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- Hello, wonderful people.00:00:01
It's Genevieve and my
goal here on this channel00:00:03
is to teach you all about
illustration and design.00:00:06
So if you're new, make sure to subscribe00:00:08
so you don't miss any of the weekly videos00:00:10
and so that you can join our
wonderful creative community.00:00:13
Now today we're going to
be drawing a really simple00:00:16
but quite stylized and groovy portrait.00:00:19
And throughout the video
I'm going to show you,00:00:20
how you can customize it to
resemble more either yourself00:00:23
or a person that you like
or honestly, whoever.00:00:26
So I'm going to give you
options for skin tones,00:00:29
facial features, accessories,
clothing, hairstyle,00:00:33
a bunch of different things.00:00:34
So grab your drawing tools
and let's get started.00:00:38
And just an FYI, Waffle
is extra crazy today,00:00:41
so if you hear some
howling or some whistling00:00:43
in the background, you'll know why.00:00:46
(bell chimes)00:00:50
Now, as you can see as usual here,00:00:51
I'm using Procreate for this demo,00:00:53
but this is a very simple tutorial00:00:55
in the sense that we're not
gonna use any fancy features.00:00:58
So you can follow along
with really any software00:01:00
of your choice as long
as you're comfortable00:01:01
with basic tools like
brush, eraser and layers,00:01:07
maybe masks as well, although
I'm going to give you00:01:09
opportunities or alternatives
if you don't want00:01:12
to use masks or if you don't
have masks in your software.00:01:15
So the first thing you can
customize in this piece00:01:16
is the canvas size and
the ratio of your canvas.00:01:19
Here I'm going with something
square that I could use00:01:21
as a profile picture and I'm going00:01:23
with 3000 by 3000 pixels.00:01:25
But you can do something
completely different.00:01:27
That is totally up to you.00:01:28
Just make sure the
canvas is not too small.00:01:30
Otherwise when you zoom
in to draw your details,00:01:32
everything's going to look super pixelated00:01:34
and you're not gonna be
able to draw those details.00:01:36
So again, in my case,
3000 pixels by 3000 pixels00:01:40
is what I'm going for.00:01:41
Now to input the piece,
we're actually going to start00:01:43
by importing a paper
texture that we're going00:01:44
to put on top of everything.00:01:46
It's going to give us a
little bit of that grit00:01:48
and it's going to really
bring the piece together00:01:50
from the get-go.00:01:51
Now for that, you can
use any paper texture00:01:53
of your choice, of course.00:01:54
If you don't have one, don't worry.00:01:56
I included a free one
that you can download00:01:58
in the description below.00:01:59
So feel free to pause the video,
go ahead and download that.00:02:01
It is part of my Procreate jumpstart kit,00:02:03
which is called Procreate Jumpstart Kit,00:02:05
but really there's a bunch of alternative00:02:06
for different softwares as well,00:02:08
especially for the paper
texture, it's just an image,00:02:10
so it's gonna work no matter
what software you're using.00:02:13
So go ahead and download that.00:02:14
And once you have it in your device,00:02:15
we're just going to import it as a layer00:02:17
in front of everything.00:02:18
So to do that in
Procreate, you can just go00:02:20
in the wrench icon menu here at the top00:02:23
selecting either insert
a file or insert a photo00:02:26
depending on where you saved the texture.00:02:28
And if you need more
instructions onto how to import00:02:31
the texture unzipping the
folder and all those things,00:02:33
I'm going to link a blog
post in the video description00:02:36
that you can follow.00:02:37
It's very simple, it's very quick.00:02:38
I'm personally going to go
with the second paper texture.00:02:41
You can go with the first,
it doesn't really matter.00:02:44
And once it is in your file,
we're just going to resize it00:02:48
so that it covers the entire page.00:02:50
And in order to only keep the texture00:02:52
and not the opacity of the paper itself,00:02:54
we're going to apply a
blending mode to this texture.00:02:57
So go ahead and open your layer panel00:02:59
and locate the opacity slider,00:03:01
which is also usually where
the blending modes are.00:03:03
So in Procreate, you can
just tap on the little end00:03:06
next to the check mark.00:03:07
And from there we're going to select00:03:08
the blending mode, multiply.00:03:12
And multiply is probably the
most basic blending modes.00:03:15
If you have blending
modes in your software,00:03:16
it should be in there.00:03:18
And if you don't have blending modes,00:03:19
honestly it's not a problem.00:03:21
You could just forego
the texture altogether00:03:23
or you could put it instead
of above everything,00:03:25
below everything.00:03:27
So your elements would not
have textures themselves,00:03:30
but at least the background would have00:03:31
a little bit of texture.00:03:32
Now, once we've done
that, we're gonna go ahead00:03:34
and just rename this
layer to paper texture.00:03:38
(bell chimes)00:03:41
So the first step here is
just going to be working00:03:42
on the face itself, which
is going to be pretty simple00:03:45
because we're going to use
very basic shapes and forms.00:03:49
So go ahead and create a new layer.00:03:51
If you're using a blending
mode on your texture,00:03:53
put that new layer below the texture.00:03:55
But if you're just using
it as a background texture,00:03:58
put everything for now
on above the texture00:04:01
and rename that new layer to Face.00:04:05
Now, if you want to use
the exact same colors00:04:07
as I will be using within this video,00:04:09
I included a free color palette.00:04:11
It is in the same bundle
as the paper texture.00:04:14
So you can go ahead, pause the video00:04:15
and download that if you'd like.00:04:17
Otherwise, I'm always going
to add the hex code here,00:04:19
add the top right of the video,
so you could take that code00:04:21
and just input it in your color selectors.00:04:24
Now obviously here, this
is a customizable video00:04:26
so you can pick your own colors as well,00:04:27
and I actually highly
encourage you to do that00:04:29
because it is a good way
to practice studying,00:04:32
getting out of the comfort zone,00:04:33
getting out of the step-by-step videos00:04:35
and doing things a little
bit more on your own.00:04:38
Now as you can see here
on the left hand side,00:04:40
we have a few different
options for skin tones.00:04:42
You could go again with
something completely different.00:04:44
I'm going to pick something
that is, I would say,00:04:47
closer to my skin.00:04:48
So the second option right here.00:04:50
But again here, pick
whatever feels right for you.00:04:53
And here as usual, I'm going to suggest00:04:54
a few different brush
options that you can use00:04:56
to follow along this video.00:04:58
So I'm going to suggest
free for clear brushes00:04:59
that you can use and get
really great results.00:05:02
I'm also going to do my best
to suggest brush alternatives00:05:05
if you're working in a different software00:05:07
or at least ways to
find brush alternatives00:05:09
if you're working in different software.00:05:11
And I'm also going to suggest brushes00:05:13
from my ultimate illustration bundle.00:05:15
Now these brushes are
not essential at all,00:05:18
but they're the brushes
I use when I'm working00:05:20
on the illustrations, not for YouTube.00:05:22
I made them for myself.00:05:23
I really like them and people
were asking about them.00:05:26
So I sell them now.00:05:27
So if you wanna check them out,00:05:28
they will be linked in description below00:05:29
and there's always a special promo code00:05:31
for the YouTube people.00:05:32
But again, they are not essential at all.00:05:35
And for the first few steps here,00:05:37
we're is going to start
with the most basic00:05:39
round brush we have.00:05:41
So that could mean
going, if you are working00:05:43
with free Procreate brushes,
the airbrushing pack00:05:46
that comes with the app.00:05:48
And picking something like the hard brush,00:05:51
making sure the opacity of your brush00:05:52
is up to a hundred percent, of course.00:05:54
Now if you're working
in a different software,00:05:56
just the most basic round brush you have00:05:59
that doesn't have texture or feathering00:06:01
or anything weird about
it, just a round brush.00:06:04
That's it.00:06:05
If you do have my illustration bundle,00:06:08
you could go in the texture pack00:06:11
and pick the base round brush.00:06:14
And the brush size doesn't
matter at all here,00:06:17
cause we just want to
draw a very rough oval00:06:23
that we can then fill in
to create the base shape00:06:26
of the head.00:06:30
Now we're going to refine this shape,00:06:31
first by adding a bit
of a divot in the front00:06:34
to help us create the
brow bone and the cheek.00:06:36
So just go ahead and select your eraser00:06:38
and set it to the exact same
brush you using for painting.00:06:41
So that could be the hard
brush if you're working00:06:43
with free Procreate brushes00:06:45
or if you're working with
my illustration bundle,00:06:48
which I'm struggling to find right now.00:06:50
There it is, the base round brush.00:06:53
And all you're going to do is just erase00:06:55
a little bit in words, roughly
in the middle of the oval.00:07:11
So at this stage we have
something that looks00:07:12
like a kidney bean.00:07:13
Now on the opposite side of
where we added this divot,00:07:16
we're going to add the ear
and you can align the ear00:07:19
roughly in line with that divot.00:07:30
And here we have our second
option of customization,00:07:33
the first one was the skin tone.00:07:35
Now here we're going to customize the jaw.00:07:37
So you could keep it pretty
round like this if you want,00:07:40
which is going to make your character look00:07:41
very, very cute and quite young.00:07:44
You could have a bit more of a square jaw00:07:46
if you wanted your character
to look more masculine.00:07:48
You could have a more rectangle jaw00:07:51
if you again wanted more
masculine character.00:07:54
You could have just still a very soft jaw,00:07:57
but longer if you want.00:07:59
Still a character that it looks feminine00:08:00
but a little bit older.00:08:03
Or you could have what I'm going to draw,00:08:05
which is a slightly pointy jaw.00:08:32
Okay, so from there we're
going to draw the neck00:08:34
and the shoulders.00:08:35
And here I'm going with
a very thin long neck.00:08:38
But again, that is
something you can customize,00:08:40
especially if you're drawing
a more masculine character,00:08:42
you might want to go with a wider neck,00:08:44
but if you want to have
the same style as me,00:08:46
we're going to start the back
of the neck right in line00:08:48
with where the ear connects with the jaw00:08:51
and the front of the neck is going to fall00:08:53
right behind the chin.00:08:56
So starting with those guides00:08:57
and then just drawing one flowy curve.00:09:16
So feel free to pause the video here00:09:17
if you need more time to
play with this space shape.00:09:20
Otherwise we're going to move on straight00:09:22
to adding a bit of shadows and
textures and facial features.00:09:26
(bell chimes)00:09:29
Now say shadows, but
we're going to keep them00:09:31
very simple here. We're just going to separate
the head from the neck.00:09:36
So for that, go ahead
and create a new layer00:09:38
above the face layer and rename
that new layer to Shadows.00:09:44
Now if you do have masks in your software,00:09:46
we're going to make our
job a little bit easier00:09:48
by applying the shadow
layer as a clipping mask00:09:51
so that whatever we
draw on the shadow layer00:09:53
stays within the base shape.00:09:55
If you do not have masks
or if you don't know00:09:57
how to use them in your software,00:09:59
you're just going to need to
be a little bit more precise00:10:01
and try to stay within the
lines or be quite crazy00:10:04
and then come back once
you're done with your shadows00:10:06
and erasing whatever
spills out of the shape.00:10:09
So if you're working in Procreate,00:10:10
the way to apply the shadow
layer as a clipping mask,00:10:13
is very simple, just tap on the layer00:10:15
and then select clipping
mask from the menu.00:10:18
And in terms of color here,00:10:19
if you're using my color palette,00:10:21
you could go with just one shade darker.00:10:24
So I was using this skin tone here,00:10:26
so I'm just gonna go with
the one right underneath.00:10:28
If you are using the darkest one,00:10:30
what you can do is just going
in the classic editor here00:10:33
and manually making the skin tone darker.00:10:36
And to make the piece
a little bit more rich00:10:38
and interesting, we're going
to start building textures00:10:40
within the illustration itself,
so not just a texture layer.00:10:44
And so for that we're going to use a brush00:10:46
that has texture within itself.00:10:48
Now it doesn't need to
be a fancy brush at all.00:10:50
If you're working with Procreate,00:10:52
I recommend going in the charcoal pack00:10:54
that comes with the app.00:10:55
So charcoal's right here
and picking something00:10:58
like the willow charcoal.00:10:59
Honestly all of the options
here except for the burnt tree00:11:02
could work really well.00:11:03
I just think the willow charcoal
is my personal favorite.00:11:06
If you're working a different software,00:11:08
something that has charcoal and
name should work really well00:11:11
or something that you can
see has a bit of grit to it.00:11:16
If you are working with my
illustration bundle though,00:11:18
we're going to go in the
texture pack that comes with it00:11:20
and we're going to pick
the basic texture brush.00:11:24
And so from there you're just
going to connect the chin00:11:26
to the ear to create the
bottom part of the jaw.00:11:35
And from there we're
going to create a gradient00:11:36
from this line towards
the bottom of the neck00:11:39
or well the middle of the neck I guess.00:11:41
And so for that you have
a few different options.00:11:43
If you have an apple pencil or a pencil00:11:45
that has tilt sensitivity,00:11:47
you can just tilt your pencil00:11:48
and just like with a regular pencil,00:11:50
draw with the side of it,00:11:51
which is going to allow you
to have a bigger size brush00:11:54
in creating this sort of gradient.00:11:56
If you do not have that tilt sensitivity,00:11:58
just increase the size of the brush.00:12:00
You should be using a small
to medium brush at this point,00:12:02
essentially anything that
allows you to have a bit00:12:04
of a bigger shape, so that
you can create your gradient.00:12:46
So essentially here all we're doing00:12:47
is we're using that shadow
over most of the neck.00:12:50
Kind of add an angle as you can see00:12:52
in a little bit of the top
of the shoulder in the back.00:12:55
(pen scribbling)00:12:57
That's it.00:12:59
Now once you've done that,
if you want you can go back00:13:01
to your eraser and just
erase along the jaw00:13:04
to clean up that line a little bit.00:13:10
Great, so we're essentially
going to do the same thing,00:13:12
but this time we're a
red or a pink depending00:13:14
on your base skin tone,
to add cheeks, nose,00:13:17
and other details that are really going00:13:19
to help the character
look more alive and warm.00:13:23
So go ahead and create a new
layer above your shadows layer00:13:27
and rename that one to,
I'll just go with Red.00:13:32
Now if clipping masks
are available to you,00:13:34
once more, just go ahead
and apply that layer00:13:36
as the clipping masks.00:13:37
If not, you can always
come back and just erase00:13:39
what is spelling at the
end, it doesn't matter.00:13:42
Now if you're working
with my color palette,00:13:43
as you can see here, I included
a couple different options.00:13:46
I think I'm actually
going to add another one,00:13:48
cause that one is
definitely not dark enough00:13:49
for a dark skin tone like this.00:13:52
So if you're working
with a darker skin tone,00:13:54
just pick one of the bottom options.00:13:56
If you're working with
a lighter skin tone,00:13:57
you can experiment with
one of the two at the tops,00:13:59
totally up to you.00:14:00
I'm gonna go with the
middle one right here.00:14:02
And as you can see, it is a kind of a red00:14:05
that has a little bit of orange in it.00:14:07
So it's a bit more of a salmony red00:14:09
than just a pink, like a barbie pink red.00:14:13
You can see the saturation
is pretty much in the middle00:14:15
and the brightness is a
little bit more bright00:14:17
than the middle itself.00:14:20
And here we're going to stick
with the same textured brush00:14:22
we've been using and we're
going to draw big circles00:14:25
for the cheeks.00:14:26
And here you're gonna go with
a medium to big size brush.00:14:29
The exact size again doesn't matter at all00:14:32
or you definitely want to have
something a little bit bigger00:14:34
than what we had before to draw details.00:14:36
And you're going to align
the top of your circles00:14:38
with the little divot we have in the head.00:14:41
And then the bottom of the
circle is going to be pretty much00:14:43
in the middle of this bottom section.00:14:47
So kinda like this.00:15:17
I'm realizing I think mine
are a little bit too dark.00:15:19
So I'm actually gonna go ahead
and just select the option00:15:22
above in the color palette
and just drop it on top.00:15:27
And yeah, that's much better.00:15:31
Now from there, we're also
going to use this color00:15:32
to color the top of the ear
and the top of the shoulders.00:15:36
So just very loosely adding a gradient00:15:38
on top of those elements.00:16:02
And we're also going to
start mapping out the nose00:16:04
and the arch of the eyebrow.00:16:06
And for now we're going to keep
these elements super simple.00:16:09
So we're going to start with
just a bit of a triangle00:16:11
for the nose that we might
come back and play with later00:16:13
as we add the facial features themselves.00:16:15
And so we're going to start
the top of the triangle,00:16:17
again, just in line
with that little divot,00:16:19
pretty close to the right cheek.00:16:25
And we're just going to bring it down00:16:27
a little bit above the
middle of that right cheek.00:16:31
Bringing it back inside00:16:34
and then fill it in with
a bit of a gradient.00:16:39
And then we're going to create
essentially the same triangle00:16:41
but flipped and above for the eyebrow00:16:45
or the brow bone I should say.00:16:46
So you can just lift
up your line like this00:16:49
and then create a gradient
that goes a little bit towards00:16:51
the top right.00:17:07
Great, now I know it
looks crazy right now,00:17:09
so we're going to just start
adding the facial features00:17:12
to make it look a little bit less insane.00:17:14
So go ahead and create a new layer00:17:16
above all the layers
you have for the face.00:17:18
It doesn't need to be a clipping mask.00:17:20
And we name that new
layer to Facial Features.00:17:25
Now here we're going to
start I guess with the nose00:17:27
because we already have
it pretty much mapped out.00:17:29
And in terms of color for the nose,00:17:30
go ahead and color pick in the area00:17:33
where the cheeks make the shadow.00:17:36
So you get a bit of a
blend of those two colors.00:17:38
And then make that a little bit darker.00:17:44
In here, you can stick with
the same brush if you want.00:17:46
That would work well.00:17:47
Or if you wanna have a bit more precision00:17:49
but still a bit of texture,
try to find a pencil brush.00:17:53
So if you're working with
free Procreate brushes,00:17:54
that would mean going
in the sketching pack00:17:57
that comes with the app right here00:18:00
and picking something
like the HB or 6B pencils00:18:03
but would work really well.00:18:04
I think it's going to depend
mostly on your canvas size.00:18:06
If you have a very big canvas,00:18:08
you might need to go with the 6B pencil00:18:10
because it is a little bit thicker.00:18:11
If you do have my
illustration bundle though,00:18:14
we're actually going to
pick in the texture pack00:18:17
that comes with it.00:18:18
I keep looking for it today.00:18:19
There it is.00:18:22
I guess we're gonna go
with the sketching brush.00:18:24
I was about to say outlines,00:18:25
but we're going to go
with the sketching brush00:18:27
to have a little bit more
softness in our lines.00:18:31
And in terms of the brush size here,00:18:32
you're just going to have to test honestly00:18:34
because it's going to depend
on the brush you're using,00:18:37
your canvas size as well as
just your personal preference.00:18:40
Now I'm gonna go with something that,00:18:41
as you can see is pretty
thick but not huge.00:18:46
And here we're just going
to start with a line00:18:48
for the bridge of the nose.00:18:49
And that line can be super
curvy if you have a pointy nose00:18:53
or it could be pretty
flat if you want to have,00:18:55
well, a more flat nose.00:19:04
And then same thing with
the bottom of the nose.00:19:05
You could have a very long
line if you want to draw00:19:08
a big nose, a pretty small
line if you want a small nose.00:19:12
Really here it's entirely up to you.00:19:22
And I feel like my pink or red00:19:23
is coming a little bit too high.00:19:25
So I'm actually going to set
my eraser to the same brush00:19:27
I used to add those pink elements.00:19:31
So either a charcoal brush00:19:32
or if you have my illustration bundle,00:19:34
the basic texture brush.00:19:36
Or actually you know what,
there's an eraser shape00:19:38
within that bundle. So eraser shape.00:19:40
And I'm just going to gently erase the red00:19:42
that is on the nose side, so
not on the eye side, really00:19:45
the nose side.00:19:53
Now going back on the
facial features layer,00:19:55
we're going to move on to
adding a little bit of details00:19:57
in the ear with the same
color while we have it.00:20:00
And here I'm gonna keep it very simple.00:20:01
I'm just going to draw this
kind of little squiggle00:20:03
right here.00:20:06
Now from there we're going to
move on to a darker version00:20:09
of whatever color we have right now.00:20:10
That is going to be almost
black but not quite.00:20:13
So just going back to your color selector00:20:15
and manually bringing it down,00:20:17
until, as you can see the brightness00:20:19
is really, really low and the saturation00:20:21
is still roughly in the middle.00:20:23
And we're going to use that
color to draw the eyes.00:20:25
Now the eyes, you could draw
a completely different style00:20:27
if you want, but I'm going
to keep it very simple00:20:30
and peaceful by drawing
these very soft U shapes.00:20:33
And it's going to be
very easy to place them.00:20:35
Again, we're just going to align them00:20:37
with the divot we have in the head.00:20:55
As you can see, the one on the right00:20:56
is almost touching the edge of the face.00:20:59
And then the one on the
left is towards the front00:21:01
of the cheek.00:21:02
So it is not in the middle
of this left section,00:21:04
it is a little bit more towards the nose.00:21:08
If you want to make your character00:21:09
look a little bit more feminine,00:21:10
what you can do is
thicken the outside edges00:21:13
of these lines and add some simple lashes.00:21:24
Now I'm just going to add
three of these triangles00:21:27
for the lashes, the biggest
one or longest one at the top.00:21:30
And then getting slightly
smaller, the closer we get00:21:33
to the middle of the
lash or the lash line.00:21:40
Doing the same thing on both sides.00:21:46
And then we're going to draw the mouth.00:21:48
Again, the mouth is
something you can customize.00:21:50
I'm going with a super
simple closed mouth.00:21:53
Now no matter which style
of mouth you want to draw,00:21:55
we're going to place it a little bit above00:21:57
the bottom of the cheeks00:21:59
and a little bit more
towards the left side00:22:01
than the right.00:22:11
And here if you wanna
have a bit of lipstick00:22:13
on your character or reinforce the lips,00:22:15
you could just go ahead and
color pick the same color00:22:17
you used for the cheeks and all of that.00:22:19
So the pink or the red and
just go above the mouth00:22:23
and draw a bit of a semi-circle like this.00:22:27
That would become lips.00:22:30
You could also draw a rounded M shape00:22:32
if you wanted for the lips
to have that cupid bow00:22:35
action going on.00:22:40
But again, as I mentioned,
I'm just going to draw00:22:41
a simple line for a closed
mouth for my character,00:22:44
that's what I prefer.00:22:46
But I'm going to add a bit of a underline00:22:48
to map out the lower lip.00:22:50
And for that I'm just going to color pick00:22:52
the color I use for the shadows.00:22:54
So right here.00:22:56
And I'm just going to add
that little secondary line00:22:59
right here.00:23:04
Great, now from there we're
going to add some eyebrows,00:23:07
super important, we can still stay00:23:09
on the same facial features layer.00:23:11
And here I do not know
why but I decided to go00:23:14
with dark blue hair for this character.00:23:15
So I'm going to use the same dark blue00:23:17
for the eyebrows as well.00:23:19
You could obviously
customize a piece by going00:23:21
with a completely different
hair color of course.00:23:24
If you wanna do that, I recommend playing00:23:25
with bright colors.00:23:26
So if for example, if you'd
wanna draw a character00:23:28
that has more ginger or red hair,00:23:31
going with really a bright orange,00:23:34
if you wanna go with a
character that has blonde hair,00:23:35
you could try going with a light blue.00:23:38
So try experimenting with
something that is not natural,00:23:40
that is super crazy and colorful,00:23:42
but would match maybe a
little bit more the brightness00:23:45
or the darkness of the hair.00:23:47
Now I'm personally going
to use this blue right here00:23:49
at the top of the blue
column in the color palette.00:23:52
As you can see, it is
pretty much milled the way00:23:54
in terms of saturation.00:23:56
Now that is one thing that if you do wanna00:23:57
pick your own color, I
recommend keep it consistent,00:24:00
the saturation level.00:24:01
So in that case going with
whatever hue you want.00:24:04
So orange, green, blue, whatever,00:24:06
but middle of the white
in terms of saturation.00:24:08
In here, we're gonna
stick with the same brush,00:24:10
we're just going to zoom
in and add some eyebrows.00:24:12
Again, that is something
you can customize.00:24:14
You could have any kind
of eyebrow shape you want,00:24:16
any kind of arch, any kind of flatless,00:24:19
any kind of thickness,
width, that is something00:24:23
that you can really easily change00:24:25
to make your piece your own.00:24:26
I'm just gonna go with
a cartoonish version00:24:28
of my own eyebrows.00:24:30
So pretty flat in the front
or the middle I would say.00:24:33
And then just kind of arching down00:24:35
into a little bit of
a tail on these sides.00:24:36
And we'll go to align
the eyebrows this time00:24:39
with the, well the brow
bone that we drew with00:24:42
the pink or the red.00:24:43
So you can just start by
quickly mapping out the shape.00:24:45
Now the inside of the
brow, so you can align them00:24:47
with the inside corner of the eyes.00:24:50
And on the right side, the
outside is going to connect00:24:53
with the side of the face.00:25:06
And on the left side, the outside is going00:25:07
to just be a little bit longer
than the outside of the eye.00:25:20
And then once you have the base shape,00:25:21
you can manually fill them in.00:25:22
I do recommend adding a few little strokes00:25:24
on the inside just to make
it look a little bit more00:25:26
like hair.00:25:27
But otherwise you can
fully fill in the inside.00:25:30
If you are enjoying this tutorial so far,00:25:31
please consider giving the video a like00:25:33
and subscribing to the channel
if you haven't already.00:25:36
Now I know everyone on YouTube
is asking you to do that,00:25:38
but believe it or not,
it is a fantastic way00:25:40
to help your favorite creators00:25:42
because it essentially just tells YouTube00:25:44
to take the video and
show it to more people.00:25:47
So thank you for helping.00:26:21
And because we drew
all the facial features00:26:24
on a separate layer, then
the skin and the pink00:26:27
and all those things,
it's going to be very easy00:26:29
to move them around if
you're not super happy00:26:32
with how things are looking right now.00:26:33
So for example, I feel like this eyebrow,00:26:36
I don't know, it's a weird angle.00:26:37
So I might just go ahead making sure00:26:39
my facial features layer is
the one that is selected.00:26:42
And with any kind of selection tool00:26:44
such as this one here in Procreate,00:26:47
drawing a selection around
the facial feature element00:26:49
that I wanna move.00:26:51
And then using an error
tool to maybe rotate it,00:26:56
move it, I don't know, resize it00:27:01
really anything that is needed00:27:03
to make the facial
feature look good to you.00:27:05
So feel free to pause the video here,00:27:07
take all the time you need to play around00:27:09
with your facial features until00:27:10
you're really happy with them.00:27:11
And then we're going to
meet up in the next step,00:27:13
which is going to be adding maybe freckles00:27:15
and a little bit of highlights on the face00:27:17
before starting with the hair.00:27:18
Great, so once you're happy
with the facial features,00:27:20
as I mentioned, we're just
going to come back in,00:27:22
add some freckles if you'd
like and maybe some highlights00:27:25
to make the face pop a little bit more.00:27:28
Now I'm going to start with the freckles,00:27:29
cause it's very simple.00:27:30
We're just going to create a new layer00:27:32
below the facial features
but above everything else.00:27:36
Renaming that layer to Freckles00:27:39
and also applying it as a clipping mask.00:27:41
And this is something you can do00:27:42
even if you don't have freckles00:27:44
just to add texture to your character.00:27:46
In that case you could pick a random color00:27:48
like the hair color or
another bright color00:27:51
and just add a bit of
that texture on the face.00:27:53
Again, not necessarily
to look like freckle,00:27:55
but just to amp up the visual
signature of the piece.00:27:59
Now in my case I do have freckles,00:28:00
so I'm going to just pick a brown,00:28:02
which is going to be the same one I use00:28:04
for the nose and ear.00:28:06
So I'm just gonna color pick that.00:28:08
And here you can either
keep the same brush00:28:10
you've been using to
draw the facial features00:28:12
and just manually come
in and draw the freckles.00:28:16
But if you do have my illustration bundle,00:28:18
there is a freckles brush because,00:28:20
I really like adding freckles.00:28:22
So you could just pick that brush,00:28:24
just experiment with the size a little bit00:28:26
before you get started.00:28:29
That's a personal preference,
which size you use here.00:28:33
And then just add the
freckles, under the eyes,00:28:36
on the cheeks,00:28:37
(pen tapping)00:28:40
maybe a little bit on top of the nose00:28:42
or on the bridge of the nose I guess.00:28:45
And then back on the other cheek.00:28:47
So you're drawing this W-shape essentially00:28:50
over the face.00:28:53
Now if you're feeling a bit extra here,00:28:54
you could also go in your blending modes00:28:57
and just scroll through the list00:28:58
and see if there's
something that you like.00:28:59
Again, it doesn't need to
look like realistic freckles,00:29:01
so you could have bright freckles,00:29:03
you could have colorful freckles.00:29:05
Really it's just a case of
scrolling through the list00:29:07
and seeing there's
something that you like.00:29:09
I would recommend avoiding
going with red freckles00:29:11
cause that might look a
little bit more like pimples,00:29:13
although you could have
pimples if you want00:29:15
in your character, but I'm
personally going to try00:29:17
and avoid that.00:29:22
Something bright honestly
could look really fun.00:29:24
But I'm personally gonna go with,00:29:27
I think multiplied but with
a bit of a lower capacity.00:29:34
Yeah, I'm happy with that.00:29:37
And actually I'm going to add a few00:29:38
on the shoulders as well.00:29:40
Why not?00:29:45
There we go.00:29:47
And the last thing we're
going to do before moving00:29:49
onto the hair, is going to
be adding some highlights00:29:51
onto the face to really make
it pop like I mentioned.00:29:54
So go ahead and create a new layer00:29:55
above all of those clipping mask we have00:29:59
apply as a clipping mask as well.00:30:01
So it should be under
the facial features layer00:30:03
but above everything else.00:30:06
And rename that layer to Lights.00:30:09
And here all you're
going to do is color pick00:30:12
the color you use for the face00:30:14
and make it really, really
bright and desaturated.00:30:17
Now I'm not gonna add the xcode here00:30:18
cause it's really going to depend00:30:20
on what you've been working on,00:30:21
but we're looking for something
almost fully desaturated00:30:25
and almost fully bright, but not quite.00:30:29
And here you're just gonna
go back to whichever brush00:30:31
you've been using to
add the facial features.00:30:33
So a pencil brush or the sketching brush.00:30:40
And we're just going to add a highlight00:30:41
on the bridge of the nose,00:30:43
one on the right side of the face00:30:45
and then a few dots on the
cheeks and maybe the shoulders.00:30:48
Again, just to make the piece pop.00:30:50
So it's nothing realistic,
but it's really going00:30:52
to bring everything to life.00:31:00
So again, just one small line
on the front of the nose.00:31:06
Woo.00:31:08
Sorry about that.00:31:09
(Genevieve chuckles)00:31:29
And then a few highlights on the cheeks00:31:31
and the shoulders potentially.00:31:33
So I'm going to go with
three highlights per cheek,00:31:35
but you could just draw
one or none at all.00:31:40
So three slightly different
sizes as you can see.00:31:51
And I'm going to do the
same thing on the shoulders.00:32:07
(bell chimes)00:32:09
Okay, so now that we have the face,00:32:11
we're ready to draw the hair.00:32:12
And this is another
element that you can very00:32:14
easily customize to
either match your own hair00:32:17
or someone else's hair00:32:18
depending on who you're drawing.00:32:20
And the main thing to keep in mind here,00:32:22
is we are not going to consider the hair00:32:24
as being a bunch of individual strengths.00:32:26
We're going to consider the hair00:32:28
as just the one main shape, that it is.00:32:31
So the length and is it
straight, is it wavy,00:32:35
is it curvy, is it coily?00:32:36
What kind of texture the hair has.00:32:38
And so here try to picture the hairstyle00:32:41
that you want to draw.00:32:42
And try to picture how it
would look on a Lego character.00:32:45
So you know there's that
flat piece of plastic00:32:47
that looks like a little bit of helmet.00:32:48
Just try to see how that would look00:32:50
and then that's exactly
what you're going to draw.00:32:52
One thing I would say though here is,00:32:54
even if you're drawing straight hair,00:32:55
try to add a little bit of movement to it.00:32:57
So just the slightest wave,00:32:58
otherwise it's going
to look very, very flat00:33:01
and still and it's not
going to work super well00:33:04
with the style of the illustration,00:33:05
which is much more fluid
and groovy, I guess.00:33:09
Now no matter which
hairstyle you're drawing,00:33:10
we're all going to create a new layer00:33:12
above everything we have
that is related to the face.00:33:15
And we're going to rename
that new layer to Hair.00:33:18
I know what a surprise.00:33:19
And here we're going
to pick the same color00:33:21
we've been using for the eyebrows.00:33:23
So you can either color pick
it or I remember in my case00:33:26
it was this one right
here in the color palette.00:33:29
And we're going to stick
with the same brush00:33:31
that we've been using
for the facial features.00:33:33
So a pencil brush or a sketching brush00:33:35
if you're working with
my illustration bundle.00:33:37
So I'm just gonna show you
real quick the outlines option00:33:40
that you could use depending
on I guess the level of curls00:33:43
that you have in the hair
that you want to draw.00:33:44
So if you wanna draw straight
hair, like I mentioned,00:33:46
just try to add this slightly,
this little bend in it00:33:49
just so it's not fully flat.00:33:51
Something like this, depending
on the length of course.00:33:54
If you're drawing wavy hair,
which is what I'm going00:33:56
to be drawing, we're going
to go with a little bit more00:33:59
of a S kinda shape in the outline.00:34:03
If you want to draw curly hair,00:34:05
you're really going to
accentuate that S shape.00:34:08
So it's still going to be an S shape00:34:09
but quite a bit tighter.00:34:12
And if you want to draw coily hair here,00:34:14
we're actually going to go
with more of a cloud shape.00:34:17
So you know when you're draw clouds,00:34:19
you're drawing this kind of shape.00:34:20
Well that's what we're going to use00:34:21
for the outline of the hair.00:34:23
Again, depending on the shape and the size00:34:24
and the hairstyle, but using always00:34:26
that kind of cloud shape.00:34:28
So again, like I mentioned,00:34:29
I'm personally gonna go with wavy hair,00:34:31
so I'm just going to
draw very loose S shapes.00:34:35
And as you can see my hair is quite long00:34:37
so I'm going to just draw
them right to the bottom00:34:40
of the screen. But you could have a completely
different length of course.00:34:43
As you can see I recommend
going first with the sides,00:34:47
then maybe mapping out the insides.00:34:49
So if you wanna have hair
coming over the shoulders,00:34:52
in my case I'm just going
to pretend it's all behind.00:34:54
So I'm just going to draw a line00:34:56
that essentially follows
the shape of the shoulder.00:35:13
And the right side of the head00:35:14
because the head is in front of the hair,00:35:16
we're definitely just going to
follow the shape of the head.00:35:19
So that's quite easy.00:35:40
Then you're going to follow essentially00:35:42
the same shapes you use for the outsides,00:35:44
bring it towards the top
of the hair and the head00:35:48
leaving a little bit of a gap.00:35:49
So you're not gonna connect it like that,00:35:51
that's going to make the
hair look really flat.00:35:53
You're just going to bring
it a little bit above00:35:56
the shape of the head itself.00:36:23
Now the forehead is something again,00:36:24
you can customize a lot
because you could have,00:36:27
what is it called, like a fringe moment.00:36:29
You could have split in two
parts like a curtain bangs,00:36:33
you could have kind of like
what I'm going to be drawing,00:36:35
which is similar to what I have00:36:36
a part that is just slightly to the side.00:36:38
And then you have kind
of a few strands of hair00:36:40
that fall in front of the face.00:36:42
So really here experiment,
just remember again00:36:44
we're not going with
a lot of hair strands,00:36:46
we're just going with
the basic general shape.00:36:48
So in my case here what I'm doing00:36:49
is bringing the hair pretty
much to the top of the head.00:36:54
And I'm going to draw one big swoop00:36:56
that is going to fall above the ear.00:37:02
And then just a bit of
a detailed hair strand00:37:04
poking out like this.00:37:18
Then connecting the bottom of the ear.00:37:21
And one thing I always
like to do on my characters00:37:23
is just to help separate
the ear from the head00:37:25
is actually drawing this little U-shape,00:37:28
like this, which would be
kind of this part of the hair.00:37:30
I know you don't see it that strongly,00:37:32
especially on female characters,00:37:34
but I always draw it and
that's part of my style.00:37:36
So feel free to add it if you want00:37:37
or just leave it if you don't.00:37:40
Otherwise, when you have a
full completely closed outline00:37:43
of the hair, you can just
color drop your color00:37:45
and fill in the hair silhouette.00:37:48
Now since we are working with
a brush that has texture,00:37:50
you might need to adjust the threshold00:37:52
if especially if you're working per grit.00:37:54
And the way to do that
is just hold your pencil00:37:56
on the screen when you drop the color00:37:58
and move it towards the
right to reduce the threshold00:38:01
or towards the left to
increase the threshold.00:38:04
So the goal here is to find the moment00:38:06
right before the color
fills in the entire screen.00:38:08
So in my case, 80%.00:38:12
And then of course you can come back in00:38:13
and refine the shape.00:38:14
I feel like I made the
top of the head so flat00:38:17
and then the left side so flat as well.00:38:18
So I'm just gonna come back in00:38:20
and play with that a little bit.00:38:22
(balloon pops)00:38:23
And with that it is time
for the secret password.00:38:25
So if you've watched this fun video,00:38:26
please go ahead and let me
know which color you are using00:38:29
for the hair.00:38:30
And as you may know, the
secret password is a game00:38:32
that we play here on the channel00:38:33
and all of the long form
step-by-step illustration00:38:35
tutorials I hide either a secret password00:38:38
or a question for you to find00:38:39
and then answer in the comments.00:38:41
And believe it or not, the secret password00:38:43
is really helpful for
me because it gives me00:38:45
a lot of insight to how to edit
and paste my videos better,00:38:48
which helps me create
better tutorials for you.00:38:51
So again, if you watch this file,00:38:52
just let me know which color
are you planning on using00:38:54
for the hair and then
we're going to keep going.00:39:25
And if you do want to
add some hair strands00:39:28
on the very outside of the hair,00:39:29
you could do it at this
stage, keeping it very simple.00:39:33
So I might add just a little one here,00:39:35
poking out of this curve.00:39:39
To make the piece flow a little bit better00:39:41
and then to tie in that loose strands00:39:43
that otherwise is the
only one that is loose.00:39:45
So maybe adding one here
and maybe another one00:39:48
on the other side just
to balance it out a bit.00:40:03
Now from there we're going
to add a bit of volume00:40:05
to the hair and for that you
have a few different techniques00:40:07
that you can use
depending on the hairstyle00:40:09
that you're drawing.00:40:10
But no matter the hairstyle,00:40:11
we're all going to create a new layer00:40:13
above the layer we have so far,00:40:14
so that we can apply it as a clipping mask00:40:16
just like we did for the shadows
onto the face and the neck.00:40:20
So a new layer above the hair,00:40:23
renaming that new layer to Shadows,00:40:27
applying that layer as a clipping mask00:40:29
onto the hair layer so that
it stays within the hair shape00:40:33
and going with a darker version00:40:35
of whatever hair color you are using.00:40:37
So if you are working
with the same dark blue00:40:39
that I'm using, we're going
to pick this one right here00:40:41
in the color palette.00:40:42
As you can see it's still
pretty much milled away00:40:44
in terms of saturation, but it is really,00:40:46
really, really dark.00:40:49
And here we're going to go
back to the charcoal brush00:40:52
or whichever brush we were
using for these kind of shadows00:40:56
and rough details.00:40:58
So in Procreate, if you were
working with free brushes,00:41:00
that meant going in the charcoal pack00:41:02
and picking the willow charcoal.00:41:05
If you were working a different software,00:41:06
any brush that either had charcoal in name00:41:08
or just a really interesting
texture that you liked,00:41:11
was your ticket to success here.00:41:14
And if you do have my illustration bundle,00:41:16
again, we were working with
the basic texture brush.00:41:20
And here the goal is going
to be adding a shadow00:41:22
behind the neck and the shoulders00:41:23
just to make the face pop even more.00:41:26
But that shadow is going
to depend on the hairstyle00:41:28
that you're drawing.00:41:29
So if you're drawing hair that
is either straight or curvy,00:41:32
you're going to draw those
shadows using the same shapes00:41:35
you use for the outlines of the hair,00:41:37
but just this time
focusing it on the middle.00:41:39
And you are going to try to
keep those shadows pretty crisp.00:41:42
So that's what I'm going to do for myself.00:41:43
So I'm just going to show you
an example real quick here.00:41:46
So I might just follow
this hair strand right here00:41:49
and draw another bit of a hairs curve00:41:52
(pen scribbling)00:41:53
and then manually fill
in this entire section00:41:55
to have a bit of the texture.00:41:56
Now if you're drawing
curly or coilly hair,00:41:59
having this sharp of an edge
doesn't really look right00:42:03
for the hairstyle.00:42:04
So what I recommend doing instead is going00:42:05
with a much bigger size of your brush00:42:08
and creating a gradient instead00:42:11
from the, again, the side of the neck00:42:13
towards the outside of the hairstyle.00:42:19
So it would look a little
bit more like this.00:42:26
Now again, because I'm drawing wavy hair,00:42:28
I'm gonna go with a straight edge,00:42:29
but just draw whatever you
need for your own character.00:42:46
And here I kind of have a swoop00:42:48
that in my mind is falling in front00:42:50
of this part of the hair.00:42:52
So I'm just going to zoom onto that00:42:53
and add a very crisp line,
right below the swoop.00:42:58
And then just adding a bit of a gradient00:43:00
just to help add again a
bit of volume to the hair.00:43:04
Great, now from there we're going to add00:43:06
even more details to the hair.00:43:08
We're still not going to draw00:43:09
the hair strand texture itself,00:43:11
but we're going to draw I don't know,00:43:14
a handful of hair strand per side00:43:15
just to make the hair a little
bit less flat and boring.00:43:19
So go ahead and create a
new layer above the shadows,00:43:22
rename that one to Hair Details.00:43:25
And again, if you have clipping mask,00:43:27
go ahead and use it on
this hair details layer00:43:30
so that we stay within the hair shape.00:43:31
If you don't, not a big deal,00:43:33
you can just again come back at the end00:43:35
and erase whatever is poking out00:43:37
or just focus on staying within the lines.00:43:39
And here we're gonna go
with a lighter version00:43:42
of whatever hair color
we've been working with.00:43:44
So if you are using my color palette,00:43:45
we're going to go with
this blue right here00:43:48
at the very bottom of the blue column,00:43:50
which as you can see
is the exact same hue.00:43:52
It is still pretty much middle of the way00:43:54
in terms of the saturation,00:43:55
but it is quite a bit brighter.00:43:58
In here, we're going to go
back to the brush we use00:44:00
for the facial features.00:44:01
So a pencil brush or the sketching brush00:44:03
if you have my illustration bundle00:44:06
and you're going to just test the size,00:44:07
so it is similar to what
you use for the nose,00:44:09
the eyes and the ears.00:44:11
It really doesn't need
to be the exact same00:44:13
but it should be pretty similar.00:44:16
And here it you're just going to draw out00:44:17
little hair strands
that are going to match00:44:19
the outlines that you have.00:44:20
Except if you're drawing coily hair,00:44:22
you don't want to draw
these little cloud shapes,00:44:24
although you could, I
recommend instead here00:44:26
coming back in and drawing spirals.00:44:32
Now there's really no right
or wrong way to do this here,00:44:34
so feel free to experiment.00:44:36
If there was one thing I would say though00:44:37
is you do not want to overdo it.00:44:39
So less is more here.00:44:49
And I say you know, match the line00:44:51
to the outlines of the hair,00:44:53
but you can mix and
match honestly my hair,00:44:56
well it's not really like that today.00:44:57
It's quite flat today, cause it's dry00:44:58
but the bottom has a bit more ringlets00:45:01
than just the top, which is really flat,00:45:03
cause, again it's dry.00:45:05
You could go back in for example00:45:07
and draw, yes these little S curves,00:45:09
but add a few little ringlets
in there, just for fun.00:45:35
Maybe drawing a bit of
a zigzag for the parting00:45:38
if that helps, if you have one at least.00:45:51
So feel free to pause the video here00:45:52
if you need more time to play
around with the hair shape.00:45:54
Again, it should be very simple,
so don't agonize over it.00:45:57
And when you're ready,
we're going to meet up00:45:59
in the next chapter, which is going00:46:00
to be adding accessories and clothing.00:46:03
(bell chimes)00:46:06
Okay, so the goal here is not
to overpower the character.00:46:09
We are going to add a bunch
of groovy, colorful shapes00:46:14
in front and behind the character,00:46:15
which is going to hide
a lot of those shoulders00:46:18
that we have going on.00:46:19
So the idea is really not to come back in00:46:21
and draw a lot of precise clothing here.00:46:24
It is just to maybe customize00:46:26
and personalize your piece even more.00:46:28
So for example here, I
have this rabbit necklace00:46:30
which I really love.00:46:32
So I could come back in and just draw00:46:33
a very simplified version
of that rabbit necklace00:46:36
on my character.00:46:37
If you have a pair of earrings
that you wear all the time,00:46:40
you could come back in and draw them.00:46:42
If you have a shirt with a neckline00:46:44
that is very typical to you,00:46:46
you could go ahead and draw it.00:46:47
But no matter which
element you're drawing,00:46:49
one thing that is really important00:46:50
is to draw it in white
or a very bright gray.00:46:54
I'm going to give you the
exact color in a second.00:46:56
So that it doesn't compete too much00:46:57
with all the colorful
blobs we're going to add00:46:59
in the next chapter.00:47:00
So go ahead and create a new layer above00:47:02
everything you have
relating to the character00:47:05
and rename that new layer to Accessories.00:47:09
Now if you have a texture
in the background,00:47:11
just go ahead and color
pick anywhere honestly,00:47:13
you're gonna get some sort of a pale gray00:47:15
that would work really well.00:47:16
And as you can see here,
it is a neutral gray00:47:19
in the sense that the
saturation is fully down00:47:21
and it's almost white but not quite.00:47:23
So very, very, very bright.00:47:26
And here we're gonna stick
with the exact same brush00:47:29
that we've been using
for the facial features.00:47:31
So again, pencil brush or sketching brush.00:47:33
I feel like I'm repeating
myself, sorry about that.00:47:36
And we're going to zoom in
and add any element you want.00:47:39
I would recommend trying
to look at whatever element00:47:41
you're trying to draw and draw it00:47:42
in the most basic version you can.00:47:45
So like pendant earrings could literally00:47:47
just be one long line.00:47:51
A necklace could be just that
very basic necklace U-shape00:47:59
with a super simplified
version of whatever charm00:48:01
you might have, so like a little cross.00:48:06
As you can see really basic shapes,00:48:08
almost just one single
line for the whole thing.00:48:12
If you are drawing clothing elements,00:48:13
of course you can all just go ahead00:48:15
and draw one outline and call it Clothes.00:48:18
Although that kind of looks fun,00:48:19
but it might be a little bit too weird.00:48:21
So what I would recommend doing instead00:48:22
is drawing, well the
clothing element itself,00:48:26
either filling it in
manually or color dropping00:48:29
and then lowering the
capacity of your layer00:48:33
probably around 90 or 95 just
so it's not fully opaque.00:48:38
And so that you can see a little
bit of the skin underneath.00:48:43
Now in my case, I don't know
why I never wear chokers,00:48:46
but I think it looks
really fun on a long neck.00:48:48
So I'm just going to draw
three very simple lines00:48:50
on the neck.00:48:51
And that's pretty much all I'm going to do00:48:52
in terms of accessories.00:49:03
So once more, feel free
to pause the video here.00:49:05
If you need more time to
draw your accessories,00:49:07
really this is something
that is super easy to do00:49:10
but can completely transform
your piece so it's worth doing.00:49:13
And once you're done,
we are going to meet up00:49:14
in the next chapter, which is going00:49:15
to be adding all those colorful blobs00:49:17
that is going to completely
bring the peace to life00:49:20
and make it super fun and groovy.00:49:22
(bell chimes)00:49:25
Now I'm going to start by adding
some of the colorful blobs00:49:27
onto the hair itself.00:49:28
I just think it makes the piece
a little bit more whimsical,00:49:31
but you could just skip ahead a little bit00:49:33
and go straight to the blobs
that are around the character.00:49:36
So if you wanna have
some blobs onto the hair,00:49:37
just go ahead and create a new layer00:49:39
right above everything
you have for the hair00:49:41
but still below the accessories.00:49:43
We are not going to apply
this layer as a clipping mask,00:49:45
I'm gonna tell you why in a few seconds.00:49:47
But we are going to rename it to, oh gosh,00:49:51
let's just go with Hair blobs.00:49:53
(Genevieve chuckles)00:49:54
Doesn't really make a whole lot of sense,00:49:56
but we'll know what we mean.00:49:57
And here you can use whatever
kind of color palette00:49:59
you want.00:50:00
So I'm gonna go with a
bunch of different colors,00:50:02
but if you wanted, you
could pick one basic hue00:50:05
like I don't know, green, and then just go00:50:07
with a bunch of different greens.00:50:08
You could go with a bunch
of purples and pinks,00:50:11
so just staying within
the same kind of colors00:50:13
but with a little bit of variation.00:50:15
But you do wanna make sure
they're going to be bright00:50:16
and fun.00:50:17
So if you have my color palette00:50:18
essentially we're going to be working00:50:19
with these nine colors,
which as you can see00:50:21
they're all pretty much
not fully saturated.00:50:25
They're kind of middle of the way00:50:26
to two thirds of the way
up in terms of saturation,00:50:29
but they're never fully saturated.00:50:30
I feel like if we are going
with a lot of bright colors00:50:33
that are fully saturated,
it's going to make the piece00:50:35
look just too much.00:50:37
So we're going to reel it
in by adding a bit of gray00:50:39
in our colors.00:50:41
And here I recommend just honestly00:50:42
starting with whichever one color,00:50:44
drawing all the blobs and
then just changing the colors00:50:46
of the blobs.00:50:47
I think it's a little bit easier00:50:49
that way you're gonna have a
better idea of the composition00:50:51
if you're working with just one color00:50:52
and then changing that color,00:50:54
as if you were to start with
all the different colors00:50:56
at once.00:50:58
And here there's not
really any rhyme or reason00:51:00
in terms of where I'm putting those blobs.00:51:03
So really put them wherever
you want, it doesn't matter,00:51:07
we just want to, again
add a little bit more00:51:09
of that whimsical fun feel to the piece.00:51:27
And as you can see here, I'm
filling these blobs manually00:51:30
cause I do wanna build a
lot of texture within them.00:51:33
So I recommend you do the same.00:51:35
But if you want to use color
drop, you can of course00:51:38
it's just that the piece is going to look00:51:40
a little bit more flat
and I think it's nice00:51:42
to have a bit more texture
than just flat colors.00:52:14
And then just so that they
blend in a little bit better00:52:16
with the hair itself, we're
also going to lower the opacity00:52:18
of that hair blobs layer,00:52:21
probably around, I would
guess between 80 and 90%,00:52:25
just again, so we can see a little bit00:52:27
of the hairs strands underneath,00:52:29
but still having very vibrant colors.00:52:32
I think I'm gonna set mine at 86.00:52:34
There we go.00:52:35
Now we're going to come
back and add gradient00:52:37
to these hair blobs to make them00:52:38
a little bit more interesting.00:52:39
But before that, while
we have the proper brush,00:52:41
we're going to draw the blobs
in front of the character00:52:43
and then the ones in the back.00:52:45
So for the blobs in the front,00:52:46
just create a new layer above
everything you have so far00:52:49
except for any texture
you might have at the top.00:52:53
And let's just rename that
new layer to Front Blobs.00:52:56
Why not?00:52:57
And here, same brush, same color for now.00:52:59
We're just going to draw
whatever bloby shape00:53:01
we want at the bottom.00:53:04
There's really, again,
no right or wrong way00:53:06
to do this here.00:53:07
Just go ahead and draw some front shapes.00:53:35
Now these blobs, if you want,00:53:37
you can go ahead and experiment
with plain medium opacity,00:53:39
but I'm going to keep
mine at a hundred percent.00:53:41
I think it just frames the
piece a little bit better.00:53:43
And once we have them
we're just gonna go back00:53:45
and create another layer at
the very back with more blobs.00:53:49
But before that, we might
actually organize our file00:53:51
a little bit just by grouping
our layers a little bit.00:53:53
So to group layers in
Procreate is very easy,00:53:55
all you have to do is take one finger00:53:57
and swipe the layers you want
to select towards the right.00:54:00
So I'm just gonna start by selecting00:54:01
all the layers relating
to the head and the face.00:54:04
So from face to facial feature00:54:07
and creating a group with that
just so we have everything00:54:10
a little bit better organized again.00:54:12
So tapping on group right here,00:54:14
which as you can see
just creates this group00:54:16
with all the facial features
and facial elements,00:54:18
which if you tap on the
little arrow right here,00:54:20
you can then collapse,00:54:22
which makes the whole
layer list so much clearer.00:54:25
You can also rename the group,
I'm gonna go with just Face.00:54:30
And then I'm gonna do the
same thing with the hair.00:54:32
Again, just to keep the
file more organized.00:54:34
So from Hair to Hair Blobs,00:54:37
grouping that00:54:40
collapsing the group00:54:42
and renaming the group to Hair.00:54:47
Okay, now it's much easier
to see what we're doing.00:54:49
So from there, if you wanna add more blobs00:54:51
in the background, you would
just create a new layer,00:54:53
putting it below everything you have00:54:55
and renaming it to Back Blobs.00:54:59
Otherwise, same thing
as for the front blobs,00:55:00
we're just going to draw whatever shape,00:55:02
although these, you
probably want to bring them00:55:03
higher around the character as opposed00:55:05
to just focusing them on the bottom.00:55:33
And then once you have
all the blobs mapped out,00:55:35
we're gonna come back in and recolor them00:55:37
just so they're not all one flat color.00:55:39
And then we'll move to add some gradient00:55:40
and a bit of light within the blobs.00:55:42
So I'm going to start by just
recoloring the hair blobs.00:55:45
So just going back to
that hair blobs layer.00:55:51
And because they're on separate layer,00:55:52
you can just go ahead,
pick any color you want.00:55:56
Let's say I'm gonna go
with this purple right here00:55:58
and then just drop it onto
one blob to recolor it.00:56:04
So again, there's really
no right or wrong way here.00:56:06
Experiment with placement
of different colors.00:56:09
You could always change them very easily.00:56:10
So just try a bunch of
things until you're happy00:56:12
with the result.00:56:32
And I'm noticing here,
I was not really doing00:56:34
that intentionally, but I
think my brain is telling me00:56:36
that's probably a good
thing to keep in mind.00:56:39
You can see my blobs
are essentially creating00:56:41
a bit of a gradient,
like a rainbow gradient00:56:44
from a aqua blue green at the top here00:56:49
towards a blue, towards
a purple, towards a pink,00:56:52
and then an orange.00:56:53
So if you look at kind
of the color sector here,00:56:56
it is a gradient kind of from this here,00:57:00
towards here, towards here.00:57:02
So what I'm saying here essentially is,00:57:04
it might be a good thing to keep in mind00:57:06
if you're going with a
bunch of colors like me,00:57:08
adding some sort of a gradient00:57:09
between the different blobs00:57:11
so that they're not just like,
for example, orange there,00:57:14
yellow there and then blue.00:57:18
Keeping it in a bit more
of a flow in the colors.00:57:22
Now I've been filming for a while now,00:57:23
so if what I just said, makes no sense,00:57:25
don't worry about it, just
experiment with the colors00:57:27
and if you find something that you like,00:57:28
that's really all that matters.00:57:30
Great, now we're good to
do the exact same thing00:57:32
on the front blobs, but not the back blobs00:57:34
as the back blobs I want
them to be a little bit less00:57:38
eye-catching, so I'm just gonna create00:57:40
a soft gradient within them.00:57:41
'Cause if it's a bunch of colors,00:57:42
it's going to really distract
from the character itself00:57:45
and that's definitely not what we want.00:57:47
That being said though, the front blob,00:57:48
we can color them as desired.00:57:50
So just going back onto
that front blob layer00:57:52
and using the same technique
such as dropping some colors00:57:55
maybe in a bit of a gradient
onto the front blobs.00:58:15
And if you have two that are
overlapping, not a problem.00:58:17
You can just draw the line between them00:58:21
and then when you drop your color,00:58:23
you can adjust the threshold,00:58:24
so that instead of filling everything,00:58:25
it just fills one of the sides.00:58:27
Whoops.00:58:34
There we go.00:58:37
Now before we add the
gradients to the blob,00:58:39
which is going to be very easy,00:58:40
but it's again just going to
bring the piece up a notch,00:58:43
we're also going to add some
white blobs above everything00:58:46
just to make the piece pop even more.00:58:48
So go ahead and create a
new layer above everything00:58:51
except for the texture.00:58:52
If you do have some, rename
that new layer to White Blobs.00:58:58
And here you're just going to color pick00:58:59
the same color you use
for the accessories.00:59:02
So if it is still in history,
you can pick it there.00:59:05
Otherwise, what you can do is just hide00:59:07
any textual layer you have to
make sure your color picking00:59:09
the right color.00:59:12
Then reactivating the texture
and using the color itself.00:59:16
Again, there's no right or wrong way00:59:17
to do these white blobs.00:59:19
I just think they add a bit
more dimension to the piece.00:59:22
I'm personally going to keep
them on the smaller side00:59:24
and I'm going to keep them as ovals00:59:26
as opposed to really bloby shapes.00:59:28
But it really doesn't mean
that's what you have to do.00:59:30
If you wanna go with something else,00:59:32
please feel free to go
ahead and experiment.00:59:37
And I think I'm gonna keep mine in groups.00:59:39
So instead of drawing a bunch,
kind of all over the place,00:59:43
well I have one single one there,00:59:44
but otherwise you can see
it's two and then three.00:59:48
So really just focusing
them on specific sections00:59:51
of the piece, especially where you have00:59:52
a lot of color density,
ending a bit of white00:59:55
can just help everything
pop a little bit more.00:59:57
And speaking of making
everything pop a little bit more00:59:59
if you want, you can add a bit of a shadow01:00:00
behind those blobs when you're done.01:00:02
And so the way to do that would just be01:00:04
duplicating that white
blob layer that you have.01:00:08
It's in Procreate, the way to do that01:00:09
is just swiping the layer
towards the left with one finger.01:00:13
Tapping duplicate,01:00:15
then picking the bottom copy,01:00:18
maybe hiding the top copy just for now.01:00:20
So we can see we're doing.01:00:22
So just tapping on the
check mark on the top copy01:00:26
renaming the bottom copy
actually to White Blob Shadows.01:00:34
And here you just go ahead and pick a gray01:00:36
that has a bit of a hue to it.01:00:38
Probably more of a purple hue01:00:39
than a kind of greenish yellow.01:00:42
Otherwise it's going to
look really muddy and gross.01:00:44
So the exact color really doesn't matter,01:00:47
probably middle of the
way in terms of brightness01:00:49
and really quite desaturated.01:00:51
But again, just a grayish
purple is all you need here.01:00:55
And you're just going to color drop that01:00:56
onto one of your white shapes01:00:58
and adjusting the threshold until01:01:00
it fills all of the shapes.01:01:03
And then to create the shadow effect,01:01:05
what we're going to do is reactivate01:01:07
the white blobs layer we have01:01:09
and then we're going to
move this shadow layer01:01:11
a little bit towards the bottom left01:01:13
to create the drop shadow effect.01:01:17
So using any kind of tool that you have01:01:19
that allows you to move a
layer, like an error tool.01:01:23
And then just moving those
shadows a little bit like this.01:01:28
Now if you do have blending
modes in your software,01:01:30
you can bring the
shadows to the next level01:01:31
by applying a blending mode.01:01:33
So that's exactly what I'm going to do.01:01:35
Again in Procreate blending
modes are in the little N01:01:38
next to the check mark,
you can tap on that.01:01:40
And again, you can just
scroll through the list01:01:42
and find something that you like.01:01:45
I personally know I'm
gonna go with linear burn01:01:48
or you could use multiply as well.01:01:49
That would be a good option.01:01:51
And probably lowering capacity here,01:01:53
so you can get something
a little bit softer01:01:55
than what we had.01:01:57
And so the last thing we have to do01:01:58
is just add a bit of a
gradient within the shapes01:02:01
super easy, but it's going to completely01:02:03
transform everything.01:02:04
And for that, there is a
few different techniques01:02:06
that you can use.01:02:07
If you're working in a
software like Photoshop01:02:08
and you have a gradient tool,01:02:10
then you can apply a gradient
in the shapes very easily.01:02:12
So feel free to use that
tool if you have one.01:02:15
In Procreate, there
isn't any gradient tool01:02:17
at least that would
work for these purposes.01:02:20
So what we're going to do
is we're going to use masks01:02:22
and then we're going to use
the baked charcoal brush,01:02:24
which is going to allow us
to build even more texture.01:02:27
So I guess it's a good thing in the end.01:02:28
And then we're just going to
paint the gradient ourself.01:02:31
Now let's start with the background blob01:02:33
because right now it's really
flat and I don't like that.01:02:36
So we're going to use
honestly any kind of mask01:02:39
that you know you have in your software.01:02:41
So it could be a clipping
mask just like before.01:02:43
So in that case you would
just create a new layer01:02:45
above the back blobs,
rename that to Gradient01:02:48
or something like that and
apply that as a clipping mask01:02:51
onto the blobs so that the gradient01:02:53
stays within the blob shapes,
that would be one option.01:02:56
But I feel like we're starting
to have a lot of layers.01:02:58
And since we're not going to
need to move that gradient01:03:01
independently from the blobs
like we have for example,01:03:03
to move the facial features from the face,01:03:06
what we can do is activate a mask01:03:08
onto the blob layer itself.01:03:09
So I'm just going to delete that layer,01:03:12
which is going to tell our software01:03:13
to keep the lines we're drawing
now within the blob shape,01:03:16
but it's still going to be just one layer.01:03:18
So that type of mask we're
using here is called alpha lock.01:03:21
And to activate it within
Procreate, it's very easy.01:03:23
You just take two fingers,01:03:24
swipe your layers towards the right,01:03:26
which is going to bring in this little01:03:27
checkered pattern here.01:03:28
If for some reason it doesn't work,01:03:30
you can just tap on the
layer and select alpha lock01:03:32
from the menu.01:03:33
And alpha lock, just like
clipping mask is pretty common.01:03:35
So there's a high chance
that you could find it01:03:37
in your own software as well.01:03:39
So you could just Google Alpha Lock01:03:40
and the name of your recent software01:03:42
and you would probably
find something there.01:03:44
And from there, we're just gonna go back01:03:45
to the brush that we used,
that was a textured brush.01:03:48
If you have the illustration bundle,01:03:50
that was the basic texture brush.01:03:53
And there's a few different
methods you could use here.01:03:55
Either color picking
whatever color you have01:03:58
on that specific blob and
then changing the hue.01:04:01
So just playing with what we
usually call the color here.01:04:03
So not necessarily the
brightness or the saturation,01:04:05
but really the hue itself01:04:08
and going with something
either on the right01:04:10
or on the left of your base color.01:04:12
If you do have my color palette,01:04:13
you can kind of see the
gradient right here.01:04:15
So you could just pick one of the colors01:04:16
that is next to the base
color you use for that blob.01:04:19
So in my case, the blob was this kind01:04:21
of sky blue right here.01:04:22
So I'm going to start with
a bit of that aqua green01:04:28
and just with a big version of my brush,01:04:30
(pen scribbling)01:04:31
brush that over one side of the shape.01:04:39
And then I'm going to do the
same thing on the other side01:04:41
again just to amp it up a little bit.01:04:44
So that was my base color here.01:04:46
This time I'm going to change
the hue instead of going01:04:49
with more of a green, more of a purple.01:04:52
So this one, the color palette,
little way, same thing,01:04:54
just big brush and creating
a bit of a gradient01:04:57
onto the other side.01:05:07
So we're just going to repeat these steps01:05:08
with the other kind of blobs we have.01:05:10
So next I'm going to move
on to the front blobs.01:05:14
So either creating a clipping mask,01:05:15
applying it to the front
blobs or activating alpha lock01:05:18
if that is available to you.01:05:22
And then either just color
picking and then changing the hue01:05:25
and playing with the different options.01:05:36
And I think for best results here,01:05:37
you always want to add two colors.01:05:40
So on either sides of your base color.01:05:42
So in my case here I had a
purple and I went with more01:05:45
of a pink, kinda red pink.01:05:48
I'm gonna go with a purple
that has a bit more blue01:05:51
for the other side.01:06:09
Now to give you an example,01:06:10
if you were to stray
from the color palette,01:06:12
the base color for this blob here01:06:14
was this yellow golden orange.01:06:16
So I went with a red or
orange for the bottom.01:06:19
And then this time I would
go towards the other side,01:06:23
which a much brighter
yellow or greenish yellow01:06:26
for the other side of my gradient.01:06:28
Now once we're here, I'm not going to add01:06:30
all of the hex codes, don't freak out.01:06:32
It doesn't need to be a specific color,01:06:33
just experiment with things.01:06:35
We just want to add a bit more of a vibe.01:06:37
The exact color code
does not matter at all.01:06:41
There's really no need to take the time01:06:43
to try and get the exact
same color as I'm using.01:06:46
It's really not worth it, trust me.01:07:05
And once you have the front blobs color,01:07:06
then where you're going
to do the exact same thing01:07:08
on the hair blobs.01:07:10
So either applying a clipping
mask onto the hair blob01:07:12
or activating alpha lock if
that is available to you.01:07:15
And then just going back
in and adding the same01:07:18
style of gradient.01:07:52
Feel free to pause the video here01:07:53
if you need a little bit
more time to create gradients01:07:55
onto your blob.01:07:56
And once you're done, we're
going to meet up one last time01:07:58
to add even more details and highlights01:08:00
onto the blobs themselves
to make the piece look01:08:03
even more professional.01:08:04
So once you're happy
with your blog gradients,01:08:06
we're going to add some
highlights onto the blobs01:08:09
that are on the hair
and maybe a little bit01:08:10
on the ones that are in the front.01:08:13
And we're going to start
with the ones on the hair01:08:14
cause these are the ones that definitely01:08:16
need some highlights.01:08:17
So go ahead and create a new
layer above the hair blobs01:08:21
and rename that new layer
to Hair Blobs Light.01:08:28
Now these lights, we want
them to stay within the blobs,01:08:30
so if it is available to you,
go ahead and apply this layer01:08:33
as a clipping mask onto the hair blob.01:08:35
Now if you do have blending
modes in your software01:08:38
we're also going to use a blending modes01:08:39
for the hair blob light to
open my blending mode list.01:08:44
If you don't have blending
modes, it doesn't matter.01:08:46
You're just gonna pick the
same bright color you use01:08:48
for the highlights on the face.01:08:50
But if you do have blending modes,01:08:51
go ahead and select something
such as overlay or soft light.01:08:55
I think I'm gonna go with, mm,01:08:57
I think I'm gonna go
with soft light for now,01:08:59
but that's something you
can always change as you go.01:09:01
And just like we did for the white blobs,01:09:03
we're just going to deactivate
whatever paper texture01:09:06
we might have at the top
so that we can select01:09:08
the exact right color.01:09:10
We're going to color pick that,01:09:12
reactivate the paper texture,01:09:14
go back to whatever pencil or
sketching brush we were using.01:09:20
And then we're just going to similarly01:09:22
to what we did on the face outline,01:09:24
the top right section of those hair blobs01:09:27
and add extra little
dots on the top right.01:09:31
So it's going to look a bit like this,01:09:33
although I'm realizing right now honestly,01:09:35
soft light is not cutting it.01:09:36
I think I'm gonna switch
already to overlay.01:09:38
Should be a little bit brighter.01:09:39
Yeah, I think that's
what I'm gonna go with.01:09:43
But once more, this is a
case of you can just scroll01:09:45
through the list and
find something you like.01:09:47
I think soft light is nice,
but it's just a little bit01:09:49
too pale for my liking in this case.01:09:57
But otherwise, yeah, just
a very simple thin line01:10:00
on the top right of these blobs01:10:02
and then maybe extra little dots01:10:04
similar to what we had on the cheeks.01:10:32
And if you want, you can finish
up by doing the same thing01:10:34
on the blobs in the front.01:10:37
So I'm gonna just collapse the hair group.01:10:39
So again, our file is
a bit better organized.01:10:42
Then create a new layer
above the front blob layer,01:10:47
renaming that layer to Front Blobs Light01:10:51
(Genevieve chuckles)01:10:52
using the same blending
mode we used on the ones01:10:55
on the hair, so in my case, overlay01:11:02
and applying the front blobs light layer01:11:05
that was hard to say, as a clipping mask01:11:09
onto the front blobs themselves01:11:11
so that whatever we draw now stays01:11:12
within these front blob shape.01:11:18
And here if you want, you could also draw01:11:20
this bit of a highlight.01:11:21
I think that brings too much
attention to the front blobs.01:11:24
So I'm just going to draw the little dots,01:11:26
which is still going to make them look01:11:27
a little bit less flat without bringing01:11:29
too much attention again to them.01:11:32
I want the focus of the
piece to be the character,01:11:34
not the blobs.01:11:53
And there you go.01:11:54
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