CHARACTER CREATION

1 Early sketch

In this phase, it’s best to find a nice pencil brush and start sketching with loose lines and shapes. It’s important for me to keep my hand moving pretty fast and not let myself get slowed down by any major details. The painting will only stiffen up as you render, so keep it as loose as possible.

2 Base colour/refine

Next I like to do another, more refined sketch on top of the loose one. This allows me to dive into the smaller shape design more and really find the parts that will make the piece work. I use a Multiply layer to wash colour right on top of it, usually setting the tone for the painting.

3 Start the render

With the base applied, I like to dive into colour pretty fast. I swap up my brushes quite a bit trying to apply shadow and light to start to bring the piece to life. The best part of digital painting is it’s super easy to just paint over it if you don’t like the current direction.