Good evening, friends.
Today's drawing is inspired by those times when we hold back things we don't want to share with the world, to the point where you feel like you can't take it anymore and want to explode. Suddenly, you let it all out without really meaning to. I wanted to represent this feeling in the form of butterflies because I love butterflies (especially blue butterflies), as they represent destiny, change, and beauty. I really enjoyed painting this time because I did something that truly came from my heart and from the mood I'm in right now. I hope you like it.
Proceso/Process
This drawing was quite complicated to finish. I'd been trying to paint it for three days, but some things were difficult, and I preferred to leave it and continue later. I started with the sketch and then added color, this time using a combination of very opaque lilacs, blues, and browns. On a new layer, I added more colors of the same range to give the face a better shape and then began to blend. I blended in a messy way and with medium opacity to maintain some texture and make it look like paint. Then I changed the background to black.
I detailed the torso and the broken part of the neck a little more, in this area I added some lights and shadows to create that broken skin effect, I painted the hair with a desaturated dark blue and then added some details with the same blue tone but a little lighter, I drew the silhouette of the butterflies and then painted one by one adding details with different shades of blue, then I wanted these butterflies to shine so I added a touch of light on each of them, it also occurred to me to place light behind the silhouette and some bright blue lines accompanying the butterflies. I finished giving it the final touches with an edition where I improved the colors to my liking giving it a slightly cooler tone and increasing the contrast.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro