Aether Draws

[The Aether Technician]

Thanks for the crit, Raz!

I probably should have rendered those clouds differently...I'm still experimenting with photoshop brushes, so I don't always know which will work best.

Feng is a boss when it comes to painting straight in color. besides using photo bashes, he has a bunch of pallets premixed, which is really something I should start doing. (that would also make it easier to paint alla prima)
I do paint in grayscale sometimes, but the colors never have quite the same richness, and you end up having to paint over so much of the image that it's not usually worth it. I have found that adding color right after you get a loose grayscale composition can be pretty useful. (I probably should have done that)
And yes- reference reference reference.


Here's a few foot studies with digital line-


I'm trying to get that sexy "Sinix style" line work