A Work in Progress: Behind the scary mask



This guide was made for entry:
Behind the scary mask
In Contest:
lonely monster


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I took a picture of my drawing and open it in paint tool sai

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i lower the opacity of the picture i took to see the lines i'll make for tracing

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then, i traced the drawing.

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this is the line art. i also changed the size of the canvass and crop the unnecessary spaces.

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then i started putting the base colors. because this is an orc, so skin color is green

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here is the finished base colors.

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then , next was the shadow.
i used blur tool here to create some shades.

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then next was the shadows for the helmet and armor. I also put some highlights to show the sources of lights

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as you can see, i changed the color of the eyes because i think that color is much better. it is a color between red and orange.
i put some shadows in the earrings and teeth too.

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after putting all the needed shadows, next was the eyes. i put first the pupil.

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then shadow behind the pupil in a different layer

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don't forget to put some highlights in the eyes too. it make the eyes much life

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then i put the final touches for the eyes.
i added some lines in the horn too

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because it's all about a sad monster who's being alone, i put tears in his right eye.
using brush tool, water color tool and eraser tool (density was lowered)

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then, i put the final touches before saving

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let's save the work

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the final step is to just click ok.

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Final result

Creation of Behind the scary mask: Final Result

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