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THE BACKSTAGE STORY OF THIS WEEK'S ONE HOUR DRAWING CHALLENGE

Added 2018-09-11 06:10:43 +0000 UTC

Here is the backstage story of my illustration for this week's ONE HOUR DRAWING CHALLENGE.

In OHDC, I always would like to experiment “composition” because it's challenging. This time, I wanted to try something “action”.

Though it's ONE HOUR CHALLENGE, I do research beforehand about the subjects. This time, “butler/bloodshed”. Then I googled , “butler”, “butler uniform”, “butler at work” and, of course, “sexy butler”. This research is to get an inspiration for my drawing.

Interestingly I found so many images of Japanese manga, “Black Butler”. OMG, to the end, my mind was filled up with the images of “Black Butler”. Good grief.

OK, I decided to draw something like that; a bloodshed battling butler. AND I got a rough idea for the composition.

Well, let's commence. The beginning of one hour.

Firstly, I used DAZStudio 3DCG pose figure to get the glimpse of the composition. I wanted the butler in my drawing to hold a tray so that I got 3D models of a tray and a bottle of whiskys as reference.

The rough draft continues.
Referring the 3DCG image, I quickly drew the image. Keeping the 3DCG image just as a reference is a key. I won't recommend to rely it on too much. Keep it just as a reference.

Then added bloodshed. I used ready-made brushes to use the limited time efficiently.

Since I almost finished the composition, I added some texts. I really like the combination of illustration and text. I guess that's why I like manga very much.