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Krojun is a Shoanti Barbarian from the Pathfinder setting. Commissioned by Thomas A. Had a lot of fun on this one!Related content
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Awesome work as usual! I'm curious, how often do you use color? I understand that the commissions are more expensive and people are likely satisfied with grey-scale, but how often do you practice with color? I see some colored things in your gallery and I'm curious, is it a matter of putting more time into a single piece than you want to, or do you prefer the black and white?
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Hello Vartanov,
Lately, not often. When I posted about the offer on reddit, (for commissions) the samples I used were my own D&D characters which were all grayscale. People seemed to like it so when the commissions came in, they were all for grayscale sketches, (I probably go a bit too far for "sketches", can't help myself ^^). Anyway, yeah, not a lot of colour pieces these days. I am practiced with colours though thanks mostly to my vector art background, (and other illustration experience). When is comes to personal art/drawings, I do prefer black and white and it does have to do a little with time-constraints.
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I see! As I'm beginning to delve into attempting art, I'd like to know a little bit more about your workflow, if it's not too much trouble!
Two things, first, when you put as much effort into your light and shading as you do in the greyscale, how simply can you transition to color? Is it just a simple use of filling your shades with color, or is there something more technical you do? In addition, you say you have a vector background; currently I'm working with Adobe Flash for digital drawing and I'm curious what you have to say about the benefits and losses of drawing with vector/Flash. I find drawing lines (brush) to be a brutal task (probably because I'm not experienced with my strokes yet). Do you pen tool it?
And one last question for you, have you ever considered live-streaming your work, or creating speed-drawings? I'd love to see your process.
I appreciate anything you have to say! Thanks for your time.
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I _could_ transition from grayscale into colour. I don't think it's the best choice though, (personally anyway). There are a lot of artists who will do this though and they make it work pretty well. If I do intend for colours I will usually start with flat colours first. It's slower and more meticulous for me but similar to the way I approach grayscale. I don't put as much time into lighting in grayscale as you may think though, I'm literally roughing in shadows because I have a pretty good understanding of how light works. Getting that knowledge though takes a lot of practice and study.
For vectors, I also use mostly Photoshop. Practice that pen tool! If you ever find yourself needing to make quick graphics that your boss is going to want changed constantly, you'll be glad you mastered vectors, (especially pen tool and shapes tool). In fact, the more you know about shortcuts/hotkeys and the more experience you gain by practicing with vectors you will eventually find you're own work-flow that may even be easier then mine. At the same time, there are people who do end up mastering the use of the Flash paintbrush so there's really benefits in any approach you take.
As for a live-stream, it's something to think about.
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