A definite return to my dark side. This was a monster idea I had held originally in an iron aged based 'fantasy world' project I had created a long time ago...but as I drew initial sketches of this piece I realized that it was best suited to a different personal project I was working on, the crusades with demons (basically). Not really a ground breaking or original character I'll admit, but nothing like painting a bad ass brooding demon.
Here are the stages and the process of my working, I don't always work in this way so its by no means a prefect recipe and was often defined a little too much by mood, patience and music playlists.
Stage one: Hand drawn sketch on A4 paper, based on references i readily researched beforehand.
Stage two: Added grey base over drawing to add shade and light as a black and white value painting.
Stage three: lose the drawing, detailed value and paint, flip the image to check and correct the form.
Stage four: complete the value painting, its ok but flat/grey, added colour and experimenting with ideas.
Stage five: flatten the colours, burn/dodge to strengthen shadows/light, adjust sizes, paint background.
Stage six: finalize the piece, quick tidy and armor highlights, mist separator and lighten focus areas.
So that was that, suggestions, comments and critiques most welcome and for now onto the next one.
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