kain

@deathnotetober

Day 2: Rain

Rating: G. 

Light twisted in bed, an arm slung over Misa’s torso. Sighing, he sat up and shook his head. Tomorrow he’d go to the Yellowbox warehouse and finally kill Near. ‘N’ was such a thorn in his side that the very thought of his death made him smile. And yet, nerves fluttered in his stomach, making it impossible to sleep.

He stiffened, hearing the beginning of a drizzle outside. Figuring he wouldn’t be able to fall asleep again, Light draped a robe around his body and moved for the roof. It was like he was in a trance and couldn’t focus, as if something was leading him out into the pouring rain.

Stepping onto the apartment building’s roof, Light squinted as the water hit his face, blinding him. His hair clung to the back of his neck and the robe stuck to his skin. Light stood in the rain, a foreboding feeling in his chest.

He could see why L liked standing in the rain. It was calming yet exhilarating, technically being at the mercy of the forces around him. Light bit at his lip. Soon, he’d be the god of the new world… he closed his eyes, letting himself get drenched. 

this is not the best and only way to color but personally i think it’s easy and quite effective for beginner artists who are practicing setting the mood for an artwork or laying out ground work for more detailed illustrations

I’m using Clip Studio Paint for this drawing.

Step 1: The base color

Use magic wand and bucket tool to lay out the base color, you can use different layers for each colors to be more precise, and it’s easier to change the colors later on. I use mainly warm tones for my base color because i prefer the look of it. Step 2: Coloring the lineart

Use a clipping layer above the lineart layer to do this step (there are other ways of course, you can search for them online) Color the lines that isn’t intersected with the background, the inner lines. Especially the skin part to reduce stiffness of the lineart, also help adding shadows.

I usually draw the darkest shadow areas with my lineart so i can color them at the same time.

Step 3: Adding shadow

Group the lineart + base color into 1 big group. Add a clipping layer above that group. Switch the layer mode to “Multiply”. Add the shadow area using a desaturated/grayish hue of your choice to set the mood for the drawing.

Example:

If the mood you want is more broody, use more cool tones (blue, purple,..)

 If the mood is more festive or happy, use more warm tones

A drawing should consists both cool AND warm tones, other wise it would look dull. The second example has too much warm tones because the base color is already warm. 

Step 4: Add filter layers/adjustment layers

This is where the magic happens. Enhance your art work by adding more Multiply and Overlay layers, set the mood as you like it to look, balancing the tones, play around. I wanted this particular drawing to have an overall cold feeling to it, so I added a blue multiply layer

Adding light with a beige overlay layer, using the airbrush with low opacity. This also help creating contrast between the shadow and light areas

But wait,,, it looks,,,,,, it looks too sad!! they are comforting each other after a terrible situation! Adam is not dead! I need another warm multiply layer!