Character With Dreads Sporting a Hive Tee

I've been wanting to design a character since I joined Hive at the end of last year and share it. I thought of designing a Hip-Hip-Hop character with a Caribbean touch.

The technique I used for coloring and shading were a bit different to the method I would normally use on Photoshop.

I saw a post by @japex1226 recently for an entry to the Splinterlands Art Contest where the process was shared. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Here is a little snippet of the breakdown of my process:

Step 1: Sketching

I sketched a character out using the brush tool and what I did was created separate layers for each part of the character so that if I needed to modify it, it would be easier

Step 2: Coloring

Here is where I implemented method explained by @japex1226 in his post that made it much easier and less time consuming than what I used to do which is the quick selection tool that allows to work on a selected area. I dropped in a Hive logo that I downloaded and put it between layers to make the fingers partially cover it.

Step 3: Shading

Next using the same quick selection tool as the previous process I shaded sections of the character using a brush and eraser tool and played with the opacity.

Step 4: Background

In this step I chose a solid fill BG, added some repeat text with a cool font and used the brush tool to add a layer of dark grey behind the character.

Step 4: Final Touch- Photo Filter

Lastly I added a photo filter and increased the default density and played with the opacity of the layer to make the character and the BG blend in a bit.

Tools Used

• Adobe Photoshop
• XP-Pen Tablet
• Asus F541U LAptop