/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3974978

Sure. In fact, I'll explain the whole thing, since I've watched his process videos. They're pretty methodical and interesting.

>Panel 1: Your basic sketch. Not much else here.
>Panel 2: Mask character, and fill character in with a middle grey.
>Panel 3: Add light source, with edge softness dependent on how quickly the form changes planes and how close the light source is.
>Panel 4: New layer with a middle grey fill that is the same grey as your light source (this is important. It has to be the same value.). Add ambient occlusion on this layer, and this is any crack or small space that will be darker because it is much more difficult for light to get into those areas.
>Panel 5: Nothing fancy. It's just a composite of panel 3 and panel 4.
>Panel 6: Final step. To bring out the subtle forms and greys in the darker areas of the character, such as her torso, he amps up the contrast with the light and adds a near black background. This separates her from the background and forms a silhouette of the character, regardless of how bright or grey she is in certain areas. Notice that the greys in panel 5 and 6 are mostly unchanged; he used only a higher intensity light to bring out the subtly that was already there.