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Progression animation for the Final artwork here

A simple walkthrough of a pure digital painting, as you can tell, no 3D or Photo elements were required, that probably would have made it easier and nicer, but it's a good exercise to just do it this way once in a while

It's also an opportunity to explain how I paint in Photoshop. It's pretty standard in some ways, different in others. I do like drawing lineart for stuff I'm not too used to drawing, it adds a little extra time but I feel better with it. I usually fade it out as I add more detail until I reach a stage where I don't need it anymore.

I prefer colouring by filling in solid colours first, a bit "cartoon-like" so to speak and then start shading from there. When characters are involved (like here) I usually get them to a semi-decent stage first, take a break from them, do the background and then add final touches to the character later. I think this is good since many draw characters and finish them, and then can't be bothered with backgrounds. But if you promise yourself not to finish the character until the background is done, it helps you do it Also, with the background finished before the character - you can then shade and colour the character in a way that's more responsive to the background lighting-wise

Some custom brushes were used, similar is bound to be found on the web anyway. So I can't say anymore other than it's doable to anyone with Photoshop, a tablet and a shit-ton of patience No fancy stuff required

Any artworks and animations in my gallery remain my own copyrighted material and should not be used elsewhere without my permission

Description
Progression animation for the Final artwork here

A simple walkthrough of a pure digital painting, as you can tell, no 3D or Photo elements were required, that probably would have made it easier and nicer, but it's a good exercise to just do it this way once in a while

It's also an opportunity to explain how I paint in Photoshop. It's pretty standard in some ways, different in others. I do like drawing lineart for stuff I'm not too used to drawing, it adds a little extra time but I feel better with it. I usually fade it out as I add more detail until I reach a stage where I don't need it anymore.

I prefer colouring by filling in solid colours first, a bit "cartoon-like" so to speak and then start shading from there. When characters are involved (like here) I usually get them to a semi-decent stage first, take a break from them, do the background and then add final touches to the character later. I think this is good since many draw characters and finish them, and then can't be bothered with backgrounds. But if you promise yourself not to finish the character until the background is done, it helps you do it Also, with the background finished before the character - you can then shade and colour the character in a way that's more responsive to the background lighting-wise

Some custom brushes were used, similar is bound to be found on the web anyway. So I can't say anymore other than it's doable to anyone with Photoshop, a tablet and a shit-ton of patience No fancy stuff required

Any artworks and animations in my gallery remain my own copyrighted material and should not be used elsewhere without my permission