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Skelefrog — Ru and Ri'indra
Published: 2012-06-06 01:26:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 853; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 42
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The beautiful characters of *Rubilight , I had so much fun experimenting with the overlays on this one!Ru is just a cutie, I love my amphibians, especially glowy ones that fly! Ri'indra was a nice challenge, though I think I really messed up his wings XD.
Look at Rubilight's wonderful part! Aaahhh! SO awesome!
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Can I ask how you do the textures? and that GLOW?!
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Well, textures are just playing with layers. If you know layers and layer types, you know there are things like overlay, multiply, screen, etc.
I just go on google images, pick up a texture or, i this case, a picture of the night sky, make a new layer right above the background (since I don't want stars on my characters), and set the layer to "overlay".
For the characters themselves, I usually use a watercolor or grunge texture, make a layer right above the line layer, and overlay away.
That's just the basic stuff.
For the GLOW, I made a layer right under the characters and put my airbrush and pen pressure to work. Additionally, I made a layer OVER the characters and made it so it would seem the wisps are coming out of the dragon's hands.
Lighting is really important here when making glows, the light needs to not only reflect off of the other characters, but the character itself! So, here, as you can see, I experimented with coloring lines to match the lighting.
Hope this helps a bit, sorry if it's a bit wordy!
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That's EXACTLY what I suspected! I'm familiar with the different layer types, I can assure you I've used them a few times before 
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hah, thank you!
Still, I really enjoy this style and I hope you utilize the tips I have given you 
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Oh I will! I enjoy trying new styles of digital art
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BEAUTIFUL AKSJSLKD
All I can say.
You should so teach me. I DECLARE YOU MY TEACHER.
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Yes.
I shall be the teacher of teachers.
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For starters:
What would be a good, reasonably priced tablet to get so I can have pen pressure? :U
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The first tablet I ever had was the Wacom CTL-460 Bamboo Pen Tablet.
It's a very good beginner tablet with all the basics (pen pressure and etc.).
It's about 60 dollars on amazon, 50 dollars used. I would check it out!
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I looked at it, and it seems good. c: But I like the newer version, it's about 10-15 bucks more.I HAVE THE MONEY YAAAAY.
But I can go get these at Best Buy. xD
So YAY thankyou!
Now.
What could I do to improve my linework?
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Thank you for the kind words!
However your part of the trade was much more well done than mine X).
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Oh, what a beautiful drawing 
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simply gawgeous, dahling. I love the colors
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