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You've seen the fairy boy [link] , now see the magic behind it. This is not a tutorial but a simple process I normally work with.

Steps 1 - 4
Photoshop. I start with a BW sketch using a hard round brush. Find the right composition, pose and main basic shape. No details, just the core idea.

Steps 5 - 6
Photoshop. Add a new layer, Overlay. This is where I take my huge round brush and throw random colors everywhere. I'm not looking for a specific lighting here - interesting colors is what I want. Then I take the colors down a notch to go for the right atmosphere.

Step 7
Painter. Add another layer for colors. Using oil pastel brush, I start painting in the skin tone and everything else around it very loosely.

Step 8
Painter. Same layer. I'm now switching between oil pastel brush and smeary palette knife tool to get a sense of lighting and color. Everything is still rough and sketchy.

Step 9
Painter. Same layer. Giving it a more saturated color, I've also begun to define some of its basic shapes and outlines. Still very rough in certain places.

Step 10
Painter. Paint for the finish. Everything is now being defined. I've added more color saturation on areas needed. Smeary palette knife is mostly used to give it style.

Step 11
Painter. Almost done. Smeary palette knife, loaded palette knife, oil pastel, blur, just add water, pencil tool are now being used to define and refine all areas. Dull, unsaturated colors are used on uninteresting places - saturation is placed on important ones.

Step 12 - Voila!
Painter. With a pencil tool I draw in the details. I make sure all is tight and nice with a good flow. Then I take it back to Photoshop for minor color-correction editing before releasing it to the public.

Description
For

You've seen the fairy boy [link] , now see the magic behind it. This is not a tutorial but a simple process I normally work with.

Steps 1 - 4
Photoshop. I start with a BW sketch using a hard round brush. Find the right composition, pose and main basic shape. No details, just the core idea.

Steps 5 - 6
Photoshop. Add a new layer, Overlay. This is where I take my huge round brush and throw random colors everywhere. I'm not looking for a specific lighting here - interesting colors is what I want. Then I take the colors down a notch to go for the right atmosphere.

Step 7
Painter. Add another layer for colors. Using oil pastel brush, I start painting in the skin tone and everything else around it very loosely.

Step 8
Painter. Same layer. I'm now switching between oil pastel brush and smeary palette knife tool to get a sense of lighting and color. Everything is still rough and sketchy.

Step 9
Painter. Same layer. Giving it a more saturated color, I've also begun to define some of its basic shapes and outlines. Still very rough in certain places.

Step 10
Painter. Paint for the finish. Everything is now being defined. I've added more color saturation on areas needed. Smeary palette knife is mostly used to give it style.

Step 11
Painter. Almost done. Smeary palette knife, loaded palette knife, oil pastel, blur, just add water, pencil tool are now being used to define and refine all areas. Dull, unsaturated colors are used on uninteresting places - saturation is placed on important ones.

Step 12 - Voila!
Painter. With a pencil tool I draw in the details. I make sure all is tight and nice with a good flow. Then I take it back to Photoshop for minor color-correction editing before releasing it to the public.