Splinterlands Art Contest Week 306: Lord Thanalor

This is my entry for the weekly Splinterlands contest found HERE

Here is the original card art:

Created in Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Microsoft Surface Pro 7+. Here is the timelapse video:

https://rumble.com/v5adkgj-lord-thanalor.html?mref=18dagn&mc=d3obe
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And here is the step-by-step drawing process.

Step One: Rough draft. I use a 40 px pastel pencil to block out the rough shape
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Step Two: Line art
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Step Three: Slop some colors onto a new layer
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Step Four: Use the Colorize feature to auto-color the page using the line art layer as a reference
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Step Five: Duplicate the new color layer and do some shading and highllighting. Mostly with oil brushes, gouache, and some big areas of airbrushing
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Step Six: Create an "add glow" layer for some brighter illumination from the staff
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Step Seven: reduce the opacity of the line art to around 40%
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Step Eight: Sign my name in neon green
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Step Nine: Profit!