Larger, Largest, L0rgissimus
Added 2022-05-03 13:55:16 +0000 UTCSimple pleasures: Bigger. That's the theme of this picture! That's the profundity we explore. Hahaha. All jokes aside, this one once more goes to AoLun, recognizable by the outrageous size of the, urm, tail :)
I began with the line-art, much of which I ended up having to erase. As I have two Lined styles right now, one with flat colours and another with rendered ones, I didn't quite know how to texture within the silhouette. For instance, lines inside the space of the tail ended up needing to be taken away (before I re-drew it completely), and I even went so far as to take the lines out of the large dark areas at the bottom. You know, *those areas.* Haha. Due to the dark local colour, they were practically invisible anyways, and ended up interrupting the shapes I went for with the Add layer, which I used for the ever-important highlights. So up until now, the order in my head has been "Rough Sketch, then Line, then Flats, then Multiply (shadow), then Add (light)," which was intended to give a relatively realistic effect.
Things I intend to do in the future include trying out how to work without lines or lining last, a more precise sketch with highlights and shadows mapped out already, assigning the texture to only the shadows or the light layer to prevent rendering confusion (limiting the dynamic range), more hard edges and lasso use, a wider variety of lighting situations and layer types, and maybe assets if I really think I can't get any further with hand-work. Eitherwho, there's a lot of technical things about rendering that I've underestimated, but no more! Excited for the next couple ones I am trusted with :)
