Alrighty, at the request of @moondrift-the-icenight , here is a third part to the tutorial, specifically going over how to make wings transparent!
I'll be using a HiveWing as the subject again, as it's their wings that are the most whack to work with
1. I recommend putting your wing color layer above your body color layer, as not only will it help you customize the wings more, it'll also let any of the body behind the wing show through!
2. Now, you actually have two methods you can do for their wing transparency:
The Pen Way is to take the pen of your choice, and lower the opacity of it by 50% or lower.
Now, you color all in the wings until it covers them up!
(How it will look coloring all over)
This method does have a couple downsides:
You cannot use the bucket tool to make it quicker, as it doesn't really take opacity into consideration.
There is an opacity setting for it, but it does not do anything other than be a bucket with a different name (my guess is that it's bugged, I'll experiment further to see how it all works)
But for now, this is what happens when you do bucket
You also have to color the wings in one go, or else the opacity will build up and make the color solid instead of transparent
(An example on how that looks, it is purple to better show it. It does make a cool effect, so I also suggest playing with it. Experimentation is the way of art!)
And making markings is more difficult, sometimes requiring another layer depending how complex they are, as you'll end up doing a LOT of erasing
(Here is two examples of markings. If you would like, you can also merge the pattern layer down, with the arrow pointing down to the double lines, once you are done, like I had down for Meadowhawk, but it is not needed)
Now, the second method is the Layer Way, where you color the wings with 100% pen opacity, but then lower the opacity of the layer itself
This one is much easier, as it lets you go ham on the wings without any worry of build up from your pen, or having to spend a while with it and can instead use the bucket
Rejoice!
The one downside to this method is that you can absolutely not have it all on one layer, as it's the layer that makes it's see through, so it will make the body colors desaturated and funky (unless you want a desaturated and funky character lol)
All and all, I'd recommend the Layer Way to beginners and such, as it is a lot less finicky than pen
Though I also recommend experimenting! See which way ya like more and such, cause there's no wrong way to do art☆
Oh, and as a little side note, the wings for the rest of the dragons (except NightWing because of their wing pattern) work perfectly fine with solid color wings or 50% opacity wings
And that concludes this tutorial! If any of you have questions, ask away! I will answer the best I can.
Have a good day/night where ya are, and take care🎉