Yes, I’m still a little annoyed about it here me out
No, wait - continue the post-
Step Five: Shading
THERE’S THE OVERBLOT-
I started this one around the same day, October 22nd, 2020 -12:13 PM
This time I added darker colors such as black and dark brown to give that f o r m
As usual, I prefer this over the final product! I don’t know why-
Anyways for the following here’s what I used:
Robes - I used a light red or pink (same applies to the fingernails and the Hyacinths), + black to darken some of the areas
Skin- Dark brown and a tiny pink
Hair - Dark brown and black
Veil - Black
White stuff on his arm - Orange + hints of blue
Upper Body - Light, light blue
Thingy holding his hair - Orange + hints of pink
Neck - Dark yellow + bits of orange
Neck - Diamond - Dark blue!
Neck - Pearls (Blue stuff on neck) - Dark green (unsure, but hecka likely)
Thing on his Head - Orange + Light, light blue
Hyacinths - Red-purple...? (Unsure)
Chest - Orange + Blue + Red (blue and red particularly on the patterns)
Jewelry - Used bits of orange and light, light pink
Note: I made sure that I didn’t darken it too much so it would lose its color and keep your eyes on that p r i z e.
Step Six & Seven: Final Background + Dark Red Lineart+ Highlights
HEHEHEHEHEHEH (October 22nd, 2020 - 1:51 PM)
Unlike the past albums, I would try to highlight the characters in the album but then I asked myself,
“Shouldn’t Overblots be different? Such as...mysterious?”
And that’s when I started to derive my whole goal (I actually didn’t have a full idea now that I think about it) and made the whole art piece go down the drain.
I still love it as much as much as Lupine (in terms of music) and Mystique (in terms of art), but I think the background and highlights really brought the piece down altogether.
Back to the subject - Unlike my other albums where I used multiple pieces of lineart to make it look static, I used a full solid layer of red, blue and three layers of black to give this result of a darkened layer.
Plus, I only used one layer (so 1 copy of the lineart) in a dark red in the exact same position as the original lineart, and just made it slightly noticeable for you guys to see (in this case, you can’t).
As for the highlights, I used two of the black layers to highlight the jewelry and his skin, so that it can be seen and embellish the painting above.
Step Eight: Darker Effect + Title -> Final Piece!
Oh yeah I added a darker effect cause I want it to be super ominous-
No seriously! For Step Seven I felt like it was a little too revealing for an Overblot, so I made it darker to add the ominousness and mystery of Overblots! Also I needed to put the title somewhere-
Meanwhile, I’m really happy that I went out of my comfort zone for this album, and especially how Jamil looks here (kind of).
Though, just because it’s out of my comfort zone doesn’t mean I can’t do any better.
I’ll definitely strive to do different types of stuff for the Overblots. So yeah!
After this album, I’ll likely do a character design sheet of Scarabia, and finish requests in my inbox! There’s more stuff coming up, so please - stay tuned and continue along this weird thing of an AU.
Completion of Album Cover: October 22nd, 2020 - 2:44 PM
Time Taken: 2 days
Release of Album: October 23rd, 2020
Anyhow...
Thank you for supporting the fan-made music (and art) of Twisted Wonderland x Date A Live!
Don’t mind me I’m just giving off happy brr vibes
Curious? Hyacinthus [ Art Process - Part One ] here!
