Title (temp): "I wonder when the rain will st----PUT THAT BACK"
Tools: Photoshop
Process:
- My idea was to show a moment when the two protagonists are taking shelter from the rain in a small shrine. I had two camera angles in mind and sketched them out in small, very rough thumbnails. This is the ugliest stage haha. I chose the bottom one because the angle felt more interesting and I liked how the boy felt more confrontational.
- Using no transparency and 4 tones, I painted over the chosen thumbnail in grayscale. This stage is there to help me group my values and pinpoint my area of focus, and I will be referring to this thumbnail while I paint to make sure these aren't lost in the process.
On to the final painting!
Top Row: Fixing the perspective and making a cleaner sketch. Once I have all the information I need I quickly lay down a rough first color pass in one layer...blank canvases are scary. I begin cleaning and rendering, starting with the shrine.
Middle Row: More rendering. I also add details on the deity statue, paint in foreground elements and block in the characters' silhouettes.
Bottom Row: Rendered the characters and started on the background. After I complete the refining process I finish up by making color & lighting adjustments.
