Splinterlands Art Contest
Hello guys and welcome back to my new blog!
I decided to try something different today. I have been concentrating more on making my painting semi/realistic as much as I can for a while now. There was something I wanted to try for a very long time now. If you know me I don't concentrate on making good lineart because I usually just erase or fuse them later with the painted layer for a more realistic effect. Yesterday I suddenly had an urge to play with line weights. If you are a beginner then this is something you should know because of your art is gonna retain lineart then looking into line weights will amplify the quality of the overall painting. Someone here already has mastered it (personal opinion). He is @deddywox and we talked about how he achieved that level of quality and he was nice enough to point me in the right direction and suggested me some videos as well. Its been so long since then so I doubt he will remember that haha. Finally, I was able to draw one based on that. This was my first try and I usually don't use pressure sensivity on my tab because it's bad when I use it on ibis paint. I found a work around yesterday but it's nowhere near as good as other professional drawing softwares like clip studio, photoshop etc. Well, this was the result so let me know if you like it or not hehe.
Underboss Fabino
The Process
Official Art
I wanted this to be a portrait painting because then the line weight will be more visible and easy to work with. Plus I only need to concentrate on the face and nearby parts. I found the perfect reference for Fabino from Pinterest. It's his nose he reminds me of Penguin from Batman. The resemblance was very similar so I decided to work with this.
Not going to lie because playing with line weight was hard xd. Ofcourse everything has to be hard in the beginning haha. After a while I got hang to the pressure sensivity settings of Dip pen hard and eventually got a good result. Next up was the hard part. I dont have much experience drawing non human characters. Sometimes I get lucky and it ends up good. This time I'm not so sure so I like to hear a second opinion as well hehe. Almost forgot, this time I painted the rough sketch on my tab instead of relying on paper and pencil. I think it's time to move forward like this.
The painting process is similar from other works. The one thing I did different this time is that I used black to add one more layer of shadow to show strong contrast. Never tried this before on my paintings before. I think I like it. Reminds me of the Spider-Man comics I read when I was in high school. Good times!
Tools used: Ibis paint X
Duration: 8 hrs
Thank you so much for your support :)