Yeti Tutorial

Yeti Tutorial - Q&A: December 10th at 6PM MNT - CLICK HERE

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Step 1 - Initial sketch

People say they can only draw a stickman. For me thats where I start. Just some basicshapes and lines as the foundation for what comes next. The pose I had in mind was sort of a boxing pose.

Step 2 - Form

Start figuring out the anatomy with blocky shapes. Thinking 3-dimensionally, adding thickness

and heft. Simple shapes. Block out the form.

Step 3 - Layering

Just start filling details and mass be loose don't worry about mistakes. Hopefully for your own work you already know what you're going to draw so you don't have to worry about design.

Follow your guidelines. This will reveal whether your initial sketch work. You'll see right away if there is anything that doesn't work.

i work digitally. so I'll lower the opacity of my current layer and start redrawing. Adding detail, refining. You can also start to erase the guides as

you see fit.

I'd say my type of illustration is closer to cartooning. my goal isn't to be accurate but to create the representation of something. To get the idea of hair across. The idea of a nose. A representative shape rather than a faithful recreation.

I'll fade a layer and redraw as many times as it takes. Until I'm ready to move on to the next step.

Step 4 - Inking

I think this is the fun part. Really Define the line art. You can accomplish a few things.

1) Line Weight

Using the width of your lines to imply thickness.

2) Hatching

Using strokes to create texture

3)Solid Blacks

Defining shadow within the line art creating depth.

Step 5 - Rest

That was hard, Draining even. Drink some water, Take a nap. Step away and come back tomorrow.

Step 6 - Flats

Laying down flat colors as a base to build off of. Personally, as far as color choice goes, I never try to use anything too saturated unless I need it to stand out.

e.g. The eyes

Also, when it comes to anything white I never use pure white. Light Greys, warm or cool, work great and leave room to brighten things later.

I do everything on separate layers. Make selections with the magic wand tool on the line art layer and filling it with the paint bucket tool on a layer below. I think keeping things separate allows for an ease of editing later if need be.

Step 7 - Cel Shading

First we must pick our light source. Imagine a spot light and which direction it is point. You'll paint in where shadows would be cast. I under lit this for a spooky feeling. The contrast is high for same reason.

When shading, I don't paint in a flat color. I airbrush in a gradient. I feel like it add depth to what would be a flat drawing. Lighter closer to the light source and darker the farther away from the light source. This also blends the color better.

As for color choice, using the color wheel as an example, i chose darker more saturated color. I also wanted cooler colors for the shadows.

For tan I'll pick pink

Gray I'll choose blue

white I'll pick yellow

But I encourage you to experiment. Choose whatever color make sense to you.

Here is the end result. As well as the shading layer w/o the base just to see what that looks like.

EXTRA Step

In Clip Studio Paint, there is a tool called "Lock Transparent Pixels". I know similar tools exist in other art programs. Obviously, use whatever method makes most sense with you. But I will color the line art to create A "softer" feel. Colors darker than my choices for shading but know were near black.

Conclusion

Hopefully you learned something you can take into your own art projects, fell a little more confident in your illustration skills and gained an appreciation for Yetis. Thanks for reading!

Q&A: December 10th at 6PM MNT - CLICK HERE

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