I just drew this one yesterday. My reference is this photo by Eirian-stock on deviantART. The model is Iribel. It was a quicker one. Sometimes it’s nice to just do sketches like this and leave them in pencil. What I liked about the photo was that the model was quiet and pensive, but also somewhat…
This is the final of the 2010 Valentine’s Day special for Green Corner, featuring Alshina and Koru. If you look closely, you may notice a special surprise detail 🙂 I hope you enjoy this spot illustration. It will also be available in prints on RedBubble soon. Happy Valentine’s Day! Previously:Valentine Background Progress (Part 2)Background Progress…
More progress on the background for the upcoming Green Corner special this time. The changes to the sky, grass, and lake as well as the addition of the trees in the background really helped the mood become more romantic. I am quite happy with the sunset, in particular. You may recognize the trees in the…
This was the very beginning of the background being added. It was pretty rough, aside from the cherry tree. I used this photo as reference for the tree, but I obviously simplified it a fair bit. The rest of the background was mostly blocking in basic shapes and colours. I decided I wanted to have…
Two progress images this time, but there isn’t a huge difference between them so I’m sharing them together.The bottom image here is the final shading for the figures, aside from some minor changes that I made later. I used a little feathering for some of the shading and shine details on Alshina’s dress and Koru’s…
Further progress on the Valentine’s Day special for Green Corner, the flat colour this time. Most of the colour scheme was set at this point for the figures. Shading and shine was added in the next step. As I mentioned previously, I found that colouring the line work in this step also helped to soften…
Here’s the initial digital line work for the upcoming Valentine’s Day special for Green Corner. Alshina and Koru are featured in this one, in human form. I tried a different style for the eyes this time, but it’s a little difficult to see how well it works at this stage. I coloured the lines when…