The Making of "Artoria Ruler" (Patreon)

I will briefly explain the process of creating this illustration.

1. Rough sketch

First, I drew a rough sketch.
It does not necessarily focus on details, but aims to clarify poses, facial expressions, and emotions.

2．Draft

A draft was created based on the rough sketch.

I drew the shape of the details that were not clarified in the rough sketch.
At this stage, it is desirable that the elements of all parts are drawn. This is because it is easy to balance and change the arrangement of parts.

Here, the position of the left hand is changed.

3. Line drawing

I drew a line drawing.

I clarified the line. The line thickness is not uniform. There are places to draw thin and thick. Also, the part where the lines join is painted black.

4．Shading

Although it is a little different from my usual drawing method, I shaded it first.

The good point of this method is that it can shade the whole of many parts uniformly. It brings harmony to the whole and increases work efficiency.

5. Gradient map

I decomposed the parts into several parts and applied the gradient map to the shaded gray parts.
At this stage, there is still not enough shading and no highlights. However, the shadow that is the basis of the work has been obtained.

6. More advanced shading

Further shadowing was advanced.  

I made dark areas darker and put highlights on bright areas. You can express the difference in materials by changing the way you put highlights, such as metal parts, shiny tights, skin, and hair.

Added sofa to the background. By adding a shadow falling from the character to the sofa, it is emphasized that the character and the background are in the same space.

7. Finishing work①

I also added the necessary elements. Such as semen on the fingers, pupil highlights, and additional hair.

Also, the color of the line drawing has been changed to match the color. (The color change around her nipple is easy to understand.)

8. Finishing work② 

I did further fine finishing work.

Added texture to the background. I changed the whole color a little.
The expression is as if light is coming in from the left side of the screen.
And I added a filter with a little blur on the whole.

Thus, one picture was completed.

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