A Work in Progress: One-eyed Golem



This guide was made for entry:
One-eyed Golem
In Contest:
orange fantasy


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Sketch the composition of the one-eyed golem in the middle with the bg turned into some skin (pale orange) color.

Creation of One-eyed Golem: Step 1

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Color concept, the BG turned into bluish first so I could clearly drawn the object easily. Blocking the shapes in the Multiply Mode then new layer with Normal Mode to add a few highlights.

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Refine the hard edges with smudge tools then brush it again then smudge it again...

Over & over & over again...

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Creating the basic shading of the eyes.

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The eye lid.

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Done playing with the eyes for a second, trying the COLOR BALANCE.

Like it when the dull colors turn into something dark!

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This set of my custom brushes; the techno circles in hi-resolution pixels.

I got them from my partner at Entertainment Design Studio in California City several years ago. Extremely useful for making such a delicate eye design.

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Here's the example of the techno circle brush.

I also called it a stamp brush.

Clear Vectored lines in 1250 pixels accuracy.

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With some settings from Blending Options, I got this inspiration to make the eye tron-like.

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I render everything (characters), got no time left to post... Doh~!

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Began to add the simple strokes to the background.

Detailing quite a bit the golem.

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Detailing the sky, add some filter to it, minor details to the golem & pxl characters.

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Using COLORIZE!

GOT NO TIME LEFT!

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Lots of filter, smudges, brushes, flattened, filter again. Lost in time... Lol.

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Color Balance Settings.

Shadows: Cyan -20, Yellow +50

Midtones: Red +50, Green + 10, Yellow -50

DONE!

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Finalize; THE TRON EFFECTS! I would like to share this techniques in my tutorial. Wait for it!

AT LAST... WHAT DONE IS DONE~!!!

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Final result

Creation of One-eyed Golem: Final Result

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