The making of CedricStep 1: | ||
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Sketch out the image you want, don't worry about clean lines, simply get what you want drawn out. | |
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| You need a sheet of black cardstock. It must be cardstock because anything else will be too thin. It can be different colors, but the important thing is the thickness of the paper. Cardstock is also available acid free, so your art will last. Next you will need a sheet of white transfer paper, also called graphite paper. And a roll of tape. Tape the corners of the cardstock down lightly, then lay the transfer paper over it. Tape that down as well, then lastly place the sketch on the top. For security tape that layer down too. Trace over all of the lines that you want to keep of the sketch, making sure to press firmly, but not so hard that you rip your drawing. This will transfer the image to the bottom layer of paper. |
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Now you start coloring on the cardstock. I'll break this up by sections so that you can all see what's happening. I am also refering to the names of prismacolor pencils, as this technique rarely works with other types of colored pencils. Hair: Start with the white highlights. In this case Cedric has black hair with green bangs. The different colors make no difference here, it's nothing but highlights. Skin: do a light, even layer of peach over the entire surface. Shirt: a light even layer of ultramarine is used here. |
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| Hair: The light/mid tones are added now with cool grey 70%. They lay along the white highlights without actually overlaping. The bangs are done with a grass green. Skin: the midtone shadows here are done in sienna brown. Shirt: This is with blue violet as the midtones. Same concept as the hair. The white buttons and lines of highlights are run along here. |
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Hair: The rest of the hair is filled in with black. Why use black when the paper is already black? It adds smoothness when you blend later. The bangs are gone over with a lighter green, in this case I skipped a step and did two greens, first apple green for the lightest parts. Then did the darkest green with (what else) dark green. Skin: Dark umber is placed in the very darkest of shadows. Use sparingly unless you are planing on your person to have black skin tones. Shirt: The darker shadows are done with indigo. |
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| Hair: The bangs highlights are revisited with chartruese green. I went over most of the white at this point, since I wanted more of a shimmery texture than a sleek and shiny texture. The highlights of the black hair are revisted as well, with white to smooth them out and make it look more even. Skin: The highlights of the skin are layed in now, using light peach. Shirt: The highlights here are done with slate blue. Pants: The pants are highlighted with white, I wanted to keep it relatively simple. |
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Finished product... Hair: Extra little whispy strands are added with white, anything that would be loose and floating in the wind. The bangs have a touch of white added to the highlights to blend them a little better. Skin: The final coat of skin tones is done in peach again, this blends all the other colors together. If needed, light peach can go over the highlights once more to bring them out... this is done using a lot of pressure to force the colors together and make them smooth. The tattoo is added at the end with black. Clothes: The last bits are blended with grey to give it a more rounded effect, but are not forced smooth like the skin, giving it a rougher texture than the rest to make up for the simplicity of the pants. |
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All images on this page are the property of the creator, Jessica Douglas. | ||