A Work in Progress: The Pirate Boy



This guide was made for entry:
The Pirate Boy
In Contest:
concept art dd


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Sketch.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 1

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Basic coloring step, Multiply Mode with 100% Opacity Chalk Brush.

(In this contest, I try to COLOR it without values, so the colors would be vibrant enough better than any of my old artworks.)

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 2

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New layer, Normal Mode, 50-100% Opacity Chalk Brush with a little smudge, dodge & burn techniques.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 3

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New layer > Normal Mode.

100% Opacity Chalk Brush.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 4

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After done with the base color, I merge upper & lower layer together (CTRL+E).

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 5

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Change the BG color to clearly see through the highlights colors.

Color the cloth, minor doodles to everyplace I want.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 6

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Add new layer > Normal > start coloring the vest, backpack, ribbon (?), feather on the pirate hat. Then the pants... Kinda bored in this stage.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 7

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Finishing the pants, adding highlights to it. Start to color the items (maps) on the backpack.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 8

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Many changes in this stage...

Change the facial, the fingers that grab the pirate hat, start to color the other maps, the socks... well, can't really remember the details, lot of smudge & dodge with variant brushes...

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 9

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Days 2. Well... I FORGOT TO SCREEN-SHOT MY CURRENT PROGRESS!

So... here goes... I remember to screencap after I start to color this damn beautiful shoe.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 10

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I told you I forgot to screencap, so don't get shock to see that I change the hand. I really need a time to re-adjust this one... well... worth to try & I'm assure you, I hate to screencap almost everytime...

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 11

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Done repaint... lot of stuffs already attached to the BG like PXL logo... knife, armband... because I forgot to screencap. Yea, I already told you before...

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"Let there be light..."

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 13

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"Let there be cropped..."

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 14

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DELETED TEXTURES & REMOVED FONT from previous submitted SBS entry.

ADDED HAND DRAWN TEXTURES from custom brushes & set it to Overlay Mode.

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Step 15

Final result

Creation of The Pirate Boy: Final Result

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Comments

avatar George55
George55 says:

Just wow!.....very nice and informative. Thank you for sharing it with us........!

(5 years and 3031 days ago)
author says:

Thanks, George. It's not good enough to be here should I say... ^~^

(5 years and 3024 days ago)