Mama K (BG3) // Art + Process (Patreon)

Had a fun poll on tumblr regarding what character vibe apparently fits me best and Karlach won.

Which immediately made me wanna draw her. So you get a very spontaneous little art piece of her. And since I'm gonna upload it today publicly as well, here's also immediately the timelapse and process behind it. Since I can't add a video in this text segment, I made a gif and broke down the layers in a step-by-step way below that. Everything is also on the cloud.

Enjoy!

Timelapse gif (30s - let's see if and how this works):Edit: While the gif works on desktop, it doesn't seem to run on mobile (at least for me). So nice idea but not sure if this is feasible for future posts..Edit 2: unfortunately the gif slows down the processor too much even on desktop, so I removed the gif for a nicer experience. Too bad...

STEP-BY-STEP:

Sketch:Looking back it's a lot rougher than I thougth while drawing. But my sketches are always super rough.

Linework:

Base colors:I added the gold in later again, during the rendering/shading process.(I forgot to make a printscreen of the actual basecolors so I recreated it for this demonstration).You can see only one layer in the final printscreen for the clothes and hair. During the actual drawing process I had 4-5 layers though with separate segments of her outfit because so much of it overlayed. This allows for very quick and easy shading (e.g. the top most belts/ribbons are one layer, the ones beneath are a layer, etc.)

Added shading:Nothing to say. This was a very quick piece so everything is handled roughly. Only some cleanup was made.

Colored Linework:

Added details:I always include some form of details (hairs, clean up, her face scars, etc). That's usually the very end so it's just a regular layer on top.

Added mood/overlay layer + references and layer overview: