Materials Test (kinky) (Patreon)

It's been a fun few days trying to emulate materials. And this piece was just a fun challenge overall.

To tell the truth, a LOT of this is because I'm realizing how useful the Airbrush is in Clip Studio. And I guess that's for every drawing program. It was on a recent Cassiopeia Quinn pinup that I saw how good it was at rendering her leather jacket, that I thought I should try experimenting with that. So I also came up with this challenge to try to get different kinds of black next to each other.

I was recently talking about, trying to avoid over working on things that don't improve storytelling. But when it comes to this kind of illustration where the kink is ABOUT the materials, then representing the material in a pleasurable way is important. So how do I do that efficiently, beautifully, and accurately?

I think I learned a bit, just by creating this character. If this is a character.