Captain Corin Drace leads an infamous pirate crew called The Pieces of Eight. She commands eight fleets numbering almost seven hundred ships. They are the bane of Praetoria's three seas, sailing along its coasts and attacking merchant ships and merchant ships transporting goods from one port to another.
La capitana Corin Drace lidera una infame tripulaciΓ³n pirata llamada Las Piezas de Ocho. EstΓ‘ al mando de ocho flotas que suman casi setecientos barcos. Son la pesadilla de los tres mares de Praetoria, navegan a lo largo de sus costas y atacan a los barcos mercantes y a los buques mercantes que transportan mercancΓas de un puerto a otro.
Happy weekend, How are you?, today I present you my first fan art of @Splinterlands. This is the character of Captain Corin Drace, to participate in the weekly art contest.
One of the reasons why I chose this character, was because I could work it with the color palette I'm using; with purple colors, at first I didn't think it would turn out well, but I dared, as an act of faith. I'm glad to finally participate in this contest, I had thought some time ago to draw taking as a reference one of the cards of this wonderful world of Splinterlands.
Una de las razones por las que elegΓ este personaje, fue porque podΓa trabajarlo con la paleta de colores con la que estoy usando; con colores morados, al principio no creΓ que fuera a salir bien, pero me atrevΓ, como un acto de fe. Me alegra poder participar por fin en este concurso, habΓa pensado hace tiempo dibujar tomando como referencia una de las cartas de este maravilloso mundo de Splinterlands.
It has really been a challenge, it's been a long time since I drew fantasy characters, especially because lately I've been painting surreal and personal works, I loved the experience.
Realmente ha sido un reto, hacΓa mucho tiempo que no dibujaba personajes de fantasΓa, sobre todo porque ΓΊltimamente me he dedicado a pintar obras surrealistas y personales, me ha encantado la experiencia.
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I work with an Huion Kamvas 20.
Laptop.
Photoshop CC 2019 program.
Drawing Dimensions: 3931x5000 pixels.
Creation of the Sketch, Here I show the sketch with very clean lines of the main figure, I didn't make the background, since I still didn't have a very clear idea of how it will be. I had thought of making the strap at the beginning of the tail, but it didn't look very good so I eliminated it, and I got a little creative.
My drawing technique is to paint in black and white first and then add the vibrant colors, this way I find it easier to create the best possible details with gray tones, and then when I add purple the whole process is faster.
In the following image you can see in gray tones the figure and the background, all this is done under the sketch layer.
En la siguiente imagen puedes ver en tonos grises la figura y el fondo, todo esto estΓ‘ hecho bajo la capa de boceto.
STEP 3 / PASO 3:
Making details, here I proceeded to make the shadows and lights of the whole figure, as you can see and as I said in the previous step, I made as many details as possible, in grayscale.
Haciendo detalles, aquΓ procedΓ a hacer las sombras y luces de toda la figura, como pueden ver y como dije en el paso anterior, hice la mayor cantidad de detalles posibles, en escala de grises.
STEP 4 / PASO 4:
In this step, I made the background, I like to work with mountain scenery so I wanted to add it here, and as the card is about water, I also made this approach in the background. Here I started to make a better sketch of the sword, since I didn't like the previous one, so I got creative in this part.
In this next step I finished making the last details in gray scale to start painting with purple tones, and I must say that I love how the sword looks now, I also worked with the hair, which for no particular reason I had not worked on until now.
Add Color, I started by creating a new layer on top of the black and white layer, and setting the blending mode to overlay. Then I started with the background, painting with sunset tones, which is the other favorite thing I do when I paint, then I proceeded to paint the captain, which is what took me a little longer, choosing the right colors. and then I painted the sword taking into account the reference colors.
In this stage we are focused on creating more details on top of all the color layers, made in the previous step. I used textured brushes to create the simulation of the scales, I also worked on the sword adding details with other textured brushes, I also added some texture to the skin, and in the background I used a Gaussian blur filter.
Finally I added birds in the background, and used filters such as color balance, tone and saturation, and finally in the filter gallery I used the grainy one.
If you want to see more of my art, you can access in the following links, In this website, you will find more digital artworks that I have created, with different themes, styles and techniques. You can also see the creation process of some of them.
Before I say goodbye, I want to thank you for being here and supporting my work. It is a pleasure to share with you my passion for digital art. I sincerely hope that you liked my work, that it has transmitted something to you and that it has inspired you. If so, leave me a comment and I will be happy to answer you, to know your opinions and suggestions. Thank you very much for your attention.
