Sketches, Lineart & Colouring

Sketching

Whenever I am trying to make pieces of art, I always tend to research in order to find good references so that it can help me to have an idea what the characters look like; however, to avoid any form of plagiarism, I choose to be original with my drawings and make them into my own ideas without copying the existing artworks. I then, begin with a sketch on paper like in these three examples:

Linearting

I then create a lineart out of the sketch. I do this method via the graphics tablet using softwares such as openCanvas and FireAlpaca. Normally, this process will only take me one or two extra layers, but some of them will take more than that, depending on the difficultly on the sketch, as some of them will turn out to have more detail than expected, and will take more time to finish. An example of this is the artwork featuring the bride and groom; because the sketch itself is very detailed it took me more than 2 layers to finish the lineart to have the detailed result desired.

Colouring & Effects

After making the lineart, I colour them using Adobe Photoshop. On the colouring process, I started with basic colours. I then made a new layer for the contrasting effects, by which I change the colours opacity to an appropriate transparent consistency. Normally it can take about 2-3 layers depending on the drawing, as some of the artworks that require some more detail might take up to 4-5 layers or more. I often like to experiment with colours, especially when making my own characters, but at the same time, I tend to stick to natural colors.