Cinder x Salem 1 (Patreon)

Man, working on what is essentially 5 pictures at once really takes a lot out of you honestly. And what i was afraid of still was very prevanlent in this set which was working on salem x) her stark differences in color just made color bleeding just a complete nightmare to work with as well as her hair and skin being so close to white that the color difference in selection can't recognize the 2 so i had to select from the line layers instead and then catch the stray grays that didnt get selected which took a good amount of time x) although rendering her hair was definitely fun to work with! just a lot of "swooshing" with my brush. also another that helped me with the adversities of this piece was cinders dress patterns.

usually i would have to eyeball it from screenshots and the models, however when i was searching in google images for her patterns, someone out there was kind enough to just provide the layout completely flat on all of her sides! saved quite a lot of time for me honestly and definitely saved it for the next sets of this piece. one final thing that i have to note that is minor but enjoyed nonetheless was working on the frills on Cinders dress. before i would usually just do dots to create a pathetic patterning but instead, i created a seperate layer for the frills and then just selected the layer, made random designs with the eraser and finally just created a border to make it look uniform and i think it turned out great! i personally enjoy the detail that i was able to add even though it will be barely visible x)

anyway, sorry for the late posts everyone but this just took some time due to some dumb hurdles but i hope you still all enjoy!