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Beowulf Step by Step Part 1by ~Level20Artist

Digital Art / Other / Fantasy

This is a step by step for the first piece in my Beowulf series. I had never posted a step by step before but thought some might be interested in my process.

I treat my digital work the same as I do a traditional painting. I start with a finished drawing then do a flat color wash as an underpainting. I also change the actual color of the linework as well, this I do in my traditional by tracing my drawing with colored pencils, or by printing out the drawing in a different color before mounting.

After that I roughly block in my colors and values, colorpicking from my original studies, it helps save lots of time.

Then I re-work and refine everything, make any appropriate changes until I finish. That is a very rough summation of my process but I figure it helps.

But if anyone has any questions about my process I will gladly answer them. I hope you find this informative.

The original can be seen here [link]

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~Hana-me-no-tenshi Sep 19, 2010 Student General Artist

awesome did you use a reference for the human?

~Level20Artist Sep 19, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I did actually. I even had a stand in for Grendel. I usually like to collect as much reference as I can. If you want to see how I use it I posted a sample of one of my shots on my blog. [link] This was shot for a different piece in my Beowulf series but it is the same model.

Also thank you very much for the favs.

~Hana-me-no-tenshi Sep 19, 2010 Student General Artist

you are very welcome! ill check it out!

*Giselle-M Sep 18, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Very nice and interesting too. I am a fan of Beowulf.

~Level20Artist Sep 19, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you very much I am glad you like it. It is always good to get approval from fans of the source material.

~Prime-Epitome Aug 10, 2010 Hobbyist Writer

Always interesting to see the progression of a piece. I almost enjoy the growth of art over the final product sometimes; the final product is by no means "booring," but it's kind of like watching a person you've known since infacy grow to adulthood...especially an individual you had a hand in nurturing.
I may not understand the technicality of the variou steps, but it's pretty "cool" seeing it grow like it has.

~Level20Artist Aug 11, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

HAHA well i am very glad you like to see my process. And as always thank you for the in-depth and thoughtful comments.

*Paexiedust Aug 10, 2010

I see. I always seperate my lineart from the white page in photoshop then I use paint where I do as you explained to another deviant~

beautiful work btw~

~Level20Artist Aug 11, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you so much. I am very glad you like it. And it is very cool you use a similar process to me.

*Paexiedust Aug 12, 2010

I'm still learning though~ I love your technique

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