/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3774205
Try and hunt down the process shots for how other artists do it, but usually it's like this:http://erebun.tumblr.com/post/71516451565
The fact that they're seperating everything like an autistic fuck on top of thin lines is how they get the lineart so clean.

1) Sketch from imagination or reference <- this is where you may use loomis however Loomis is for drawing torsos and hands, anime heads it can be better just to rotate someone else's 3D head in sketchfab or to find a reference in the exact pose you want.
2) Draw over sketch to make the lines as thin as fuck using long strokes in SAI. You can use a reference for the sketch too so you know what lineweight to use. For example, google krenz sketch and you'll find a collection of very nice looking sketches then you just figure out what lineweight you use by copying his lines.
3) fill in the base that is your skin is getting a base and each section with a general different colour is in base so in your image it's the hair, the eyes, the face and the jumper the pants and the legs getting a base

In this image of lucina for example the face, the hair, the clothes (and maybe the section of the clothes that are goldish are also seperated), the gloves, the weird shit like belts and stuff get seperated.

4) Now figure out how to use clipping layers, any tutorial will do even this one: https://www.deviantart.com/kuro-mai/art/Anime-Style-colouring-Tutorial-151607592
5) They then figure out where the shadows go AND/OR lighting which is quite difficult but with a lot of practice and finding a good shadow reference you will know how to do it. If you want a nice gradation like in the lucina image you will probably be using a hard round brush and other some blurring or a soft brush to carve in the shape nicely.
6) After the shadows and shading is applied, this lucina image likely using a gradient set to overlay mode to make it appear to change colours.