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Published: 2018-11-22 04:29:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 1335; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 0
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Oh dear
this one took me approximately 17 hours 
I have never put as much detail to hair and skin as I have done for this piece haha...
I had lots of fun working on the details but man, I certainly did have to take several breaks. I was very close to losing my patience in some parts xDD
Anyway, I just had to make a drawing of Legolas, my fav LOTR character 
Never drawn him before this and felt that I needed to fix that haha
I plan on making more portraits of several other characters in the movies, so look out for those~
Last piece I did of Thranduil:
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Comments: 14
This is the most amazing work I have seen in a long time! At first I thought it was a photo and then I was stunned to see the process.
I love Legolas and all elves of Tolkien very much, but seeing how you paint it has blown my mind! I try to learn to draw grayscale, and I've never understood how to put colors on it. I'm just discovering all layer settings. Although I can not quite see exactly what you are doing, your video is very helpful for me to understand how it might work and I will try.
Thank you for this great work and sharing the process! I had to watch and study all your videos, and I'll do it several times.
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Oh my goodness thank you so much for the complements
I started using grayscale to train my eye in differentiating tonal value. Tbh you don't have to start with grayscale if you'd rather use color from the start. I felt that I needed to do so to improve working on lighting and shadow in my pieces. However, I am actually starting to challenge myself without using grayscale. So far I have done so with two of my latest Loki portrait works. I find that both techniques have their challenges and disadvantages. It really depends on personal preference.
Also, I understand that it is difficult to see what I'm doing when the video is sped up so quick haha. I may consider doing a tutorial at some point to explain my process if enough people are interested. But what I basically would do to add color to the grayscale drawing is lay down several separate layers of colors using different layer styles in Photoshop (overlay, screen, multiply, vivid light etc) depending on the look I wanted to achieve. Sometimes it can take more than 10 layers of color to achieve the saturation and color depth that I desire.
I hope that makes some sense haha.. Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments on my work and interest in the videos!
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I love black and white and therefore also grayscales. In addition I have problems to make good shades and colors look terrible too. Therefore, I believe that I learn better, if I omit colors first. Most of the time I find pictures that have a grayscale base are also much prettier and more natural.
I have no Photoshop and draw with Krita but there are also these layer settings (overlay, screen, multiply, vivid light etc). Unfortunately, I have very little idea of what they are doing, it is all very new, complicated, but also interesting. But in the near future, I'll really try to shade properly before taking on color.
Thanks for your explanations and I would like to see such a tutorial from you!
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Oh I absolutely love black and white too, especially photography
I will probably make a black and white painting at some point, no color added
cuz I love that aesthetic
Oh! Yes, I completely understand that! I also found it easier to learn better by not using colors right away.
I have Krita too, but I haven't played around with it too much yet
But that's great!! It seems to be a really awesome alternative to PS
And hey, it's totally okay. Using digital painting programs can be overwhelming and complicated at first.
It may seem daunting, but little by little you can play around with different settings and brushes to see what they do.
It can be rather fun!
Good luck! You can do it, keep at it
And no problem at all, I am glad my explanation made sense haha
I will definitely consider the tutorial ~
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Thanks, I´ll try! :]
Great I´m looking forward to this tutorial!
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No problem~
Hehe, I will make a journal to let y'all know when I make the tutorial
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No wonder it took you so long O_O This is so amazing... His hair~ Like silk in the wind. GLORIOUS
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Thank you so much!!
I'm happy you think so, the hair really tested my patience haha xD
But I had fun with it
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You're so welcome, you did such a marvellous job <3
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That looks amazing! I'm so in love with it ♥
The only thing I don't like (but that opinion is rather general 
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Aaah thank you I am glad you like it
haha yes he doesn't look as young in this as he would have in LOTR
I love his more serious attitude in Hobbit too
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