Week 285 | My Splinterlands Art Contest Entry | Pirate Archer

✨Hello! ✨

How is everyone? 😁

Happy to see myself on the list of winners of last week's art contest. Woohoo! 🥳 Of course, my talented friends were also there. You may check the complete list here.

For this week, I chose Pirate Archer to draw. 😁

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Art Process

I found a full body reference which is perfect for this card. It is hard to visualize a character holding an arrow and bow, so this is a big help for me!

I tweaked the card's facial features like the mustache and beard. Maybe this is the younger version of him. I am so used to anime style that mustache and beard are not usually features especially for young boys and manhwa males. They are present often on strong personas or really old characters.

Next, I applied the base colors. I just noticed that it has the primary colors. They complement each other, do they? 😁 On another layer, I used the airbrush for the soft shadows.

Now for the hard shadows. Using a multiply layer, I used a cell shading brush to add another layer of shadow. For neutral, I go for purple or pink. Depends on what I think fits. added some glow on the pants hair and bow.

Final Art

Let's make it firey! 😁🔥 I used a downloaded fire brush from the asset store to make those flames in the background. I just copied and pasted another one on a layer and made it blurry. To make the card pop, I added a border and a black shadow on the background. A little glow on the arrow to make it appear as a fire. Finished art! ✨

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Software: Clip Studio Paint Pro

That is it for this art blog. I will see you at the next one!
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