Sketch
First step is a loose sketch to determine composition and character placement. I always sketch in this color since it is very eye-catching, but light enough that I can line over it. I also use a thick, 9px brush so I can draw more comfortably, with the canvas zoomed out.
Lineart
I then line over the sketch with a black, size 5px brush and add in all the details. I want to keep the image fun and simple, so the lines are still relatively thick.
This is also the step where I find all the mistakes in my sketch and (try to) fix them. This is when I realized Maya's magatama is drawn the other way around, but let's just keep that in between us... Nobody will notice...
Flats
Pretty self-explanatory; just flat colors. I'm not very good at palettes and don't have a great sense of color, so I just lay out loose colors that look close enough to the references. By the end of this, you will notice how much heavy color editing I tend to do to make up for my shortcomings haha.
Shades
I layer my shades, and I tend to work on each section (by color) separately, but for the sake of this step by step process, I am shading the whole image to show how I first set my shadows.
Shades 2
Adding a few more layers of shading! I also add a bit of red gradient with the airbrush tool.
Excellent composition!!!
Very cute so far! Can't wait to see more. :)
OH my god, I love these two. Really excited to see the rest :D
thank you to everyone who has commented so far! I'm pretty excited to finish this, since Ace Attorney is a series very close to my heart ^///^
I love their poses and the composition. I think you handled all the foreshortening pretty well too! c:
Oh gosh the line work is so crisp and the perspective and foreshortening are very well articulated! You've also captured their likenesses so well! I am so stoked to see this finished!! ;3;
I like how the background color is changing step by step haha! I do that too... I just can't make up my mind... color is hard. :|
Thanks everyone!! Perspective is definitely something I struggle with (as do most other people, probably), so it is very reassuring to hear that it looks sorta right LOL
Thanks for following me through this long, hard journey that is arting...
Love this! I admire anyone who tries such a hard perspective but their poses look so dynamic and cute. I think your coloring comes together great. It's all in the final product! ;)
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