#ecto tutorial

I don’t mind giving a teensy tutorial! For clarity’s sake, i’ll be explaining in text here! I’ll also be using clip studio paint for this tutorial, but you should be able to use whatever program you’d like!

before that though, i do have two older tutorials! a simpler one, and an old one using medibang. yaya! I also don't have a set way on how I draw hair, since i do like to mess around with different styles. But here's one is for when I really wanna give it a nice finished look!

Step one!

First you gotta get a head (with or without a body is up to you) and draw the hair and fill it with the base color on a separate layer, here’s what i usually use for my skelesona!

Step two!

In a separate layer set to multiply, add in the shadows! I usually clip this on top of the coloring layer so it’s easier for me to stay in the lines lolol

Step three!

On the same layer, add more shading! Here’s how i do mine but feel free to go wild

Step 4!

lighting time! Make a new layer and set it to a type of luminosity layer, put it under the Multiply layer! . I personally like to use Glow Dodge or Add(glow) for this! using a brush made of shapes like triangles and smaller circles, draw the patterns onto her hair! feel free to tweak with the opacity as you see fit! I'll save how to make custom brushes for a different time kek

Step 5! i think

new layer again! set it to glow dodge/add(glow)/etc. this one's for highlights! i also like to add sparkles because they're pretty. i use a darker color because the layer's blending mode tends to make brighter colors too shiny. This layer goes on top of the multiply layer!

Step 5.5

I almost forgot but I like to add some color to the lineart under the hair to match the base colors too! a bit darker though so it doesn't just become invisible

From here you can go wild and add whatever details you like!!

and Voila!!

I was asked how I colour ecto, and if I could make a small tutorial for it on Discord. Since I was already making the tutorial, I figured I could add it to Tumblr as well. 

I use SAI 2, so all my brush settings, and the types of layers I use are all from that drawing program. It’s a program I’d recommend, especially if you are a new artist. It doesn’t have the bells, and whistles that CSP (Clip Studio Paint) has, but it is simply laid out, and very easy to use. Although, I would also recommend just having both SAI, and Clip Studio Paint. They’re both one time payments, with SAI being around $50 USD, and Clip Studio Paint being around $50 USD for the Pro version, and about $220 for the EX version, however CSP regularly goes on sale, usually 50% off. So, you can get it for cheaper, it’s just a waiting game!

I love the way you draw the ecto, I can faintly see the bones inside them! It's just awesome! (✷‿✷)(✷‿✷)

How's your day going? I hope you have a wonderful day (◕ᴗ◕✿)(◕ᴗ◕✿)

Btw it's just a silly idea but I think things will be very interesting if Ccino wear this dress during his work time in the coffeeshop—

awww- thanks dio!

since everyone seems to like ccino’s ecto, imma give you the process because why not ;D

first things off, i shaded the ecto first, so that it wouldn’t bother me later on, so what i did was:

i put the color of the ecto over the bone's layer (and the tail’s but that’s but it’s not necessary) so that it would look more realistic

the opacity should be over 70 too, or else the ‘’skin’’ will look much more thin than intended

next, take the air brush and take the same color of the ecto, then shade the bones. the layer mode has to be on multiply though, and it’s possible to do that on almost every art program that i know so make sure you activate it beforehand

shade the whole thing a bit more, then add a bit of luminosity in the middle of the bones to make it look more bright later on

now we’ll focus a bit more on the details, so take the same color of the ecto and brighten it a little bit

shade the bones with a darker hue afterwards (only the bones)

and then shade the ecto.

add some brightness on the bones now (very important)

give the ecto a bit of a more detailed shading

now we’re at the fun part ;)

when we shaded, it was more of a purple-ish color, but now, you’ll have to go for a bit more of a red-ish light 

shade it even more (lil tip: at one point, you’ll have to look at it like you’re shading metal, try to do that with the legs, and for the chest, shade it like you’re drawing a ball made of glass.)

very important step now: use your pen brush and add the light on the legs and chest, but try to use the watercolor tool to blur it just a bit on the edges

now lock the lineart layer of the ecto and color it in a dark hue (but not too dark)

and that’s it. you have your ecto!

i’m not the best at drawing it, nor am i good at explaining, but i hope you guys found this useful!

and dio, ou absolutely read my mind there buddy ;) actually, i thought people would’ve pointed it out the first time i posted the valentine special, but i am in fact trying to draw them serving people in the café with..well, neko maid outfits ;D