Succubus (Patreon)

Hi there.

I'm posting an illustration of a succubus today.

I've been working on it as a hobby, just for a change of pace, but it turned out to be quite a big project.

I'm going to post a rough sketch of the whole process from rough to finished.

First, a rough sketch.

I prepared a pencil and copy paper and drew.

I got an idea of what I wanted to do, so I started drawing.

For the wrinkles on the cloth, I took a picture of the wrinkles on our blanket and drew it while looking at it.

After I've drawn the person in the pose I've imagined to some extent, I look for pictures of similar poses on the Internet or in the books I own, and draw in the details, referring to the way the flesh is attached and the wrinkles.

In order to create a good painting of any kind, it's best to use materials and observe carefully.

I think the most important thing is to observe and understand what you are doing.

If you don't know what you're doing, you'll only end up with a lousy picture.

Next, draw on tracing paper.

I draw the background and the character separately. It's easier to make corrections afterwards.

Then I imported them to my computer and started working on them in Photoshop.

I combined the two sheets I had cleaned up.

Start painting.

For now, I'm going to paint the whole thing solid. Paint the character and background separately.

Thinking about the overall color tone, I paint.

I'm done with this painting.

The next step is to create the fabric pattern in a separate data.

This process was very tiring.

I drew the pattern freehand, referring to the decorative pattern data.

I used the circle tool only for the circles.

To make the work easier, I drew only half of the pattern, then duplicated and flipped it to create a beautifully symmetrical pattern!

The finished pattern is then pasted onto the first picture.

One by one, the pattern material is transformed, cut and pasted according to the wrinkles and angles of the cloth.

If something is missing, you can add it on the spot.

I've finished putting everything up.

I'm tired of ・・・・.

Now I'm ready to push forward to completion!

So, I'm going to shade the character and the background.

I thought about finishing it with an assertive look, but then I realized that I had painted it thoroughly as usual.

In the end, I added shadows and light to the whole thing and adjusted the colors in various ways, and it was finished.

Oh, I'm so tired.

I'm more tired than at work. After all, painting is all about patience, isn't it?