[Tutorial] Zelda Process (Patreon)
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In reference to the link above, those are all things I do with pretty much every drawing, especially the “tiny thumbnails” thing. Using my recent Zelda picture as an example, you can see my initial doodles at the top (pic #1).
I often make a stick figure roughly an inch large and draw simple details because it’s super quick and easy to draw. If I don’t like how it turns out, then I just move the canvas a bit and make another one.
Once I’ve made a doodle that I like, I blow it up to the size of the canvas, make a new layer, and draw proper anatomy over it at full size (pic #2). After I’ve made a “refined” layer, I essentially trace over it to make the final line art as well as add text & effects (pic #3), and finally do the coloring, shading, and background (pic #4).