Stages of work (Renaissance)

Hello, kittens!  I want to introduce you to the steps of the drawing (which you've all already seen). I promised to do this a long time ago, and now I'm doing it  

Of course, this isn't a full breakdown of how I painted this drawing - that would require a video :3 

But, overall, it gives you an idea of what I'm doing 

Okay, here we go:  

   1. Sketch. Nowadays I draw more often in digital format, but my habit of pencil remains. Therefore, my sketches are similar to a pencil sketch. 

Already at this stage, I outline where the volume of the drawing. But I do not outline these places, and erase when it comes to painting. This way helps me to keep the volume of the drawing in my head. For painting, you need clean lines, no dirt, so everything unnecessary is removed.  

   2. Fill (or paint with a local color). I mark the basic colors of the pattern, and fill in the finished lines of the pattern. At this stage, it's important not to mess up the skin color :3 

  3. Creating the volume of a drawing. The most interesting part of the work. 

This is a simple truth, but not everyone understands it: the volume of the world (as we see it) creates light and its absence. All what the artist does when he creates volume is to draw what is called the fill light. That is, the one that is, in principle, in a room, for example. 

In other words, to draw the abdominal muscles, you have to paint your own shadows of all the convex parts :3  And, accordingly, the highlights. 

At the same stage I do the final cleanup of the lines. And here starts the final process, which is called rendering. 

   4. Render. That is, the study of small things. And since the picture in general and consists of little things, the elaboration of everything. At this stage I add individual hairs, skin details, glare metal parts. And all that kind of stuff.  

This is also where I start painting what I call "drawing light". That is, light that falls directly on the subject. Digital painting allows you to do this in any order. But in the traditional style, I would have had to do this as early as the previous step 

   5. Final render. When the characters are worked out, the details are marked and fitted into the drawing, I finalize little things like leaves. I didn't think there were enough of them, so I added more 

This is a very abbreviated, simplified work process. It seemed to me that if you describe all the steps in general, you just fall asleep in the middle of my monologue :) 

I want to say two more things. People often write to me, "what organ must be sacrificed to learn how to draw". 

The answer is. Not an organ. Time. All of your time, and all of your life. That doesn't mean an artist can't have other interests. I, for example, learned to sew and cut sportswear from scratch and without a major education. That is, I am a tailor. I also love to felting toys out of wool. I like knitting. 

And I write fanfics :3 

I'm also a gaming nerd: if I sit down to play something, I can get lost for weeks. 

But I have to sacrifice games and other hobbies to paint. Because one "quick" drawing of mine takes two working days of twelve hours of almost continuous drawing. 

So, yes, it's no longer a hobby. Art requires sacrifice, but it doesn't have to be done at all.  

This brings us to the second thing I want to say. 

What is drawing. 

Drawing, is tedious, monotonous stuff (especially rendering). It's sitting in the same pose, for hours at a time. But I like this monotonous stuff. I love it! I love ALL the stages of the work. And I like to paint EVERYTHING, because I love the world I live in. 

Just like any other artist. 

So if you like doing monotonous stuff, then most likely you will learn how to draw XD But here we need to make a remark: in general all art is tedious shit, it requires diligence and concentration. So if you're good at sculpting, or writing, you're more likely to be good at it. 

The result is not the point. The main thing is that you like it. 

On the Internet every day I see profiles of artists who have more than 90,000 subscribers. And you know what they have in common? They don't know how to draw. And they don't learn. 

But they're popular. Yeah, that's the thing - only artists see artists' mistakes. The viewer ignores them. So when I work long hours on details, I do it because I like it. Not to be the coolest artist.

So don't sweat it and draw :3 

Now I have my Patreon and those who support me (i.e. you, my bunnies) - it gives just an inexhaustible source of energy. It's very important for an artist to find that source.

If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them. 

With love and gratitude for the support, Tiana Lynx