Howling Spin | And Drawing Tutorial Steps

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Version 2

Driving free, wild, and alive!

This is a semi-realistic style full detail with full detail background commission for Beaudawg816 on twitter. This is one of my more detailed drawings I got the honor of doing. I'm happy at how this came out (as well as the client himself). Well let's get started.

Note: Both versions basically apply the same concepts so only one needs to be shown here.

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Drawing Details

ART PARAMETER	DETAIL
Art Medium	Digital: Krita
Art Tool	Wacom Cintiq 13 HD
Art Style	Semi-realistic
Level of Detail	Full Detail
Background Detail	Detail
Size	Full Body
Dimensions	Landscape: 3072 x 1024
Date Completed	2019-04-11

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My Layer Layout

• Color Filter layer (Layer Blending Mode: Color; Opacity: 30%)
• Dash Lines layer
• Smoke layer
• Foreground Folder
  • Lineart layer
  • Highlights layer (Opacity: 75%; Masked to Base Color layer.)
  • Backlights layer (Layer Blending Mode: Soft Light; Opacity: 50%; Masked to Base Color layer.)
  • Shadows layer (Opacity: 65%; Masked to Base Color layer.)
  • Character Colors Folder (Masked to Base Color layer.)
    • Detail Colors Folder (Masked to Primary Color layer.)
      • Quaternary Color layer
      • Tertiary Color layer
      • Secondary Color layer
    • Primary Color layer
  • Car Colors layer (Masked to Base Color layer.)
  • Base Color layer
• Background Folder
  • Road Folder
    • Shadows layer
    • Lines layer
    • Road layer
  • Ground layer
  • Shrubs layer
  • 1st Row Trees layer
  • 2nd Row Trees layer
  • Mountains layer
  • Moon layer
  • Moon Light layer
  • Sky layer
• Extra Sketch layer
• Fine Sketch layer
• Rough Sketch layer
• Canvas Background layer (Neutral color like grey.)

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Phase 1: Foreground Part 1

• Canvas Prep/Rough Sketch

  Layers Used:

  Canvas Background layer

  Rough Sketch layer

  Start off with the canvas background with a neutral color. Then sketch in a rough sketch of the character and vehicle.

• Fine Sketch

  Layers Used:

  Fine Sketch layer

  Then sketch in a finer detail sketch over the roughs.

• Lineart

  Layers Used:

  Foreground Folder -> Lineart layer

  After client approval, I could begin the linearts.

• Base/Primary Color

  Layers Used:

  Foreground Folder -> Base/Primary Color layer

  With the contiguous "wizard" tool, select all areas outside of the character's and car's parameters, invert the selection, then fill in the area with a base color. I used the car's color as the base color.

• Detail Color

  Layers Used:

  Foreground Folder -> Base Color layer (Alpha Channel)

  Foreground Folder -> Detail Colors Folder -> Primary Color layer

  Foreground Folder -> Car Color layer (Alpha Channel)

  Foreground Folder -> Shadows layer (Layer Blending Mode: Soft Light; Opacity: 50%)

  Here I carefully add in the character's primary. I also alpha channel the base color layer and add in some extra color to it and blur the lines.

Add in the color details to the character.

Add in the color details to the car.

Here I went a bit unorthodox and I wouldn't exactly recommend this way of doing it, but I add in the shadows and try to based the position of the shading based on where the moon light would be.

Phase 2: Background

• Sky

  Layers Used:

  Background Folder -> Sky layer

  Background Folder -> Moon Light layer

  Background Folder -> Moon layer

  I temporarily turn down the opacity of the foreground folder to keep my reference visible. Then add in a purple gradient background for the sky.

Then add in the moon and light of it but using the circle tool for the moon and the airbrush tool for the light.

• Environment Part 1

  Layers Used:

  Background Folder -> Mountains layer

  Background Folder -> 1st Row Trees layer

  Background Folder -> 2nd Row Trees layer

  Draw in the mountains in the background

Then add in the rows of trees and little bit of ground.

• Road

  Layers Used:

  Background Folder -> Road Folder -> Road layer (Alpha Channel)

  Background Folder -> Road Folder -> Lines layer

  Background Folder -> Road Folder -> Shadows layer

  Draw in the road using the rectangle tool. Alpha channel the layer then draw in some darker color rough patterns in the newly created road.

Draw in the road lines.

Then add in the shadows.

• Environment Part 2

  Layers Used:

  Background Folder -> Ground layer

  Background Folder -> Shrubs layer

  I used specific brush patterns I found online to draw in the ground and the bushes.

Phase 3: Foreground Part 2

• Canvas Prep/Rough Sketch

  Layers Used:

  Foreground Folder -> Highlights layer (Opacity: 75%; Masked to Base Color layer.)

  Foreground Folder -> Backlights layer (Opacity: 65%; Masked to Base Color layer.)

  I reset the opacity back to 100% for the foreground.

I add in the highlights for the foreground.

Then the backlights.

• Final Check/Final Result

  Layers Used:

  Smoke layer

  Dash Lines layer

  Color Filter layer (Layer Blending Mode: Color; Opacity: 30%)

  (Various layers)

  Finally, I add in the tire smoke, some dash lines, and then in one layer, flood fill the layer with a blue-ish color that fits close to the atmoshpere of the drawing, turn the opacity down to 30%, and make the layer's blending mode option "color". Check over the drawing for errors.

And it's all complete!

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Hope you enjoy this whole walk through and enjoy the pic!

Monty © Tw: Beaudawg816
Artwork by @bleuxwolf

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