February WIP!

Kali

I started over... kinda. I wasn’t liking how it was turning out, so I went in and created some more refined Lineart. Still working on it! Definitely taking the longest out of any piece I’ve ever done, but something about it makes it mean a lot to me.

Kali

Adding in value! Just saw the February critique- I wish I would have varied my tree size more now!!

My recorded time on this one so far is 19 hours... gonna have to hurry it up. My wrist has been feeling a lot of pain

Kali

Another update!! My Apple Pencil died during my lunch break

NicolaSchofield

@Kali it's looking amazing! I hope you have time to finish

Kali

@neschof Thank you so much! I'm getting nervous about timing since February is a short month!! However, I am determined!

Katie Kordesh

I love how you stylized this looks great!

Kali

@Katie-Kordesh Thank you

Kali

Adding in color! It’s getting there.

Kali

I feel like now that I’ve added color it isn’t working

jdubz

@Kali said in February WIP!:

I feel like now that I’ve added color it isn’t working

Sorry I don't usually like to tell people that they're flat out wrong, but you're off on this one

I'm curious - this is Procreate, correct? Are you putting your color layers right over the top of your b/w values with layers on different modes?? The under-painting really seems to be giving it a lot of vibrancy and I've definitely struggled with Procreate on coloring over values without it coming out really weird.

chrisaakins

@Kali I think you were going in the right direction with the blues. I think the pinks are too bright.

Kali

@jdubz Thank you! Trying to do my best

I think it's important to not layer on top of anything that is completely black and white since you'll lose out on some saturation and you may come across a "dull-ness", which I think is what you're experiencing. Before coloring the line art, I changed the black and white values to have some color on them using a blending mode, and then painted on top of that. I hope that helps!

I personally don't like to have a black line art by the time I color just because it can be a bit harsh too, depending on the style you are working in!

Kali

@chrisaakins I'm too addicted to making everything warm... maybe I just don't like cool colors but they're probably important to have in a portfolio I'll try toning things down a little. Thank you!!