Illustration #100
Added 2022-12-08 05:04:40 +0000 UTCWIP images Short time lapse Long time lapse PSD file
Hey, here's painting number one hundred! I hope you like it! Luke's found his way into the company of a bunch of demons again, and they're hungry. π
The past few weeks have felt a bit more hectic than I'm used to. The end of the year unfortunately has a habit of being like that. But I'm still trying my best to paint stuff! π€
This painting in particular was a little bit challenging. I was a bit ambitious and picked a few tricky angles and tricky lighting, and I was bumbling around a bit when experimenting with my workflow. You'll probably notice that when you look at the process, where I scrapped all my colors at one point and reverted to values. That's not great, and added a bunch of unnecessary time to the process, but I guess it turned out alright anyway. If you're looking at my process for tips on what to do when painting, maybe don't do that bit, lol. Instead learn from my mistakes and keep your workflow more tidy and organized than mine!
Going forward I hope I'll keep myself from being tempted to veer too far off of what I know works well, and instead focus more directly on practicing my drawing skills (as opposed to my painting/rendering skills). I feel like I'm pretty good at rendering, but the initial drawings that are supposed to lay the foundation for the paintings have more room for improvement. I'm not bad at drawing or anything, but it is probably my weakest area, relatively speaking, and I want to make those foundations stronger. So I might try to choose my next projects with that in mind. Let's see how that goes.
Thanks for supporting me, everyone. I hope you'll all have a nice and peaceful December. π
Comments
Hello! In this painting, if memory serves me right, I used Hard Light layers to add colors to the values. And I still often use Hard Light layers for that, but I also use Overlay layers. Overlay layers are great if the values below are exactly right, since Overlay won't change the values as dramatically as Hard Light can. And Hard Light layers are great if you want the colors you add to your values to also change the values in one direction or another. I haven't made a video explaining the process, but you can check out the time lapse videos and PSD files. There you'll notice the layers in my layer stack often alternate between Normal and Hard Light or Overlay layers. I'll use the Hard Light and Overlay layers to make adjustments to colors and values. I fill those layers with 50% grey and then pick a color that is close to 50% grey but has a tint to it to nudge the colors below in that direction. When you work with Hard Light or Overlay layers, or other blending modes that are in the same group, It's a pretty good rule of thumb to stick close to 50% grey and gradually move your color choice out from that point on the color selector to find the right one. And when painting onto the Hard Light or Overlay layers it helps a lot to set your color picker to pick only from that current layer so you can more easily pick and blend colors on just those layers. I hope that makes sense in some way. π There is a somewhat related little tutorial-ish thing I made that you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/illustration-122-113172856
Calm
2025-02-05 22:33:58 +0000 UTCThank you, I'm glad you think it turned out well! If I recall correctly, this piece took around 60 hours or so. :) And sorry it took me literally forever to reply, the notification must have slipped through the cracks back then somehow. π
Calm
2025-02-05 22:05:05 +0000 UTChey, May I ask what's your coloring process? I'm a painter my self and just starting with this NSFW art, and I really like how colors finally pops ups. How do you manage your colors and layers. If you have a short video about it, please let me know
Caleb Draws
2025-01-24 19:16:04 +0000 UTCThis is your best work yet. I'm fascinated to see all the thought you put into the details of form. I think it's good that you experiment even if you sometimes reach dead ends and have to back track. That may be why this painting is so successful. I'm very confident in my drawing skills but have a lot to learn from you about rendering. If you don't mind me asking, how long did this piece take you to do this, all in?
Dr. SteamSpunk
2023-07-17 17:00:59 +0000 UTCHappy to hear you like it π
Calm
2022-12-10 19:16:59 +0000 UTCwonderful ! the kind of meeting I love !!
Flying Sailor
2022-12-10 14:44:41 +0000 UTCThank you, Liam!
Calm
2022-12-10 01:14:16 +0000 UTCCongrats on 100!!
Liam Harvey
2022-12-09 11:31:47 +0000 UTC
