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/v59l6u5-helheim-demon.html?mref=18dagn&mc=d3obe
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
Step Two: Line art layer using my "ribbon" brush
Step Three: Hide the rough layer and throw some paint color on the canvas using an India Ink brush
Step Four: Setting the line art layer as the reference layer use the Clip Studio Colorize feature to get this
Step Five: Move paint around using oil paint and gouache brushes
Step Six: Colors looked a little to pastel for me, so I just duplicated the color layer (when using Colorize, the layer type defaults to a multiply layer)
Step Seven: Create a new glow layer to add some flames and some dramatic reflected light
Step Eight: Didn't quite like the heavy lines for the line art, so I actually blurred them with a Gaussian blur and reduced the opacity of the layer to 35%. Scroll back and forth and see if you can tell the difference
Step Nine: Sign the bottom right
Step Ten: Honor and glory!
Enjoy your week everyone!