Lena commands during a large-assault attack by Legion

This is the note for my illustration as a beginner.

Today's painting

The next painting is the one I drew on this time. Left painting is the one for a final painting, and right one is the one to edit.

FinalFor editing
FinalEdit

I uploaded the final painting on my SNS accounts.

Challenges

In this painting, I needed to figure out what is a good way to draw her with the reflection of lights from monitors in the dark room. So, I tried to use a different Blending mode for light layers and see which one is good for them, not only for light reflectoins, but also colors in the room. Before considering its background, I also drew colors, so put it for comparisons as well.

At the end, I decided to use Screen. Note that I tried to change Blending mode before I cleaned up drawings, so details were different from the final painting.

Screen (Final colors)Add (Glow)
ScreenAdd (Glow)
Glow DodgeColor Dodge
Glow dodgeColor dodge
No blending layers for lightsLightenLighter color
No blendingLightenLighter color
Soft lightHard light with 20%Without considering her location
Soft lightHard lightWithout considering her location

Takeaways and challenges

  • Blending mode:
    • Add (Grow), Glow Dodge, Color Dodge: Can be used to draw something shines by themselves.
    • Screen: Can be used to draw something to be lit up by lights
    • Others: I'm not sure how can I use them

Also, these are different topics but there were a few things to note

  • Use thicker lines to fill the colors easily without paiting the colors beyond the lines
  • I couldn't figure out how to draw texts rotation for 3D dimension