Someone - sorry, I have forgotten the name - asked a while ago, if I may post some WIPs of the progress of one of my digital paintings. This evening I had the idea for a new one and remembered this question. Though I cant tell when I will have the time to do the next steps here is what I did today in about 2 hours.
STEP 1: first layer of "paint",
applied freehand using the airbrush tool
STEP 2: now I painted in the clouds,
again freehand work, loosly based on a photo for reference. Also I added some haze and smoothed the horizon.
STEP 3: now I added the barbwire, just some loose lines in various colors and thickness, not really realistic in detail but
pretending to be detailed.
STEP 4: a painting needs excitement in shapes, colors and sometimes in textures. Therefore I added some sand textures, meaning using a
photograph of real sand and applying it as layer, combining it with the sand layer and reducing its visibility.
If you haven't figured out which action figure will show up in this one, now the secret is revealed
In this STEP 5 I took the actual shot of
Sandy out of
ActionFigEmpires blog, toghether with bits and pieces from other Sandtroopers including the new Female Stormtrooper statue to get my personal render of her. This montage was then partially overpainted to introduce the correct basic colors, shadows, lights and so on...
NEXT steps will focus on the painting of Sandy, using the concept image I have made of her.
For now its good night
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