Lux Vega is easily one of my favourite splinterlands cards, it's basically a love at first sight situation, she's perfect.
I've never recreated it and I don't know why. Lies, To be honest, I intentionally avoided this card because I'm scared of doing it, just take a close look at that card, there's so much going on with it, the details, elements, pose, it's not something I can just wake up and recreate, I have to plan towards it🤣
Well I've been working on this for the past two days because I wanted to take my time plus I've been battling a terrible headache while having sleep problems due of stress. I intend to rest well today but I'm glad I finished this and can share with you all.
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Lux vega is typically that woman who no one knows her story but everyone admires and wants to be like her. Some say she's a wealthy heiress, others say she started out as a priestess. Honestly, she looks like anything you can think of, She's rude, dismissive, very entitled and the more arrogant she is, the more desirable she becomes. Her lore is a very interesting one and you can read more here
Whenever I do a fanart of cards with too many details, I try not to do too much, this is my first painting of her and I'll do more with time. I began with a much detailed sketch, placing every important element in the right place. For the painting, I painted all the flat colours for her skin, clothes, hat, clothes and staff, then I began to paint her facial features. I retained some of the colours in the original character and used some new ones too.
Now to the rendering phase, I started with her hat and staff stick, I painted darker colours for the shadows before adding the gems and other additional details. After that, I painted her clothes, the top part took a lot of my time because I could figure out the style I wanted but I finished it and focused on other areas. Her skin was fast to paint because she wasn't showing much skin, I painted the blue on one part of her face and transparent black gloves on her hands. I also added more strands and colour to her hair and it looked good at this point.
It was time to paint her cards, I chose lots of colours on the original painting and added them to the cards and changed the angle of each of them. I added more details to the blue area on her face and hands. I painted all her ornaments and added more details to them. I added lighting to the sides of her clothes, staff and hat. Finally, I did a simple background using gradients and painted little dots with different colours.
That's all for the painting, I enjoyed painting this card and I'll definitely do it again.
Tools Used
Adobe Photoshop cc2019
Huion drawing tablet and pen
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