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requested a walkthrough a little while back on how I do my paintings and I thought it sounded like a fun idea
This was a sort-of cell-shaded example.

Oh! Before I go any further. Just to make things clear, I use paint sai tool to draw out lineart and usually use photoshop for most other things after that point. Paint sai tool has a great pen stabilization tool, which makes drawing smooth lines so much easier than photoshop. I sometimes do a lot of painting in paint sai tool itself. Depending on the effect I'm going for, I'll often export a PSD and swap between programs regularly. Each program does different things well. Photoshop is better for all the different filters and blur tools, paint sai is better for drawing in my opinion.

Most people have a certain process that they go through whilst painting. This one in particular took a lot of going back and fourth and experimenting. To be honest, I don't know what I'm doing half the time . I just keep going til I find an effect I like and work with it. For me, the final image just evolves as time goes on. I don't rigidly stick to a predetermined image I have in my mind.

Well, I hope it helps or amuses somebody out there

The finished picture:

Description
requested a walkthrough a little while back on how I do my paintings and I thought it sounded like a fun idea
This was a sort-of cell-shaded example.

Oh! Before I go any further. Just to make things clear, I use paint sai tool to draw out lineart and usually use photoshop for most other things after that point. Paint sai tool has a great pen stabilization tool, which makes drawing smooth lines so much easier than photoshop. I sometimes do a lot of painting in paint sai tool itself. Depending on the effect I'm going for, I'll often export a PSD and swap between programs regularly. Each program does different things well. Photoshop is better for all the different filters and blur tools, paint sai is better for drawing in my opinion.

Most people have a certain process that they go through whilst painting. This one in particular took a lot of going back and fourth and experimenting. To be honest, I don't know what I'm doing half the time . I just keep going til I find an effect I like and work with it. For me, the final image just evolves as time goes on. I don't rigidly stick to a predetermined image I have in my mind.

Well, I hope it helps or amuses somebody out there

The finished picture: