A Work in Progress: Long John Silver



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step 1 of 18

Sketching with the default BG set to sepia.

Creation of Long John Silver: Step 1

step 2 of 18

I used 3 tones for skin colors just as it shown.

Added colors in the Multiply Mode first, after get enough darker & lighter parts of the face, I set it back to Normal.

Creation of Long John Silver: Step 2

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The color layer set to Normal mode.

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Added grayish basic tone.

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step 5 of 18

Added new layer to color the spectacles.

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Added minor details, in this part, for me it was the most exciting step. The highlights!

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Started to bring the hair & headband colors.

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New layer > color the Pirate Hat > CTRL + LEFT CLICK to the layer to select the pixels on that layer.

Start to color the highlights tones a bit on the edge after that.

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New layer > Color the cloak of shadows, brought the highlights part after that.

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CTRL + LEFT CLICK to the layer to active the selection pixels & brought the secondary intense highlight.

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Start to color Parrot... wait? Is that a Cockatoo? Yeah... YES! I'm totally wrong about it.

That's because of RIO. I thought the Cockatoo was a Parrot.

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I made my BG red in order to see through the bright details while coloring the so-called Parrot layer.

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Finished the Cockatoo, added the details of the cloak & start to color the scarf.

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DAYS TWO.

I'm sorry if the step was over-leap. Forgot to screencap as usual. Lol.

Anyway, in this step, after done with the clothing parts, I added clipping-mask to them; added HAND_MADE textures which set to Overlay & Soft Light Mode.

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Overslept today...

Once again, I apologize for my forgotten screencaps...

In this step, I start to color everything & left the boots behind.

So, this is the basic shape of color tones. Which after that, I'll put my Smudge Tool to loosen the hard edged shape & add some color alongside my HAND_DRAWN textures that set to Darken (clipping-mask).

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I use my SELF_MADE_CUSTOM_BRUSHES to start painting the BG textures which set to Soft Light after that.

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Added new layer, with Default DRY-BRUSH, I scattered them above the textured layer and set to Overlay Mode.

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I added the LAST step with Gradient from Adjustments Layer.

So, the LJS is ready for battle.

I'm sorry for this imperfect SBS, since it's not my hobby after all. Lol.

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Final result

Creation of Long John Silver: Final Result

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