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Description [Update] - 11th May 08

Yay! Finally, this artwork is COMPLETED!

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Yay! This would be the sneak preview for my next artwork which I'm currently working on it! LOL

Material Used:
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Wacom Graphire 4

Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura © SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD
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Comments: 71

Ignis-Phoenix [2011-06-26 08:01:04 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love this picture! :3
Hair is great, and, well, it looks like hair.
How do you color the skin? I have no idea how to use Photoshop (which is why I use Sai instead) but if I can even make it halfway as good as this in photoshop I'll be very happy!
Also, thank you for the advice you left on my Lightning picture. It helped a lot!

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lyzeravern In reply to Ignis-Phoenix [2011-06-30 04:26:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Well, this is actually quite an old art so I kinda forgot how I color last time. But the method is more or less the same I used for now. The major contribution is that Color Dodge and Color Burn from Photoshop and the color picker after you applied the two tools. But it's kinda hard to explains in words though.

Anyway, no problem. It's a pleasure to help if any need advice for improvements.

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Ignis-Phoenix In reply to lyzeravern [2011-06-30 04:55:18 +0000 UTC]

Okay, thank you! I'll just experiment some and hope it works.

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Everpage [2010-12-26 09:19:42 +0000 UTC]

wow so real and awesome!

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lyzeravern In reply to Everpage [2011-01-14 05:50:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Everpage In reply to lyzeravern [2011-01-15 00:35:07 +0000 UTC]

^^

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peppermintlight [2010-12-23 06:22:51 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing!
beautifully detailed ~
you're really talented!! ^^

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lyzeravern In reply to peppermintlight [2010-12-24 07:22:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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peppermintlight In reply to lyzeravern [2010-12-24 08:15:54 +0000 UTC]

np

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Emosewa-Chan [2010-08-29 22:43:56 +0000 UTC]

She's ... beautiful <3

Such a wonderful job you did >w<

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lyzeravern In reply to Emosewa-Chan [2010-09-13 02:47:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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RikkuFang [2010-08-25 13:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Stunning

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lyzeravern In reply to RikkuFang [2010-09-01 09:22:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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RikkuFang In reply to lyzeravern [2010-09-01 13:02:01 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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Solianna [2010-08-24 14:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Omg, this is amazin. SHe looks so beautiful, so soft... *_* I love it! OwO

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lyzeravern In reply to Solianna [2010-09-01 09:20:59 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you!

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Te-GR [2010-08-24 11:53:43 +0000 UTC]

wow! this is amazing! you must have put a lot of effort into this, good job!

i like the effect you did with the letters, how did u do it?

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lyzeravern In reply to Te-GR [2010-09-01 09:20:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yup, it's one of my very first realism work that time. Therefore efforts are indeed need to put a lot.

In Photoshop, once you have typed out the word. You duplicate the layer and then set Motion Blur on the newly made layer. In the layer's Mode, you set either you want to put it in Lighten or Overlay. Play around until you got the desired effect.

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Te-GR In reply to lyzeravern [2010-09-01 23:24:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for the info, it will be very useful

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denebtenoh [2010-08-15 23:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!! the detail is fantastic!!

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lyzeravern In reply to denebtenoh [2010-08-17 03:35:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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denebtenoh In reply to lyzeravern [2010-08-18 00:36:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks to YOU!

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Fiveonthe [2010-05-18 12:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I love your work~ You're amazing!

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lyzeravern In reply to Fiveonthe [2010-05-21 08:36:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you for liking my work!

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MsStarryDuck [2010-04-26 16:16:15 +0000 UTC]

This is so stunning. I'm truly captivated by it!

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lyzeravern In reply to MsStarryDuck [2010-05-03 04:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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vintagedisney [2010-04-19 06:59:23 +0000 UTC]

wow, enchanting

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lyzeravern In reply to vintagedisney [2010-04-20 07:42:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Eli-Hinze [2010-04-15 22:34:35 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful coloring!

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lyzeravern In reply to Eli-Hinze [2010-04-17 08:32:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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dementiaz [2010-04-15 19:52:27 +0000 UTC]

awesome. awesome. awesome u.u

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lyzeravern In reply to dementiaz [2010-04-17 08:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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getsuz [2010-04-15 11:04:05 +0000 UTC]

This is jsut... WOW

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lyzeravern In reply to getsuz [2010-04-17 17:12:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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LeQueen [2010-04-15 10:28:57 +0000 UTC]

O_O WOW. just WOW.
When i saw it on my deviation page, i thought it was a screenshot!!! That's how good this is!
Fantastic artwork! i think how u made her eye larger than the original works very well for this picture! Colours are accurate and everything from her hair to her facial features are great! I it!

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-04-17 17:10:18 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you! This is one of my first realism drawing before I went into the current style of realism. I know it's not that perfect but I'm glad people can still accept it.

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LeQueen In reply to lyzeravern [2010-04-17 22:04:47 +0000 UTC]

brilliant! I don't just accept it, i it! HAHA how do u do it anyway? i've been trying to go for a slightly more realistic manga style.

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-04-20 07:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you. Basically once you know how to color, it will be easy to go for realism. The crucial point for doing realism is the gradient between shadow and lighting and their right combination. I always learn by observing others' artwork and photos.

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LeQueen In reply to lyzeravern [2010-04-20 08:47:37 +0000 UTC]

ahhh yes that is def what i'm lacking. I haven't done many coloured artworks, only lots of sketches ^_^" how long did it take for u to reach this stage?

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-05-03 10:15:49 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... When I first started drawing, I began with manga type which took me about 6 months time. Back then I only focus on drawing face but not really into body (mostly is standing). And then subsequent, I moved on to draw-scan-color with Photoshop which I learn to use about 1 year plus? And later I try doing realism using the similar method like how I did for my manga type. This one really took me a lot of time as I spend time exploring and such (not include my procrastination ) Haha, it's actually quite difficult to tell how long I reach this stage because I'm not an artist who everyday does artwork frequently. I do it depending on my mood. Basically to reach this stage, it's about 2-3 years time? Well if you're interested you can always look at my scrap or browse my gallery to see how I progress

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LeQueen In reply to lyzeravern [2010-05-06 08:38:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah i went to peek at ur gallery and OMG i dunno if i'll ever reach ur level! *bangs head* I'm having so much frustrations with colouring right now and i'm never happy with what i've done so most of the time i end up scrapping it altogether
How do u handle brushes when u lower their opacity? I seem to have trouble adjusting to using brushes with oppacity below 100% which i know is a rather important tool when it comes to digital painting.

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-05-12 07:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I used to think like you when I first look at other artist's realism artworks. Sometimes, to the extend of saying "will never reach to that level" even looking at good anime/manga drawings. But here am I. No doubt I'm kinda slow and still there lots of thing to learn, at least I feel glad that y'all treated me like professional artist. So, I must say, it's all matter of time.

Okay, basically when you play around with opacity, you must also play around with the Brush Mode. Combination of both can generate gradient which very essential for realism drawing. Take example, you make a box with orange color as fill. You change the Brush Mode to Multiply and set opacity to 10%. Color pick the same color as the box and then brush over it. You will see darker orange, right? The higher the opacity, the darker the color becomes.

Another usage of opacity is this. Take example, you color the left side is orange and the right side is brown. You will see an 'obvious' border line to separate both color right? So color pick (either brown or orange)and set opacity about 50% and then color on the border. Repeat the same process for each border (while adjusting percentage of opacity) until you see there is no clear border but rather a seamless gradient from orange to brown. Make sure during the process you keep picking the color adjacent to the border.

For first time, it may seem difficult but after a few trial and errors, I'm sure you'll know how they worked and you'll become use to it.

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LeQueen In reply to lyzeravern [2010-05-15 16:06:10 +0000 UTC]

Well your work looks pretty much like that of a professional's already! Well i'll kee working at it! And hopefully when i start posting up works which i digi-painted in the future, u'll stop by to give me some criticism? I don't mind if it's harsh ^_^

So do u use the 'multiply' function very often? I've been practising with the 2nd method u suggested, cept i set my oppacity to 30++% since my tablet's sensitivity isn't that great (it's the oldest wacom bamboo) What tablet do u use by the way?

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-05-18 08:50:22 +0000 UTC]

LOL. Thanks for thinking that I'm already professional. I never knew that I have reached till that people recognize me as this level. Don't worry, I don't mind dropping by to give some comment but not harsh one cause I personally don't like it if people do that to me. My type is more encouraging remark and some advices.

Multiply part of the function I used and there's more. You can use Screen for lighter tone, Overlay/ Soft Color/ Hard Color for color intensity etc, all depending on what kind of tone you wanted it to be. In fact, I use more on Dodge Tool and Burn Tool. 3 Mode in both tool: Shadow, Midtone and Highlight. The best effect is Dodge Tool with Highlight mode. Very good for metal rendering or something shining. I also often replace Multiply function with Burn Tool/ Midtone

If you ask me what are the difference... here's the catch. Create a New Layer and use whichever color (let say orange) and brushes the new layer with feathered brush as big as you want. You will see the edge feathered right? Let say you want to darken the tone but you want to retain the exact shape. What you do is Select Transparency and then lay over the Multiply brush, right? When you deselect, you will see the middle part is darken but the feathered area is still the same color, which look extremely horrible. But with Burn tool, you don't need to Select Transparency. Just lay the brush on it, and it will darken the area even the feathered one. That's the advantage part.

By the way, I used Wacom Graphire 4, I think this version is before Bamboo. What's yours?

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LeQueen In reply to lyzeravern [2010-05-24 11:22:11 +0000 UTC]

Well thk you very much! I'll be taking my time to craft this latest piece instead of posting up yet another slipshot work. Tho it's not helping when ppl keep asking 'so u done with it?' 'how isit?' 'how long more till it's done?' haha prrresssure.
Awesome, i'll keep those tips in mind. painting metal has always sounded daunting to me. "the darkest and the lightest are next to each other. ok i get it. but how am i supposed to Blend it?" lol
The burn tool is awesome, but i'm always afraid i'll miuse it haha. alot of magazines i've read always say 'the burn tool is useful but if u misuse it, ur painting will turn out fake' or what not.

Mine's the oldest bamboo. The one with the circle at the top instead of the sleek square buttons they have now lol. I'm saving up for a cintiq tho!

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lyzeravern In reply to LeQueen [2010-06-04 05:25:10 +0000 UTC]

LOL, you can still post up some WIPs to stir up some anticipation among your watchers. That's what I did nowadays. But at the same time, you mustn't reveal too much otherwise there will be no surprise. I used to worry that people might pressure me to complete... but I realized that they rather wait to see something worth than something which quick but nothing good at it.

To paint a metal, the best tutorial is always the photo of a metal. Refer to it and study their flow. Start of with gray as base color. Then use Burn tool on darker area and Dodge tool on lighter area. To make it smooth blend, here's the tips. You just make sure there's no obvious line that separates the dark and light. That's when the color picker is useful. The fastest way to immediately change to color picker when you're on Brush Tool(and that will make you addict) is press ALT. To cover the obvious line, adjust lower opacity and pick the color nearest to the line. Then with that color, paint on that line. This thing, you'll have to keep on trying until you perfect it.

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Zer0chan [2010-02-21 16:25:40 +0000 UTC]

*____________________* lightniiing!*__*

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lyzeravern In reply to Zer0chan [2010-03-02 02:27:43 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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Kuroud0soturifu [2009-12-10 07:01:09 +0000 UTC]

AH!! SO COOL!! I love the HAIR! ITS SO WELL DONE! do you have any tips on doing hair like that?

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lyzeravern In reply to Kuroud0soturifu [2009-12-14 02:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! You mean the fluffy type of hair? LOL. Well, to do that in Photoshop, try using soft edge brush (small/average size) and stroke strand by strand. Then use soft edge eraser and erase the strand tip to make it look thin (it's like hair edge). Erm, quite hard to explain in words... but that tips should be sufficient enough to know the trick. The rest will be up to you to explore further

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