Splinterlands Art Contest Week 330: Exploding Dwarf

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Been a while since I entered any contests on Hive. Thought I'd come back with an exploding dwarf.

The weekly Splinterlands contest can be found HERE

Here is the original card art:

Created in Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Microsoft Surface Pro 7+. Here is the timelapse video:

And here is the step-by-step drawing process.

Step One: Rough draft. I use a 40 px pastel pencil to block out the rough shape.
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Step Two: Line art. I use the "For Effect" pen to make swooshy ribbon lines.
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Step Three: Hide the rough layer
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Step Four: Slather down some colors with an india ink brush
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Step Five: Set the line art layer as the reference layer then use the Colorize feature in Clip Studio to make this:
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Step Six: Use the smooth watercolor brush to move the colors around a bit.
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Step Seven: Duplicate the layer and refine the colors and shading with a gouache brush.
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Step Eight: Make an Add Glow layer, to create some flames.
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Step Nine: Fortune and glory!