My beautiful engine - STEP BY STEP (Patreon)

Its a bit late, but here it is!! ;A;

STEP 1: LINEART

Ok, first of, I have no idea why I could not find the sketch of this. I think it got lost in space ;A;
I got this idea when I was watching Macross Zero with my boyfriend a while ago. 

STEP 2: COLORING
Here I was trying to choose the colors for Ryoshi's plane. 

STEP 3: SHADING 

I always start with basic shading to give myself an idea of where the source of the lighting will be. 

STEP 4: MORE SHADING DETAILS

Some extra background lighting for the shading, its always good! 

STEP 5: MORE SHADING DETAILS AND BACKGROUND

Some people start their drawings with background, others prefer to leave it for the end of the drawing.
In my personal experience, I tend to sketch the idea, ink, color and add a little bit of shading, and THEN I start with the background, it actually depends on my mood or my idea. If my idea is clear, I tend to do this, but if I'm not sure how the background is going to be, I start working on the background first (AFTER the sketch, of course). 

STEP 6: BACKGROUND DETAILS

Here I added more clouds and objects on the scene. 

STEP 7: LIGHTING DETAILS

Here I started to add more lighting on the characters and background.

STEP 8: MORE LIGHTING DETAILS 

STEP 9: AMBIENT LIGHTING

"ambient lighting" is a complete made up name I made, I'm not sure if it actually exists, BUT it explains what Im trying to show you guys here.
I added ambient lighting so the background (plane, and Ryoshi) has more perspective from the viewer. 

STEP 10: FINISHED!

After a few more details on the background and some dialogue, the drawing is finished! 

I really hope it helped you guys! ;; please stay safe! 

ALSO! Monthly PSD file coming soon~