My Digital Illustration of an Original OC Character By @wilfreehandarts

Step by step of the Sketch

He usually guided me through patterns to start making my base sketch, then I give him a little more detail and darkness. After having my base I do all the details that will characterize my character as well as the hair, costumes and accessories. At the end I highlight the fundamental lines and scan it to outline it in digital with Paint tool Sai.

^{FINISHED GRAPHITE SPLINE}

Process.

1. Inking: After scanning my sketch I gave him a line on the Paint too sai taking into account that I would make changes in the middle of the process of creating my illustration.
   

^{PHOTO OF THE MONITOR IN THE INK}

1. Color: After getting my almost complete lineart I started to apply my colors, starting by giving my hair a base color.
   
   Then when I gave the basic colors to my OC wardrobe I noticed some things I disliked about the Lineart and chose to remove them.
   

Adding a new face
As I had planned because of my indecision about which expression and type of face to put on my character, I went back to graffiti and drew a face that matched the body. I got a little excited about the colors and skipped a few steps without taking them down. ? In front of the shadows and lights?


^{FACE LINEART}
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1. Details of the face
   I've always liked the moment when it's time to color the characters' eyes as they can give a simple drawing a unique meaning.
   
   ^{EYE END PHOTOGRAPHY}
   

I preferred to create the lineart of the mask after I already had an idea of the color palette I would use in my OC.

^{Mask Lineart}

This would be the almost complete result of my OC. Looks good, doesn't it?

1. Hair background and detail: After the long process of inking, modifying and coloring the character I added a simple background that didn't divert the character's attention too much. First I expand the canvas so that the image is at a size that fits on a common monitor. Then I add a base background in this case a blue night and then add lights, shadows and the other little details that complement it.It is worth mentioning that I painted my hair in Adobe Ps cs6 because it is more like with the mouse.

Although because the character is shown from the thighs upwards, the details of the hair are not well appreciated.

^{BASE BACKGROUND}

<sup>LIGHTS

MORE LIGHTS</sup>
COMPLETED WITHIN PS CS6.

A summary for those who prefer less detail in the process.

I hope you enjoyed it.