This wasn’t intended as ship art but if that’s what you want to take it as, go for it. If you just like the brotherly duo, that also is fine. I just wanted to draw something cute.
I usually draw more serious things so dropping everything to have fun was nice. This was a one-day make (from drawing to editing the video) and I honestly, adore it. Maybe I’ll do this more often. It certainly was less stressful than everything else I do.
However, I do have a bone to pick with some of it – as I always do with my art. It was supposed to look like Wilbur was pulling Tommy’s face closer but it didn’t translate very well so Tommy’s head is a little strange. And, I desperately wish I had done better on Wilbur’s hand. But, otherwise, I think it looks good. Much less issues than I usually see in my work. :)
My Process (for anyone curious):
1. Construction – figuring out the poses and composition. I usually don’t film this part and didn’t for this video. It can… sometimes take a while. This is the struggle step I don’t like showing because of how pathetically long it can take me to figure things out.
2. Sketch – Sometimes I can cut this into multiple steps depending on how much I need to do. This was a simpler drawing so I only had the one you see when the video starts.
3. Color Theory – I’ll start by eye-dropping colors straight from the reference (their skins, in this case). Then, I go through with overlays and filters to change the saturation and color skew so things harmonize better. Minecraft skins tend to clash a lot when you’re trying to make colors work. That’s why you’ll see the video go grayscale often. Pictures look better if the values contrast each other. So, I check them often. Usually, I draft the shading here too.
4. Lineart – I tend to lean for thicker lines but recently was upset with the way my drawings were turning out so I tried to keep these ones more regular. I think it worked. I was very happy with the lines this time around.
5. Base Colors – Using the colors I figured out in the color theory step, I just transfer them over in a neater fashion.
6. Rendering – To make things less flat, I’ll go through with detail. In this piece, I actually totally forgot this step at first, which is why I go straight into shadows and highlights for some reason. I completely blanked. I go back later and add it, though.
7. Shadows and Highlights – This step can either be really quick or really, really long. I went for a simple cell-shading style for this art so it was fast. Other times, the shading process can take hours alone.
8. Background – If I’m doing a background, it usually happens after I make the foreground. It uses the same steps as listed previously.
9. Touch-Ups – This consists of my signature, outlines, coloring lineart, yadda-yadda.
My Programs:
Paint Tool SAI ver. 2
snowghoul
gamechangershow
titsay
vaporwave
andulkaphoto