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Phase 5: Shade Definitionsby ~modesty

Manga & Anime / Digital Media / Drawings

I read and re-read critiques on my shading job on this piece and made a few adjustments to my shadows. Now, I'm pretty satisfied with their placement. After shading, I went back to each layer to add highlights. I put 2 layers of highlights in the hair. But no highlights for the wings. The pants got some extra duty highlights to emphasize their shineyness.

Gotta have shiney pants!! (I want some!!

) Anyway, Once I had highlights in, I went back to each layer AGAIN and fiddled with brightness/contrast levels. Like one of my art teachers used to say, "Artists shouldn't be afraid to go darker"...or as I like to paraphrase, "Don't be scared of the dark!"

I'm lame. So anyway, I emphasized my shadows and brightened my highlights.

Then I went to work on the metallic arm. This was a challenge. But It worked! I used a complicated method I think. I'll try to explain. First I desaturated the arm so it wasn't yellow. Then I divided up the arm into it's sections. Over each section, I put a black and white gradient, adjusted the curves of the gradient, changed the opacity then merged the layer to the segement I was working on. Then I colorized the arm to a reddish bronze color. Added my own highlights then altered the contrast again!

Whew!

That's a lot of work. Now I just need a spiffy background for him. Which'll prolly be a series of filters...or flames. Ooo...I can do some wicked flames. And make them white!! Oooo! Yeah...I'll do that. So while I do that...enjoy!!

Artwork and Demonycus (c) Modesty

~infernalshadow Jul 3, 2005 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

the clothing style on this is is very similiar to Paine from Final Fantasy X-2 - especially the red strap things ... its cool

=stuffdotcom Jan 26, 2005 General Artist

wow^^ this is pretty kik ass! her outfit rules, i love the hair! wings!!!!

~modesty Jan 26, 2005 Hobbyist Digital Artist

His...it's a male.

Demy: o.o *twitch* Okay...so my outfit is extremely metro.

=stuffdotcom Feb 3, 2005 General Artist

hehe^^ forgive me?

~Sapphire-Lynx Dec 12, 2004

Wowza!

I was half asleep the first time I took a look so didn't pay attention to the wonderful details. Now that I'm wide awake and kickin, I am fully appreciating this awesome piece of art!