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Description

Picked up an older sketch and wanted to color it because I loved the emotion in the sketch.

Process:

Enhanced some linework of my sketch to make the right things pop and tried to get a better hair shape going

Went for desaturated base coloring.

From there I added in a gradient multiply layer and because I wanted this dark stage thing I upped the % beyond 20%. I'd compensate with color dodge.

Another different touch was that I made the gradient background earlier on, I then used the blue in the center to improve the shading on the character.

For base shading I used an orange color since her skin color was more yellowish.

The bloom effect was achieved using Linear dodge. Same goes for the sparkles. The ones in the back, I gaussian blurred a bit.

For the microphone top I used a texture

Later I revisited it because I didn't do a good job in hiding that its a texture and toned down the contrast and brightness and painted over texture of my own to better also communicate the shape.

Description

Picked up an older sketch and wanted to color it because I loved the emotion in the sketch.

Process:

Enhanced some linework of my sketch to make the right things pop and tried to get a better hair shape going

Went for desaturated base coloring.

From there I added in a gradient multiply layer and because I wanted this dark stage thing I upped the % beyond 20%. I'd compensate with color dodge.

Another different touch was that I made the gradient background earlier on, I then used the blue in the center to improve the shading on the character.

For base shading I used an orange color since her skin color was more yellowish.

The bloom effect was achieved using Linear dodge. Same goes for the sparkles. The ones in the back, I gaussian blurred a bit.

For the microphone top I used a texture

Later I revisited it because I didn't do a good job in hiding that its a texture and toned down the contrast and brightness and painted over texture of my own to better also communicate the shape.