Digital Art Process - Medusa - Process Part 3

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This artwork is a personal piece I'm painting in my spare time. It's based on the Greek myth of Medusa. Medusa started her life as an ordinary woman before she was cursed by the jealous goddess Athena due to her beauty. Medusa's cursed form was half human, half serpent. Her head was crowned with venomous snakes and her eyes turned any man to stone if they beheld her gaze. She was banished to a cavern on the edge of the world. Not content, Athena sent many 'heroes' into Medusa's lair in attempt to slay her once and for all. I want to depict her as a strong character, fighting for her survival against a tide of assassins.

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[Shaydo100]

Whats that sponge like brush your using at 1:52?

[MikeNashArt]

@Shaydo100 From what I can remember it was a simple, soft, texture brush. I don't think I still have it. But you can find lots of them online for free.

[alston2reel]

astonishhing! May I ask you where you get the swatch set?

I love this too bad i'm terrible with grayscale painting

[MikeNashArt]

@alston2reel I downloaded it from Charlie Bowater, she has a deviantart page and a blog too. You should be able to find the swatch there. :)

[Doodleedeedoodleedoo]

Wow.... this is alone is incredible, not just how you coloured it, but also how you captured the charisma…

I saw the final piece on your site and the environment you added is absolutely fantastic! How many years of experience and education did it take to get you to this mind-blowing -level?

[MikeNashArt]

@Doodleedeedoodleedoo Thank you, you're very kind. I've been drawing since I was young and spent about 8 years in art education. Since then I've spent 4 years working professionally. Despite this I still get days when I can't draw anything that looks good! I find that the most important factor is observation. It's one thing to look at something, but to draw it effectively you need to SEE it, try to understand why it looks, moves, feels the way it does and how it interacts with it's surroundings.

[MikeNashArt]

@mangaboi95 Use a soft airbrush on a low opacity when using Overlay and Multiply layers. It'll help you gently build colour etc. Hard edged brushes tend to produce harsh marks which look too strong, too bright or too dark which looks ugly in most cases.

[yauboonhan]

thx...alot...hahha....

[CuriouslyKyle91]

how did u go about starting to add the colour?

[alston2reel]

@MikeNashArt Thanx a lot ^_^

[MikeNashArt]

@saqquara I'm flattered my art effects you in such a positive way!