It’s funny how I can go from liking my artwork to hating it in the span of a few minutes, then back to liking it, then wanting to delete all of it, and then realizing I don’t have any time to care and I have to get back to finishing projects
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Half-orc Monk/Grappler. I never liked the Monk class because I always thought it was silly cause western monks are all drunk Celtics who shaved their heads and doodled on lamb skin. Always thought the Class should have been called Grappler .
higher rez of the art process
Got a chance to sit down and add a few more hours to this piece, but still got quite a bit to go on it. If any one is curious about the dimensions of this piece it is 15x20 @ 300dpi
So I start my color process by doing a monotone wash with either a brown, burnt umber, or blue color, this time I chose the tan brown. After I put my wash down I flatten the image and use water color brushes in Painter to lay down washes of color. I like this method the most because it lets the underpainting and brush strokes show through and also adds a bit of randomness to the painting (quick tip, to dry watercolors in painter quickly use the shortcut ctrl-shift-L ). I work the water colors from light to dark as I build up the layers and once I think I’ve gone about as far as I can I grab one of my custom oil brushes and begin to paint in the detail (I also jump back to the water color brush to lay in shadows and textures). Since this image is basically two illustrations I decided to split them up and paint one then the other, I Find its better if I work illustrations in sections then to try to do the entire piece at once.
And still have a long ways to go before this is finished wooo
This is the last phase of the sketch/line work before I leap to laying down color. I am still pretty loose at this point cause there is no reason at all for me to be precious with the line work since I am going to destroy it all in the coloring process. However I have found that the more time i spend figuring everything out at this point saves me hours of work when I’m painting. I also tone the work to a brown because it helps hat lines or under painting i don’t destroy blend in naturally with the painted piece. Its basically the same process I would use for a tradition medium painting, except id use a brown pencil then. I also removed the fighter/knight in the background, he just wasn’t working for me and felt like filler for no reason, so I took him out to open up the space and then i could fit a little architecture in the BG to give the bottom scene some more scene.
So After thumb nailing I move on to fleshing out the sketch more and trying to solidify the composition and elements with in the sketch.
After I got a ways on this I was happy with where all the ‘actors’ were and the action was going but it was still stale and even though there was a lot going on I was satisfied with it, it looks more like looking down at a DnD tactics board then an illustration (not that there is anything wrong with that haha like i said I do like it).
SO! I decided the solution was to move the camera down and tilt it slightly to unbalance the action. I also like the centered/mirrored part of the illustration in contrast to the of kilter action below. This stage is still a major work in process as I’m still lose and just trying to explore my options to get everything where I want it to be, or to look good and flow well.
