Hi Steemers!
Today, I wanted to share with you the steps of the illustration I use here as avatar :-)
It's an illustration I've made last year for the CDC Challenge, on Facebook. The theme was "mermaid"
Of course I began with a rapid sketch. I wanted to be a little bit original, and I decided to give her ooctopus legs instead of a fish tail. I drew it with the help of a photo reference for her octopus side :-)
I wanted the drawind to be very frontal and symetric, like in a biology book.
Once I was satisfied with the line, it was time to color it! As usual, I first made a quick color overview, to give the global direction of the illustration
Then, I added more and more details ...
Still more details, finishing the hands,... And decided to modify the color balance, adding more yellow.
Still adjusting lights, levels and color balance, but the modifications are very low in these steps :-)
And here is the final result!!
I really hope you liked it, because this drawing is one of my favorites!! I had a lot of fun doing it :-)
If you enjoy my work, please don't forget to upvote, resteem, and follow. Thank you!
See you soon with a new painting!
Hélène
|Omg... Fantastic.. such a good presentation... wonderful artwork...
The whole 2D painting world is a little mysterious for me and I'm always fascinated. This artwork of your mermaid is such a brilliant, very beautiful, unique and original piece of art. I've enjoyed reading you step by step article and I'm excited what's coming next. keep up the good work!
wow beautiful. which software do you use?
Thanks a lot @abmakko! I work with Photoshop :-)
I'm a process junkie. Thanks for sharing your steps. Voted and following!
Thank you very much @ronism!! I'll post as much steps by steps as possible :-)
Great work!
Thank you @terrorfirma!!
Great work, thanks for sharing process. I am still drawing by hand everything and when I see skills like yours I am fascinated.
Thanks @jungwatercolor! But you know, I can't make oil painting or watercolor like you do ;-)...
I love this take on a mermaid. The colour is so soft. Is it digital pastel?
Thank you @donnadavisart! Yes, I used photoshop brushes, and one of them (the one I use the most) is some kind of pastel. At the end of this post I made a printscreen of the brush I usually use : https://steemit.com/drawing/@helenelenoble/just-for-fun-1-coloring-a-sketch
I learned a lot. Thank you!
@miyabi : You're welcome :-) Thanks for your comment!
Such a cute mermaid! Thanks for sharing your process. Glad to have you in the steem-cartoon community.
Thank you @thunderbirdcomic, it's a pleasure to be in the steem-cartoon community :-)
Beautiful!!!
Thanks, @zzoya! :-)
Your work is amazing and worth do much more than my lil 50 cents!!! Please keep arting on steemit!!
Thank you so much for your kind comment, @limabeing, and also for the resteem! Don't worry, 50 cents is the beginning of glory and fortune ;-)
Lol we shall see. I only have it til stella takes it away!!
You're such a great talent... your arts are enjoyable to watch... thanks for sharing it with us in #steem-cartoon ... we have learn a lot from your post...
Thank you @sireh! :-)
Beautifully done😲💗
Thank you very much @thequeeniskey!
its is the different mermaid i've seen ever. normally mermaids have fins in their bottom
Thank you for your comment @jyoti-thelight. Yes, you're right for the fins. But this drawing was for a challenge with hundreds of challengers, so I needed to be original:-)
So creative. Nice work!
Awesome.. love to see the steps too
that colors and lighting , really nice :D