🎥 Process video of Reborn~ ✨٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´- (Patreon)

Hello! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

To celebrate 1 month since my Patreon's reopening, here's the speedpaint of one of the promotional drawings I did. You can see just how simple and messy it starts out. xD It always amuses me how all art begins as an idea inside our heads and grows and evolves on the page/instrument/stage into something tangible we can interact with and appreciate.

Program: Clip Studio Paint

Tools: XP Pen Innovator 16

Some notes on what I was doing:

• At 0:10 I make the drawing small then big again because for me it feels better to sketch on a smaller canvas size. There's usually less program lag/brushes move more smoothly at smaller sizes, so the speed and ease helps me lay down the building blocks of a drawing before even considering details.
• 1:01, I love using gradients to lay down quick colors. A simple gradient can evoke so much emotion and movement, a wonderful tool for maximum impact! 
• 1:18, changing the color of the lineart layer (done by lock transparent pixels button in CSP) is another small change that has a big effect! It can transform the softness/hardness, temperature, and lighting of a drawing. It's an easy technique I often use to make artwork look more cohesive.

Watching this back, I'd definitely make some changes. I'd play around with curves at the end to bump up saturation and play around with color balance. I'd also make the impact of the light source stronger and more dynamic. Lastly, I'd consider throwing a gradient map on top to see if I could inject more interesting color interactions.

I've attached the video, which you can find at the bottom of this post, so you can download it for viewing offline.

Hope you have a good day! 💗

Vicki