glow step by step
Added 2025-02-11 17:35:07 +0000 UTCThought that maybe this would be interesting for some so here's a rough step by step :)
I follow roughly the same process in every drawing.
1. Sketch - pretty self-explanatory! It is almost always the hardest part of the entire drawing for me. If the sketch is not good, then everything else will also look off in the end.
2. Line+Flat colors. When coloring characters, i sometimes adjust their saturation and brightness - here i muted the blue parts of both characters.
3. Shading. First, i disable the layer with flat colors or create a new completely white one above it. Second, i create a "saturation" layer and make it completely black so the entire drawing is switched to black and white. Third, i draw all the shades on multiply layer above the flats. Then i turn the colors back on and color the shading layer - here it is a dark blue+brownish color gradient.
4. Flats and shading layers turned on together
5. Lighting. Here i make the blue parts of both characters more bright again by adding glow to them, and also paint the outer light source.
6. "Render". I add more texture, add smaller details, polish the drawing basically. Most of it is done in one "normal" mode layer above everything else
7. Finishing touches. Colored the line, blurred some things, added a bit of steam, noise, all that. And the signature, of course xD At this stage, it's all done.
