PROCESS VIDEO // 2001 anime remake (Patreon)

I posted a drawing that I made in 2001 in my socials, mostly for laughs, but then a bunch of people told me to redraw it and honestly, that seemed like a fun idea! Here’s the original: 

And the new version: 

The full process vid is above! It’s sped up 4x, so not too fast. The drawing took me about 2.5 hours to make and my main focus was on capturing a similar color scheme / makeup look as the original. Some things to notice while watching the video: 

FLIPPING THE IMAGE

I usually don’t flip the image too often during the process because it takes me further away from the original composition, but for portraits like this, I’ve been doing this more and more often. This is mainly because the picture is so lopsided when I turn it the other way, and correcting these issues throughout the process keeps this in check. If I don’t flip it, the lopsidedness can get worse and worse as I render!

CREATING LUMINOUS EDGES

Sometimes I like to make the edges of shapes bright and saturated, to give the image an ‘electric’ feel. It creates pops of bright color and makes the colors very vivid. In order to do this, I duplicate the drawing, saturate it, and then use a layer mask to paint in this brighter version only around the edges of the shapes. You can see me doing this at the 13:15 minute mark. Basically it’s just: 

1. Duplicate the layer and saturate it
2. Add a layer mask and invert it so everything is hidden
3. Paint on this mask with a white brush. Wherever you paint with white, the saturated colors will show. 
4. Once you’re done, merge it together!

Hope you enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions!