Glynda Glasses On (Patreon)

Finished this up and also made the variations of with and without glasses as i said c: will be posting it shortly after. Onto the piece itself, since it was a solo piece it gave me some time to inspect certain elements of how i colored. When looking through the RWBY models, i noticed that they have this blush kind of glow around their faces that provided a more rounder/squishable face. Noticing this, i tried doing something just slightly new where instead of making a seperate blush multiply layer, i made a blotched, soft brushed shading first to just create landmarks where i felt the blushes would be noticeable on the skin like the rim of the face, the nose, fingertips, boobs, etc. and then went ahead and shaded normally afterwards. Speaking of which, instead of using the multiply layer for the skin, i tried applying that method to Glyndas hair instead.

Her original color palette was way too strong in contrast that it was overwhelming with how light her hair color was and her shirt then a stark black with her cape. so i tried lowering the value and upping the saturation of the hair but that wasnt enough in my opinion. so instead, i made use of the multiply layer for her hair and just did a soft brush from the bottom up to create this golden like sheen to it. i think it turned out pretty nicely in my opinion c: as an overall look on the piece, i didn't want to give her any sweat or a look of difficulty on this since i wanted to retain her stern posture and attitude that she's skilled and the one in charge, especially with the look she's giving. one last thing, i'm trying to get used to "rim lighting" on the characters so that the light placement is more direct and obvious in examples such as the top of her hair where it's close to pure white. That's all for now, hope you all enjoy!