Hello everyone, back to the post about Artwork that I will be participating in the Weekly Art Contest held by 
Character Selection
The character I chose was still focused on the water element, and this time I chose Mischievous Mermaid.
|why do most of the characters you choose only have the upper part in the shape of a human?|Because I'm not good at drawing human feet (I'm still having trouble drawing hands)- |
why not just draw a monster?| Like I said before that I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY like Female Anime Characters (as long as the head and body are human)
Sketch and Lineart
All work is done in the Ibis Paint X App, including when sketching. if I sketch traditionally (using pencil, paper, eraser, and the like) then the result will be messy because there are some lines that are not erased properly.
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as seen above, the blue line is the first sketch (still messy) while the red line is the detail(final) sketch. for the lineart, I have difficulty in the lower body, earmuffs, and of course the hands. you can see the process of how I made a lineart on the hand.
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|Haven't you forgotten something?| Just a minute, I'll check again.....
Turns out I forgot to draw the Glove. Besides that, I have to fix the part that encircles her stomach……
 just delete the unnecessary part |  done, let's go to the next session |
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Coloring, Shading, and Effects
for Coloring I always use the Paint Bucket Tool to speed up the process (but I have to cover the parts that the tool can't reach manually). for Shading and Lighting, I did it manually by giving it one color type. To make the Mermaid impression more visible, I added a little scale texture on the legs (tail). I use the Materials feature available in Ibis Paint X.
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almost all materials in Ibis Paint X can be used for free
time to make an effect. Actually I've decided to give my image a Manga Background effect, but I wanted to experiment a bit by trying out a few different effects.
 Normal mode |  Overlay mode |
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After trying various possibilities, in the end I chose Manga Background. and here is the result....
That was the process of making Mischievous Mermaid which I entered in the contest. and for the contest next week, I will most likely draw EDITH EMBERSTAR (Gladius) and also the last character from the Water Element that I want to make. I also want to create a new character for @Splinterlands, and have thought of a suitable element for her Death. But I'm still thinking about making lore out of the character, so I won't be making it any time soon.
