How do you get that 3D-ish effect in your art (It’s so cool, and really makes the colors pop)
Oh well, Everything is purely playing with colors and there is no technique as such But...
Here, Little tutorial:
Starring: White Apple
First, we have our sketch, And it's time to paint it.
What I usually do is use the watercolor brush, I paint with this brush for everything (Maybe because it's the only brush I know how to use)
1. We use the watercolor brush and paint with small dots, We use bright colors as this helps with the colorful effect.
A little advice: paint with all the colors you can but always keeping the main color. Blue is a good shade.
2. Now blend it, with more color dots, Shape it with Paint.
3. When you think you have a firm base, Is time to make The Shadows: Use the black pencil brush and set it to 6 opacity, use it to darken the areas where the shadow is strongest.
Imagine that you are carving a wooden figure or making a sculpture, use that black brush as many times as you think necessary and try to give shape to the object.
Now You get it!
The texture you will get is somewhat square and funny, I like it, but it is still too early to leave it like that.
4. We mix again, we use some bright colors in the mix to lighten a little, since black can leave the colors somewhat opaque.
5. It's time to put up lights, to do so we will use bright colors like light blue and yellow. Remember that everything is with dots.
That colorful style comes from placing the bright blue and pink at random, you can do it too if you want, but where to place it is by instinct
6. Now my favorite part: If you think your drawing still looks dark, use the luminous filter to lighten it. This way you get a very bright image of your drawing, export it as a transparent photo
This part is more redundant, but it will give more brightness to the drawing if you need it.
7. Now we have two images, the original and the shiny one, we put the original on top of the shiny one. And now, using the eraser with the opacity at 10% we will erase the image, revealing the luminosity under it. We will erase how much light we need.
Since we have two images, we are going to export it as a only one.
8. We are already reaching the end, all that remains is to blend a little again, lighten and darken where necessary.
We erase the excesses and retouch and...
We have an apple!
I'm not lying when I say that I like more how messy it looks in the first phases, but sometimes you have to clean it so that it looks good with everything together.
Sorry if this answer is long, I got a little excited.
