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The illustration piece of a past auction for arisu_kagawa
Took me long enough I know but it was really a doozy!
The story behind it, is that the guy on the right, left the gal a note--essentially one of those 'do you like me? y/n' type adorable and childish love letters. He's angsting over what her answer will be 3v3/
Took me long enough I know but it was really a doozy!
The story behind it, is that the guy on the right, left the gal a note--essentially one of those 'do you like me? y/n' type adorable and childish love letters. He's angsting over what her answer will be 3v3/
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1650 x 1275px
File Size 4.19 MB
I'm beyond words, like... holy shit doesn't even begin to explain how it came out as a finished piece at the full resolution that you linked me.
The full piece and work involved... the detail... I've never seen anything like it and it blows me away how amazing of a job you've done.
Hands down, I think you've truly outdone yourself this time, going above and beyond anything that I ever could have expected as a finished piece.
Makes me almost wish I'd bid that extra bit so that I could have gotten a print of it!
And to those that were wondering... She did say yes.
The full piece and work involved... the detail... I've never seen anything like it and it blows me away how amazing of a job you've done.
Hands down, I think you've truly outdone yourself this time, going above and beyond anything that I ever could have expected as a finished piece.
Makes me almost wish I'd bid that extra bit so that I could have gotten a print of it!
And to those that were wondering... She did say yes.
This is amazing. I have a few questions and it seems like you are rather helpful about this stuff. Do you just us standard brushes or do you make custom ones? Also, how do you decide what colors to put where for stuff like the right side wall? I can see the individual brush strokes, but when i try to do stuff like that, i just looks out of place and I end up trying to blend it way too much. I'm assuming it comes with practice, buuuut I figured it cant hurt to ask. :p
Sure! I'll try to tackle your questions as best as possible (if you ever get a chance to stop by one of my streams, that's best! I am usually more than willing to take detours and show all of my brushes and give examples first hand)
I use SAI's standard brushes and tools--though I know SAI is a little all over the place as some versions have things others don't.
I have different tools for different things, and will list them
Brush - rough sketchwork, painting, detailing (I used this in areas of the fur, if I want to add linework that is softer than a harsh line, and misc)
Airbrush - I actually use this for my regular lining/coloring in tool. I've changed the settings so that it is more of a pen (the regular pen tool is too harsh on the edges for my tastes). I often use this for lighting--such as the lines on the tree, areas of high light like around Arisu's front where the moonlight hits her
Water - I don't think I used this tool as much here, but I use it for very soft shading. It is very smooth and normally I like a bit of a messier/obvious brush stroke
Ol Water - this is a unique tool not all versions of SAI have but it is my favorite. I use this for the majority of the painting cuz I love how it blends with other colors.
Marker - Mostly I use this on its own layer, as a way to sorta... tint things. Occasionally I'll use it for blending (like maybe on hair) but not so much
BESIDES THAT, mostly the brushes are exactly how they are--for the Ol Water, though, I do change it to rough_flat for a lot of the painting (that's created the brush-stroke feel on the wall). I use a combination of the second arrow brush and Uneven_SR for things like trees and foliage, etc.
When I do painting, I do a sketch, refine it as sorta really messy lines, then I add flats. During this phase I'll use the marker tool, and just... you want to balance the colors around your canvas. If your character is shades of reds, for example, but you're setting is say.. something blue--you want to add balance. Find a way to add some red toning/detailing to your background, or blue shading to your character. This is generally the way I go about picking colors for my canvas. I want it to feel balanced and tied together.
(AND NOT GONNA LIE, if you have Photoshop, adjustment tools are brilliant and very helpful)
And finally, as a general rule for painting I would like to impress upon you--don't try too hard. Painting is naturally very loose and messy. It's okay if things don't blend perfectly! Just start by adding general shading and details and colors, and slowly work more and more detail in.
I hope that helps!
I don't have any of my brush settings on hand atm, but I can try to pull some together in the future if you'd like them.
/ALSO OOPS I WROTE A BOOK
I use SAI's standard brushes and tools--though I know SAI is a little all over the place as some versions have things others don't.
I have different tools for different things, and will list them
Brush - rough sketchwork, painting, detailing (I used this in areas of the fur, if I want to add linework that is softer than a harsh line, and misc)
Airbrush - I actually use this for my regular lining/coloring in tool. I've changed the settings so that it is more of a pen (the regular pen tool is too harsh on the edges for my tastes). I often use this for lighting--such as the lines on the tree, areas of high light like around Arisu's front where the moonlight hits her
Water - I don't think I used this tool as much here, but I use it for very soft shading. It is very smooth and normally I like a bit of a messier/obvious brush stroke
Ol Water - this is a unique tool not all versions of SAI have but it is my favorite. I use this for the majority of the painting cuz I love how it blends with other colors.
Marker - Mostly I use this on its own layer, as a way to sorta... tint things. Occasionally I'll use it for blending (like maybe on hair) but not so much
BESIDES THAT, mostly the brushes are exactly how they are--for the Ol Water, though, I do change it to rough_flat for a lot of the painting (that's created the brush-stroke feel on the wall). I use a combination of the second arrow brush and Uneven_SR for things like trees and foliage, etc.
When I do painting, I do a sketch, refine it as sorta really messy lines, then I add flats. During this phase I'll use the marker tool, and just... you want to balance the colors around your canvas. If your character is shades of reds, for example, but you're setting is say.. something blue--you want to add balance. Find a way to add some red toning/detailing to your background, or blue shading to your character. This is generally the way I go about picking colors for my canvas. I want it to feel balanced and tied together.
(AND NOT GONNA LIE, if you have Photoshop, adjustment tools are brilliant and very helpful)
And finally, as a general rule for painting I would like to impress upon you--don't try too hard. Painting is naturally very loose and messy. It's okay if things don't blend perfectly! Just start by adding general shading and details and colors, and slowly work more and more detail in.
I hope that helps!
I don't have any of my brush settings on hand atm, but I can try to pull some together in the future if you'd like them.
/ALSO OOPS I WROTE A BOOK
Hey! That will help a lot I believe. Looking at the picture while reading your comment helped everything make more sense. I think I just try a bit too hard. Need to stay loose and have fun with it. I will try to hit up your stream one day so I can see everything first hand! Thanks a bunch!
Why does this only have 1100 views? This artwork is simply fantastic. The colors are vibrant, the details are many and the overall composition of the image is amazing. I rarely comment, as unfortunate as that is, but this is one of those few pieces that really do deserve extra recognition. Keep up the great job, I'm definitely watching you now!
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