I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving!
Not quite done yet, of course, but just wanted to show you guys a little WIP :P
Basically, up to the point I am now, I usually
1. Sketch it out. It doesn't have to be perfect or anything, but I usually use a light gray and basically get down the idea. This is actually a pretty clean sketch tbh, they're mainly much messier and chaotic.
2. Start painting out the values. Set the sketch to multiply and add a layer underneath, it's just putting down the 'base' colors. I add shadows along with the base. Grayscale is much more easier than using color when painting.
3. Start painting. Merge both of the layers together and go. At this point where I'm at, it's basically just blending everything out and adding a nice gradient from where my light source is. The light source is coming from the top right, so everything towards the light is lighter, farther is darker, obviously. You can see it more so on the crown, that's the main thing I finished painting first (not completely though, there's still stuff needed on the crown.). When doing this the lines of the sketch usually become thin or aren't there, and that's alright. After I finish painting everything, I'm going to take a brighter pen and highlight areas that are upraised, and then adding more depth to things that are shadowed. However, at the point I am at, it's still really messy and will be fixed later on.
I don't add color until after I'm done with the painting, but I wanted to color the eyes just because of this >.> I love Ayato's eyes lol.
If you guys want me to show the next steps until completion let me know! And if there's anything you want to say just comment :)
Thank you ~