You can check out the previous pieces of the series here;
#1 Gandalf
#2 Uruk-hai Berserker
#3 Bilbo
Fourth is the leader Bolg, son of Azog;
And some WIP photos;
I started with a zenithal highlight to understand the volumes.
At first, I was very intimidated by the alien skin tone of this character. This also cause me some procrastination. Started like this for the basecolor;
At this point something magical happened, I decided to use dry pigments for the first time in my life and I immediately wished that I'd been using them since the beginning :D They helped me create very soft shadows and reddish tones just as I needed around the skin that touches the metal parts;
And I even increased the effect. Look how realistic it looks. It was this time when I certainly decided to experiment more with the dry pigments.
I hope you enjoyed it.
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