Halsin - "Flutter" +some process info (April Print Club) (Patreon)

Hey guys!!! I finished up the Halsin piece today for this month's print club!!!First of all, the winner of last month's giveaway for a 17x22 Geralt print is CPenrod!

Back to Halsin! I am so happy with how it turned out. I hope you guys like it.

I put together a little process gif for you guys to see, you can see my hideous 3D start stage (truly humiliating to share how awful these 3D "sketches" start lol).

I usually play around in 3D once I have a strong concept in mind, then I will render something quickly and drop it into Photoshop, where I will sketch overtop to see where I want to take the piece. Then I deep fry the 3D render in a bunch of filters like the Paint Daubs and Posterize (and others) to where I have something I can work with and hopefully obfuscate the 3D as much as possible. Then from there I get to old fashioned painting! The last stage is tweaks to color/contrast/glow.

I feel like my process is so hideous and disjointed that I am a little embarrassed, but I hope it's at least interesting to you. I have a lot of trouble visualizing and sketching (always have) so 3D has become a tool later in my career that just really helps my workflow since it allows for me to try a TON of things and tweaks to get something just right lighting and anatomy-wise before I dive in.

I hope you all are doing well, and able to take some time doing what you love.

XOXO

Lily