A Work in Progress: The Magic Sphere

This guide was made for entry:
The Magic Sphere
In Contest:
magic

step 1 of 18

light ink sketch with a wash over it.

step 2 of 18

little more definition to sketch and start background
All the tools used are brushes , smudge tools, and layers through out this work, no filters or pen tools used. This was all done the same as a traditional oil painting except for the layers and smudge tool.

step 3 of 18

darken and define more.

step 4 of 18

work on face , lay in some of the foreground structure

step 5 of 18

step 6 of 18

step 7 of 18

work on foreground and am not pleased with the distracting
light in background

step 8 of 18

darken background area

step 9 of 18

step 10 of 18

step 11 of 18

getting the main character close to what I want and four ground.

step 12 of 18

add more characters on seperate layer

step 13 of 18

finish the rats and add globe

step 14 of 18

step 15 of 18

I now think the sphere is not were I want it

step 16 of 18

bring the sphere to the middle so it is more natural looking. ( Did I say I was going to make changes ? - lol )

step 17 of 18

Almost done

step 18 of 18

Adjust colors , and contrast on main character to make him stand out more plus the four ground and finished !

Final result

Votes

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jadedink
annabat
anarchick
langstrum
Score: 10

Comments

author says:

thanks guys, not much fancy stuff, just freehand drawing and a whole lot of blending.

(5 years and 3534 days ago)

author says:

thanks guys, not much fancy stuff, just freehand drawing and a whole lot of blending.

(5 years and 3534 days ago)

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