Sailor Specials: Work in Progress

Today i have some WIPs of the Sailor Specials for you. I'm working on the Sailor Specials parrallel to the regular Sailor Moon Fanarts. They are a bit different in the concept. For example there could be shown more than one character on the picture or some additional background etc. I hope you like the both ;) Have funnnnn, Nashi XD

 

Cya, Nashi *_*

                  
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Work in progress Sailor Chibi Moon

Hi friends ^___^'
Today you can see some photos i took while
working on the Sailor Chibi Moon Fanart :D
If you want to take a closer look over my shoulder
just view my other entries where i explain
more into detail ;)

 You can view the full sized image here!

Cya, Nashi *_*

                  

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Venus eye tutorial

Hi friends ^^

As promised welcome to my Sailor Venus eye tutorial.

I was bathing in work on the halloween  time so 

it got a bit late for the eye tutorial hope you

forgive me :___:'

For the concept of big shapes with a medium detail

level the eyes are also settled in that range to blend in

well with the overall look of the composition.

For good contrast i prepared thick lines with my Rohrer & Klingner 

colored Ink (turquoise) like you can see above. I spare out the inside

of the eyelid for further coloration while inking and  also the pupil.

See how i play with the thickness of the lines. It's getting thicker and 

darker where the lines come together. That provides a deeper illusion

of the eye itself so give it a try on your own projects. It's fun XD

For the first layer of the coloration i descided on a bright blue of my PH.

Martins and mixed them with water to get a very soft and light ground.

i add more color at the top of the eye to create smooth gradient here.

for the next layers the color stays the same.

 by taking less water on the brush the color gets stronger bit 

by bit and i can easily put layer over layer to work out the 

desired contrast.

When done i catch one of my Farbercastell colored Pencils 

with a darker value of the blue i used here and add even 

more depth under the eyelid area, the pupil and the iris.

Last but not least i add some additional highlights to suit the 

shojo and magical girl theme of the Sailor Moon Series ;)

If you have a airbrush you can easily make your own little

shoujo effect. just draw a star on a piece of paper and cut out 

the inside. Then place it over the big highlight of the eye 

and fix it with your hand while spraying the white color 

on it.  And voila the eyes are finished ^___^

 

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WIP of Sailor Soldier und my Dr. Ph. Martin's watercolors

Here you can see the teaser of my next Sailor Soldier from Sailor Moon.
And i also added a photo of my *Dr. Ph. Martin's concentrated watercolors*
collection wich i use very often for getting bright and shiny colors for my
illustrations. ^___^

Perhaps you know which one of the Sailor Soldiers this is.  XD

For the outlines, i used Rohrer & Klingner colored ink.
Tomorrow i'll start with the coloring and will make some shots
for you as well.
 ;)

Sailor Venus Making Of

Hello everybody ^__^

Today i have some new intermediate stages ready for you of Sailor Vensu from
my Sailor Moon Fanart Series ;)

On the left side you can see the sketch. It is more worked out like i do usually,
but i tried to dive deeper into the volumes and shadows to see if the overall 

composition looks nice.  Then i worked with my light table to trace it onto
my Canson Montval Watercolor Paper. 

Here i put more contrast in certrain areas where lines come together!

it looks more realistic in the end and provides a better foundation for the

coloring. At the right side you can see the finished lineart. ^^

Now i'm ready to color. I usually begin with the skin because it's the easiest for
me and lets me get a deaper connection to the figure and the whole coloration.

Here you can see how i drew her hair. The Orange and the yellow give a nice
combination. It reminds me a bit of fire when i look at it. oO
I spare out highlights in certain areas. For the small or thin areas i use my
Dr. PH Martin Pen White later on, it is well covering and can be used like
ink. I love it ;)

While coloring i always concentrate on the color scheme. When you work on
one painting the whole time it can happen that you don't see mistakes any
more and loose the feeling what looks right or wrong. So it's also important to
take breaks to get your mind fresh and clear. :o

(For the eyes i have made some extra shots which will be uploaded in my
Eyes-Tutorial next week!!)  >_<'

Here you can see the last steps. The background was added 

with crayons, some retouching with pen white and setting additional

contrast in certain areas.

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Juni Aceo Card Commission

 Hi friends,

Today i have some photos of me painting 

an aceo card commission of my characters

Juni, Sho (ur), Erik (mr) and Verdun (br)

of my manga "Sometimes she's the Light" ;)

 

here some steps while painting ^_____^'

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ACEO Card - making off

This evening, i have another little tutorial for. I made this comission

ACEO Card for -Suika_ from www.animexx.de.

First, i made a sketch of the scene setting on normal copy paper.

Secondly i do the sketch on watercolorpaper with Faber Castell pecil

Thirdly, inking the lines with burnt sienna ink from Rohrer  & Klingner.

I erase the pencil lines and then i begin

to color the lines.

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