a hand shape, made buttonz, gave him some hairs. Staying loose! I go crazy with the eraser, then I repaint, erase most, repaint, erase a bit, etc etc.

Fourth step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/4.png]

So here I start to size the brush down a bit, giving him quite a smug expression. I pause to laugh at the expression for a couple of minutes. Anyways! Buttonz = more defined, and then I started making his coat furry, I like painting fur collars and stuff. Moved the top button over a bit. Made a sheep pocket. Laughed at sheep pocket for a while. Oh also: drew in a neck.

Continued in second post! :3
Hurtfully wrote on 2010-05-12 21:07

Fifth step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/5.png]

Heeeere's where I start to do the face. I like tiny eyes. Valix's screenie show'd him with a kind of morose expression, tiny mouth, etc etc. I block out part of his right shoulder (or...the shoulder on the left??) with white, because it's making him look reeeal masculine. Too masculine. I give the buttons shadows, and finally work out his damn hand. Drawing hair strands is fun, just quick strokes, blah blah I think he might have a double chin at this point, I hope I work that out eventually?

Sixth step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/6.png]

More fur! Black fur with white highlights, (light source coming from left-hand side), shape up the earsss, clean his face. I gave his eyes my trademark 'white stripe to the lower right of the pupil' shine thing, it's the only eye shine I like, and I abuse it heavily. Highlight the hair!

Seventh step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/7.png]

Now we go from one layer to two layers~
This is something I do a lot, I select the outline of the body, and gradiate it black-to-clear usually from the top down. I then erase away some highlights. :>

Last step in the next post. :D
Hurtfully wrote on 2010-05-12 21:08

Final step!

[Image: http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz161/Hurtfully/Valixcopy.png]

Wheeee, here's where I show off random photoshop techniques I've learned~
I reduced the opacity of the previous gradient. Played around with some of my custom brushes, color burned a black gradient to the left hand side, added some folds to the cloak, some shadows, color burned some red around the left eye, created a red stripey background thingy with some smart objects and high pass filters, blah blah, it's all kind of technical junk, but if you want I can show you the steps exactly. :>

Oh, and I made an adjustment layer for Levels, to make the red really pop out.

If you don't know photoshop you will be so freaking confused, and for that I apologize. e.e

But anyways, that's it. I hope this was mildly instructive and not completely a waste of time. xD

If you have aaanny questions, ask!

I work in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Tablet and a mirror for poses. xD
Piko wrote on 2010-05-12 21:13

Pi pikachu pi. Pika pikachu.

(That's some crazy yet awesome and unique drawing style you got going on, and in the end they always come out great. Props o3o)
MiniSoda wrote on 2010-05-12 22:03

Never knew you could draw from random lines/squigglys o. o
Trigger wrote on 2010-05-12 22:06

Drawing like that would confuse the hell out of me.
Hiccup wrote on 2010-05-12 22:10

Organized chaos!! I like.
Rebel wrote on 2010-05-12 22:19

There is a method to the madness?!
My dreemz, dey r crshd.

I like how fun it seems. :XD:
Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-05-12 22:35

This deserves a rep.
starpaw7 wrote on 2010-05-12 23:02

This reminds me of how I (try to) draw (though I still need practice with CG so I do it on pencil)

I have no idea what it's gonna turn out to be, but I imagine that I see something in those scribbles and draw it out :XD:

How many hours etc. does it usually take you? :what:

Color, in MY drawings? Get out. :lol:
Hurtfully wrote on 2010-05-12 23:12

Quote from starpaw7;34633:
This reminds me of how I (try to) draw (though I still need practice with CG so I do it on pencil)

I have no idea what it's gonna turn out to be, but I imagine that I see something in those scribbles and draw it out :XD:

How many hours etc. does it usually take you? :what:

Color, in MY drawings? Get out. :lol:

Hummm, 3-5 hours. :>

Any longer than that and I'm probably frustrated and bored.

sexually frustra-

-shot-
Hiccup wrote on 2010-05-12 23:13

Obby.:blood: