Step 2: Painting - Value Refinement and Detail
At this step, I advance painting this sketch in monochrome.
This way helps me concentrate easily on the lightning, refinement without worrying about the colour scheme. I used a "Custom brush 1" to define the shapes and forms.
1. The Dragon
In this piece, I wanted to draw a fantastic dragon, not a reptile dragon. So, I decided to add thorns to the dragon's body.
First, I created the basic form of the dragon at sketch, and then I painted the thorns with the "Custom brush 1". At this step, the most important thing is to take care not to forget the direction of the light from the sky. If you forget this, then dragon's body turn out to be flat.
2. Character
Starting with a dark, then I gradually brighten the tones. Since this character is the challenger to the dragon! I need to describe his situation.
So, I paint the breeze that is invisible to the eyes. To streaming his longhair and cloak, I wanted to represent the breeze.
3. Background
On one hand I wanted to paint a fantasy world; on the other wanted to do an atmosphere like battlefield. I decided to paint a smoky scene; e.g. eruptions of ashes and lava. And I used "Custom brush 1, 2, 3” and an Airbrush, I painted flying rocks and smoke.
And then, I painted the castle and the cliff with bright tones. I was careful not to go into much detail at this piece. I used "Custom brush 2, 3" to define the form of this object.
Step 3: Change Monochrome to Colour
I completed painting in monochromatic at last. Now, I added new 2 layers on the top. And I changed the blend mode of these from Normal: one of two layers is "Color-layer" and another one is "Soft Light-layer".
Firstly, I painted with colours at "Color-layer". It is important for me to use colours higher brightness and saturation.
Secondly, I used "Soft Light-layer" and placed this one on the "Color-layer". Since painting with "Color" only gets too dark colours, I always use this "Soft Light" to heightening brightness and saturation as a whole.
Step 4: Adjustment Layers
Using the Adjustment Layers, I adjusted the Light, Shadow, Hue, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast in this image. So, I used the Curves, Levels and Hue/Saturation Adjustment layers plus Layer Mask for more stress and tense.
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