Original hand-painted watercolor character illustration·Butterfly
Last week I received an invitation from a topic editor to help them draw illustrations based on the selected article. As a late-stage procrastinator, I was really embarrassed to have delayed giving them the picture for a week_(:_‖∠)_
That story is probably about a woman who experienced life and death and then recovered from a depression. The patient transformed into a strong woman in the workplace and then refused the request of the lover who abandoned her at that time to get back together. blabla (I am a single person and don’t understand love c(`Д_)ノ┻━┻) Interested friends can go to the World Affairs topic Take a look
As usual, I will put a finished picture first. It’s very simple: a woman grows butterfly wings, symbolizing transformation, it’s so simple and crude! ε-(__`;) The author of the article seems to like the color blue very much, and always uses blue to describe this woman, so I also used it Blue is used as the main color of the picture,
for drafting. Since I want to process the picture into a relatively pure color effect, and also expect that part of the picture will only be outlined, in order to prevent the picture from being too single, the line drawing needs to be drawn relatively thin, down to every strand of hair (there is no way not to do it) I was afraid that my hand would damage the line drawing_(:_‖∠)_)
Then I started coloring. The first is the hook line. I have a habit of chewing the hardest ones first. So I started to tease my hair. Although they are all outlined in blue, there must be some changes so that they are not too monotonous. The lines should have changes in density and thickness. At the same time, I also changed the light and shade according to the changes. I used dark blue to outline the dark parts and light lake blue to outline the bright parts.
As for the smoothness of the lines, there is nothing to say. You still have to practice, otherwise your hands will shake_(:_‖∠)_
After finishing the hair, there are other lines except the wings. By the way, the eye color is also improved. They all use blue, very quickly~ε-(__`;)
Then you can add shadows, just use light blue and purple to express the relationship between light and dark, use light red Paint the lips. Why use purple? Uniform colors look better (I think)
Finally draw the wings. This wing variety belongs to the most beautiful butterfly in the world - the Morpho, the goddess of light. It looks like this
Since the character on the right is only outlined and colored with light colors, in order to prevent the proportion of the picture from being imbalanced, the wings on the left cannot be painted too heavily, otherwise the left side will appear too solid and the right side will appear too solid. Too weak. The treatment here is more transparent.
First use wet painting to smudge the light blue within the wings, paying attention to leaving the white patches on the wings white. After it dries, use a slightly darker blue to outline details, such as the meridians of the wings.
Then, erase the pencil lines from the original draft. The colored areas are difficult to erase, so try to be as light as possible when drafting.
The last step is to spray. In order to embody the flash of the Morpho butterfly, the goddess of light, dip a hard-bristled toothbrush into white paint, then use your fingers dipped in water to pluck the bristles and spray white dots on the painting. The size of the dots can be controlled by moisture. The less water you put on your hands, the smaller the dots will be when sprayed. The density can be controlled by the distance from the paper surface and the number of sprays. You will know the specific effect by trying it yourself~ε-(__`;). Finally, dip the pen in white paint and add some dots according to the effect, and it's done ~ How to draw anime characters with watercolor
The method of painting anime characters with watercolor is as follows:
Painting process:
1. Nodding and holding your chest out will make you look energetic. But no matter what kind of movement, keeping the center of gravity balanced is the key.
2. On the premise of determining the position of the main parts of the skeleton, connect the chest and abdomen to increase the body curve.
3. Draw the arm movements. Use as simple and direct lines as possible to complete the outlines of hair, clothing and facial features.
4. Erase the auxiliary lines and draw a round and complete line drawing with soft strokes. Eye and hand movements are the focus. There should be no parallel lines in the picture.
5. Analyze the color mixing rules of the reference picture and lay out large and varied tones.
6. Show your face. The contrast between the warm red of the face and the cold blue of the eyes makes the picture not monotonous.
7. Outline the shadows of clothes and hair. The eyes are large in area, half light-colored and half heavy-colored, which does not look dull.
8. Increase the color of the eyes. Perfect the small areas of heavy color and pattern in the picture, add ground projection, trace the overall line, and finally trace it with white lines.
Do you now understand the painting method of ancient watercolor comic characters? After understanding it, you must draw it yourself, don't just do it without action. Painting requires more hands-on work to make continuous progress. Actions determine everything.
Watercolor painting technique uses gum arabic (GUMARABIC) to dilute pigments, and can refer to his works and the pigments used in this method.
In addition to gum as a binder (BINDER), watercolor paints also include plasticizers (PLASTICIZER), such as honey water (HYDROMEL), sugar water, glycerin (GLYCERIN), etc. to maintain humidity; moisturizing Agent (WETTINGAGENT) to make the painting smooth; phenol and other preservatives (PRESERVATION).
Watercolor is usually painted on special handmade watercolor paper (WATERCOLARPAPER) with a brush, and the best brush is made of red sable hair. (See BRUSH, REDSABLE). Watercolor is bright and bright, while gouache (GOUACHE) is an opaque watercolor.
Real watercolor is usually done with free, relaxed and wide brushstrokes using the thin coating method (WASHES). The grain, texture and white effect of the paper itself add to the brilliance and jumping of the work. Throughout the Middle Ages, watercolor paints were used to illustrate parchment manuscripts (ILLUMINATION). Pensive Flower Girl - Watercolor Illustration Steps
I am busy writing manuscripts every day, and I only have time to draw after I finish the manuscript. Usually, brushes, paints and papers are carried with you. I copied an illustration in the coffee shop and shared it with everyone.
1. Decide on the positions of the main flower and characters, and draw them with a pencil first.
2. Complete all the line drawings. Except for the main flower, other parts are much more casual and simple.
3. The back of the petals is bright red and watery pink, and the inner side of the petals is bright red and earthy yellow. Be sure to smudge when wet, otherwise there will be water marks in the transition area.
4. After all the petals are completed, start drawing the leaves, buds and branches. The flower buds are blue and dark green, and the leaves and branches are dark green and light green. This way you won't look dull.
5. For the girl’s hair, I first applied a layer of base color with earthy yellow, then after drying, applied a layer of black, and then gently rubbed out the highlights. For the clothes, I used light blue and water, and laid a light layer.
6. The whole thing is completed. It was very casual while I was painting and taking pictures in the past. The lights in the coffee shop were dim, so the effect was not that good. After taking the finished product, I increased the brightness on my phone and it looked much better~
I hope you all like it. Let’s work together~