Hi everyone!
I decided to give color to my sketches to practice in digital painting.
I started with the one I like the most. I'll try to explain what techniques I used for this illustrations. (I used photoshop for this)
First, I use Curves (it's on Adjusts) to bring more contrast and light to see better the line art.
Next, I only select the line art to use them to guide me in the process (If someone knows the name of the tool in English, please write it in the comments D:)
Then I paint the base colors. I use a layer for each part of the face (hair, eyes, eyebrows, skin... )
I put a general shadow fist to all illustration (I use multiple transparencies for this)
Now I put a more detailed shadow on hair.
Putting some soft lights and colors..
Defining the highlights...
I put red color on his face for a better look.
I draw some lines to define the illustrations (principally his eyes)
I use pastel colors for the background for a cutter look haha.
And here is finally the result. :D
Ill leave the GIF so you can see better the process:
This took me a lot of time, so Ill try to get better and faster watching some tutorials. If someone can recommend me a good one please let me know it on the comments :D
See you soon!