Nyanko's Sketchblog

Ever since seeing the new trailer with BOTW2, I got deep into the hydrated Ganondorf pool :3

The Queen of England wants to battle!

i got multiple questions about this, so i’ll just answer it on this ask

sorry i kept putting it off for so long…

so… i guess i would think of what kind of sky i would want

i like sunsets, so i’ll draw that

so i start with the very back color; it’s a dull purple

my intent is to go from purple/dark grey->peach/pink

i like to use this fuzzy brush

not sure what to call these… the ‘back’ / ‘dark’ clouds?

i put on random splotches at 40~50% opacity of dark blue around the edges

i’m going to put my light source at the bottom right, so i put a rusty orange color slightly at 10~20% opacity

then i blended the colors before i started to add more colors

the more you blend, the better the picture will look 8)

now i put my pen at around size 8-10 to put in thin areas of peach/gold where the light will hit at around 60% opacity

color it where ever you think it looks good 

i like to adjust my colors and edit on sai

on an overlay layer on top of the drawing, i airbrushed so dark blue in at the top left and right

then near the end i like to use the combination of lower brightness and higher contrast

i’ll put a video later since my explanation is horrible most of the time…

sorry i put the drawing sideways… it wouldn’t fit

try these drawings for reference…

maybe use the eyedropper and use colors from these?

Hey there! Sure, a few people have asked and I just remembered that I did get a few progress pics of this guy:

Messy sketch! I never spend much time on it beyond basic shapes/composition since it gets painted over anyway.

Throw down some base colors, usually setting the sketch layer to multiply on low opacity so I can start seeing the image without much line, erasing what I don’t need.

Then it’s just building on top of that and rounding it out!

This one stayed pretty consistent throughout, but most paintings change tremendously. (The wonky middle stages are usually really funny hahaha.) No one wants to admit it, but often ideas just don’t work as well in practice, the proportion’s off, you think of something better etc. Art is critical thinking, it happens! Loosening expectations and just working from what’s in front of me has been a tremendous help in this regard and I try to keep to as few layers as possible to curb perfectionism.

Quick and sloppy hair tutorial for anon.  I don’t really do anything special with the shading and here’s the proof.

Anonymous asked you:

The first part of the cloud tutorial is finally here :D You can view the full version on my dA. Part 2 will be posted after I get back from SacAnime.

Here’s thefree download link to the Photoshop brushes.

I hope this will be helpful to you guys! Have fun painting!

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-Full view of sample cloud paintings