Steem Cartoon : Painting with Shapes (Triangles & Pentagon)

I would like to share an experimental work that I created using technical digital painting by combining two shapes, which are the triangle and the pentagon. In my previous posting I only used one shape but let us try two shapes this time around. The subject of my experiment is a Honey Bee. I find this a very suitable subject.

I first stat with a rough sketch on the location that is suitable for the subject. After I am done with the sketch again I will do some touchup so that it is in a position that will be suitable for my use of shapes.

I choose flat colour and I break it down to a 3 layer in my photoshop. This is to make colouring easier.

After playing with the colour on the bee, we try to get a range of suitable colours.

This technique is used on the flowers. Try finding the suitable colours within the range of medium colour.

Colour the background. This process I will try to use soft tone colour to reduce the colour contrast. I think I am a little unimpressed with the result, so I reject this approach.

I try to revamp the background colours by choosing a colour that is soft so that the bee which is in the foreground will standout more.

I will detail each part of the bee by using the triangle form.

You can see the process of rendering the details on the wings of the bee. I will use the pentagon shape on the small and fine lines on the wings and I will be using the eraser to remove the parts which are unnecessary.

Now you can see the result that I have done after finishing the process of medium rendering.

This is the final rendering and the touch up on the parts which is weak. I will reak the shape on the flowers to give the feeling that the bee is sucking the nectarine.

This is the finished artwork.

credit to @zomagic