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1. Acrylic Painting
We are going to be creating this acrylic painting. The subject matter is that of a dwarven ranger fighting an ogre shaman. The vines are entangling the ogre while the faithful animal companion, and the ranger attack.
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2. First off
I began my drawing on 15 x 24 inch cold press illustration board. I then taped the borders using masking tape. Now regular masking tape will cause the illustration board to rip. So in order to prevent this I rubbed the tape on my pants to decrease some of the adhesive. Then I roughly sketched my image on to the board.
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3. Some Shadows
I begin by taking black paint and lightly sketching in my darks. This gives you a background a base that you can start from. I always try to work from back to forward when painting. But sometimes it does not always happen. I am using a wide brush to create a bit of a gestural feeling.
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4. The walls
I then work on the walls of the painting by putting over a base coat of the color that I am going to use. In this case I chose a blue green hue. The only reason I chose this is because if I would have chosen brown the colors would have blended too much together.
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5. Finishing the walls
I then work texture into the walls by creating a light and shadow effect. I also work a bit more on the brickwork. I then take a bit of black and almost pencil in the line markings. I chose this to create a stylized piece.
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6. The axe
I begin working on the axe. First I lay a gray coat of paint that i want to portray the blade. I then iron it out by taking a lighter grey and brushing in the highlights, and with a darker grey I work on the shadows. I then I work black in the drawing to create the etching on the blade.
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7. The staff
The staff is done much like the axe. I lay down a brown, and then add the darks and lights as I see fit. If you notice that the staff is in the fore ground of the dwarf. The reason I did this is so that I would not have to mix the paint again.
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8. Dwarven Face
I then work on the face. I do this by laying down three colors, red for the eyes and nose, yellow for the forehead, and blue for chin, Then I overlay a general skin tone, then I add the darks and highlights. I also worked on the gloves and axe handle.
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9. Decoration
I work on the decoration of the staff. The bindings were a bit different. I overlayed a black and then I layed the lighter colors on top of it. The feathers I worked just by watering down the colors and creating a wash over it.
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10. Helmet
Working on the helmet was a bit difficult for me, So I asked for advice. I wrote Todd Lockwood and asked him for tips. He told me that I should work bigger, Also he reprimanded me for something that I should have known. Work from reference. So Its a bit late fore this work of art, but I will finish this and work from reference on my next picture. I did the best I could with what I have. and we continue on.
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11. Beards and Bracers
The bracers were very simple. I just overlayed a red wash and then I added my shadows. Then I layed down a flat black for the bindings. Then I put a design down on the forward bracer. The beard was done by working with a dry brush. I first painted the basic yellow and then started adding my darks. Then I took my brown color and dry brushed over it. I then added highlights.
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12. Creature Effects
I worked on the skin of the creature by mixing blue, white and a small amount of black. I created a wash and then I began going over it with my highlights and darks.
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13. Necklace
I painted a red design on the belly of the beast. I also began working on the bones and necklace of the ogre. Here once again I got frustrated with the size of the painting.
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14. Vines
The vines, I used a base tone of brown, very simple but then I worked a bit of poinalism with lights and darks to simulate bark on the roots.
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15. Badger
The badger was very difficult since there are no very good pictures of one attacking. So I had to try to fake it. I worked on the mouth first and then worked on the fur. After the paint has dried I worked a bit of pencil into the drawing to shade the fur.
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16. Arms and finishing touches
I then worked on the arms. I put a light wash of skin tone over the over the already shaded arms. Then I put it tattoo in just a darker brown.
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