Personal work- definitely playing with more realistic means of shading rather than a harsher, cell-shaded style. I'm proud of the outcome!
The final work. Added celestial odds and ends, settled on a color palette, and ironed out the details.
I started to properly etch out and really put her into perspective, bringing things forward with highlights and pushing others back with shadows.
Color blocking! I wanted to play with purples, greens and golds.
The digital linework all hashed out. I find that a grey or tan base canvas works well with how I render things out rather than a white one.
The base linework- I usually start with pencils and scan it in.