Happy start to the week everyone, this time I show you my new entry to the @Splinterlands contest for this occasion I chose the River Nymph card, this time I wanted to do something that I really like, which are portraits, I feel I can give a little more details and realism to these, more than a full body drawing, the character of this card is an elf who looks quite tender and beautiful, so I thought it would be nice to represent her in a tender way with an adorable smile, although I never draw smiles I think it turned out quite well.
River Nymph

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Since I started making the sketch I was very insecure because I didn't know if her expression would look good, I decided to go ahead and apply a blue color palette all over her skin, I decided to make her lips a different tone and I chose a pink color, little by little. Little by little my little elf was taking shape, painting and mixing the colors creating softness on her skin, for her hair I took the color of the original image but a few tones lower to make it a little desaturated and dark.
I fixed her clothes because I had painted them very badly haha and I continued working on her hair this time using lighter and darker tones to give volume and realism, I painted the crown, I did it in a different way painting some lines and little shiny balls.
Once ready, add a flowery background, a blue sky and work a little on the lighting of this environment that surrounds my elf, adding a little light of a quite clear and striking purple tone, creating reflections on her skin and face, finally I gave the last touches highlighting some parts of the drawing and adjusting the tonality a bit so that it didn't look so blue, in the end I realized that I made everything very blue and a little more green was really missing.
I liked making this version in the form of a portrait, I feel that it is a little more comfortable for me, although I also like to experiment with full bodies, which will always be a challenge for me, I hope you liked it, have a nice day.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP-PEN deco 01 v2
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP- PEN DECO 01 V2
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