Digital Painting: Catch of the Day
Below is the succession of head painting. The shadows and highlights have to fall on surface but still keeping the hair like texture. I apply brush strokes with varying low opacity to give me much more desirable effect. I started from highlights to dark shades but can also work backward from dark shades to highlights. (Click each image to enlarge)
In order for me to get consistency in painting the characters I have to render each by the surface. First I paint all the hairy parts -- the head, arms and lower body then followed by the dress and so on.
I often unhide the layer where the sketch is to see if I am not straying too much from the basic concept.
See below image on how I progressed and constantly reshape the belly to give him more weight in the front. Shape and volume are always defined by where we place the highlight and shade so always bear in mind where light comes from and where the shadows will fall.
