So this is the piece that I came up with for the contest submission. I do quite a bit of digital art anyway on my own time so I figured I’d do something similar to what I normally do, and something that really felt like my own work. This piece came about because I wanted to draw something that was maybe a little odd, but caught your eye.
Really, if you want an analysis, it’s about my (and others) fight against femininity. Take that as you will.
So basically, my routine for most of my digital art pieces starts with a sketch, then that sketch’s opacity is lowered and I do a more refined sketch on top, and then the process is repeated until I’m ready for lineart. I always do my lineart in a dark reddish color, cause I think it softens the whole look.
I then go in with color layers underneath the lineart, usually using a chunky charcoal brush or something like that cause I like the style of it. I do the skin tones first on their own layers, and I like to over blush the nose, cheeks, ears and knuckles. I then move onto the other pieces, using the layering to my advantage so I can color as efficiently as possible.
Jay's Art and Design 