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Some of my watchers told me they were curious to see a recent step by step from me (and I feel so honored you can't imagine) so, here's how I work :>

I work on Paint Too Sai

- Sketch - in red lines on a dark bg - yes I allow myself to use references, and you should do it too!

- Lineart - in white on a dark bg (feels more comfortable for my eyes than dark lines on clear bg) > Pencil tool, stabilisator at 10, thin lines

- Colors in 3-5 layers in a stack of layers - don't hesitate to use degrades even where there no degrades. It adds deepness to the piece and breaks the flat

- Then I duplicate the colors stack, fusionate all the colors to have them on one layer

At this point, the layers I have are: the dark bg, one layer of lines, and one layer of colors. (a bit more if I want to keep all the colors layers if I'm unsure).

- Then, my fav part: I put a grey layer above the colors layer - it's easier to shade on a grey flat thingy.

(Tip: you can do the shading before the colors, it doesn't change many things! I just prefer doing the shading at the end cause that's my fav part.)

1. first shadings (multiply mode)

2. Darkest shades (multiply mode)

3. Blended lights (overlay mode) Tip: the lights can pass in the shadows! Makes the light more realistic

4. Backlights (luminosity mode) Tip: better if you let the backlight in a contrasted color!

5. Additional light (luminosity for glow - regular white for reflects like metal)

6. Delete the grey layer

7. Change the shading and light's colors to adapt to the design color (using the simple "hue" tool to see what looks better)

8. Add a bg

9. With the bucket tool, fill a new layer (which is above all the other layers) with the dominant color of your artpiece (here, it's a soft pink) or a contrasted one! Then put this layer in a cool mode (here, it's overlay mode), then reduce opacity (here: 15% opacity)

10 opt. Add sparkles - I love sparkles!

Small tip: My cell shading and cell light seems complex, but I don't do it in one shot. I have a sketch for the shadows and lights too!

See also:

Art by me (c) YokaMycelium
Proper credit on the original piece ^
You can't repost this on Deviantart. Pinterest and other websites are ok as long as I'm credited/redirected to this webpage.
Please repost the Tumblr post (soon) instead of making a new one, it's more respectful to me!

Feel free to join ArtCore! (Discord) to never miss a streaming, share your art and adertize yourself!

Description

Some of my watchers told me they were curious to see a recent step by step from me (and I feel so honored you can't imagine) so, here's how I work :>

I work on Paint Too Sai

- Sketch - in red lines on a dark bg - yes I allow myself to use references, and you should do it too!

- Lineart - in white on a dark bg (feels more comfortable for my eyes than dark lines on clear bg) > Pencil tool, stabilisator at 10, thin lines

- Colors in 3-5 layers in a stack of layers - don't hesitate to use degrades even where there no degrades. It adds deepness to the piece and breaks the flat

- Then I duplicate the colors stack, fusionate all the colors to have them on one layer

At this point, the layers I have are: the dark bg, one layer of lines, and one layer of colors. (a bit more if I want to keep all the colors layers if I'm unsure).

- Then, my fav part: I put a grey layer above the colors layer - it's easier to shade on a grey flat thingy.

(Tip: you can do the shading before the colors, it doesn't change many things! I just prefer doing the shading at the end cause that's my fav part.)

1. first shadings (multiply mode)

2. Darkest shades (multiply mode)

3. Blended lights (overlay mode) Tip: the lights can pass in the shadows! Makes the light more realistic

4. Backlights (luminosity mode) Tip: better if you let the backlight in a contrasted color!

5. Additional light (luminosity for glow - regular white for reflects like metal)

6. Delete the grey layer

7. Change the shading and light's colors to adapt to the design color (using the simple "hue" tool to see what looks better)

8. Add a bg

9. With the bucket tool, fill a new layer (which is above all the other layers) with the dominant color of your artpiece (here, it's a soft pink) or a contrasted one! Then put this layer in a cool mode (here, it's overlay mode), then reduce opacity (here: 15% opacity)

10 opt. Add sparkles - I love sparkles!

Small tip: My cell shading and cell light seems complex, but I don't do it in one shot. I have a sketch for the shadows and lights too!

See also:

Art by me (c) YokaMycelium
Proper credit on the original piece ^
You can't repost this on Deviantart. Pinterest and other websites are ok as long as I'm credited/redirected to this webpage.
Please repost the Tumblr post (soon) instead of making a new one, it's more respectful to me!

Feel free to join ArtCore! (Discord) to never miss a streaming, share your art and adertize yourself!