你好!很荣幸能与你们分享我的创作过程。这是我在制作个人艺术品时通常会遵循的工作流程。本教程侧重于从最初的想法到完成的艺术品。我开始展示我是如何在草图中探索想法，并慢慢地以最终的草图和颜色进步。我希望你会觉得它有用。
Hello guys! It's a pleasure to share with you my process in creating an illustration from my imagination. This is the workflow I would typically follow in making my personal artworks. This tutorial focuses on taking an illustration from an initial idea to the finished artwork. I begin by showing how I explore ideas in rough drawings and slowly progressing with the final sketch and color. I Hope you'll find it helpful.
第一步:想法和缩略图
在这一点上，我不知道这个故事将会是什么，我只知道有一个大象和一个孩子在现场。作为热身练习，我开始使用Google图片搜索来绘制一些亚洲象。在这个阶段，保持粗糙是很重要的。我只专注于寻找一个有趣的故事。慢慢地，我开始画一个小孩（几乎是一个简笔画）与大象的缩略图。
在几张草图之后，我把这幅画画给了一只大象。我决定继续这个，因为我喜欢这个想法，可读性和草图的整体形状。
Step 1: Idea and Thumbnails
At this point I don't know what the story is going to be about I just know there has to be an elephant and a kid in the scene. As a warm up exercise I start drawing some Asian elephants using Google image search. It's very important to be rough at this stage. I am only focusing on finding an interesting story or staging at this point. Slowly I start to put a little kid (almost a stick figure) in the thumbnails with the elephant.
After a few rough drawings I make this sketch with the kid feeding an elephant. I decide to go forward with this one because I like the idea, the readability and the overall shapes in the sketch.
步骤2:框架
我在Photoshop上打开一个新文件，导入缩略图。然后我缩放它以适应画布，并决定草图的框架，就像画布的边缘一样。一旦我找到了一个框架，我就满意了，我已经准备好继续进行粗略的草图。
Step 2: Framing
I open up a fresh file on Photoshop and import the little thumbnail sketch. Then I scale it to fit the canvas and decide on the framing of the sketch with respect to the edges of the canvas. Once I find a framing I am satisfied with I am ready to go ahead with the rough sketch.
步骤3:建设
我将缩略图的不透明度提高了50%，然后开始在上面的新图层上绘制。在这个阶段，我试着用简单的形状、保持形体和解剖学的方式来构造角色。画红色让我记住这不是最后的草图，所以我不怕画出宽松和肮脏。我还在研究这个舞台上人物的姿势，以及在背景中有一些树木和植物的暗示。
Step 3: Construction
I push back the opacity of the thumbnail sketch by 50% on Photoshop and start drawing on a new layer on top. At this stage I am trying to construct the characters with simple shapes, keeping form and anatomy in mind. Drawing in red helps me to remember that this is not the final sketch, so I am not afraid to draw loose and dirty. I am also figuring out the posing of the characters in this stage and also a few hints of trees and plants in the background.
第四步:草图
现在我们已经算出了整体的姿态和我们形态的构造，我将草图的不透明度再次降低了50%。我开始密切关注这些表达式，并在较大的图形中定义较小的形状;耳朵上的皱褶，面部肌肉，树叶，树枝等等。在这个阶段，我要记住我的形象的焦点，就是大象从小男孩身上拿走香蕉。
Step 4: Rough Sketch
Now we have figured out the overall gesture and the construction of our forms, I reduce the opacity of the sketch again by 50%. I start paying close attention to the expressions and defining the smaller shapes within the bigger ones; the folds on the ears, facial muscles, leaves, branches etc. Throughout this stage I'm keeping in mind the focal point of my image, which is the elephant taking the bananas from the little boy.
第五步: 绘画
现在我已经有了一个大致的场景，我准备向它展示一些朋友的反馈。其中一人指出坐在大象顶端的那个人正把注意力从故事和图像的角度转移开。所以我决定把它移走，把孩子放大一点，再放大一点。我不能强调把你的工作展示给别人的重要性;有时候，它会让你发现一些你没注意到的明显错误。
Step 5: Inking
Now that I have a rough sketch of my scene and I am ready to show it some friends for their feedback. One of them pointed out the guy sitting on top of the elephant was taking the focus away from the point of the story and image. So I decide to remove the guy, scale up the kid a little bit and zoom in a bit more into the composition. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of showing your work to others; sometimes it makes you discover obvious mistakes which you fail to notice.
再一次，我将粗略的草图减少了50%，开始做我的最后一行艺术和在一个新层上的绘画。在这一点上，我只担心我的线条的流畅性。尝试从最后一个版本改进设计和形状是非常重要的，而不仅仅是跟踪图像。
Once again, I reduce the rough sketch by 50% and start doing my final line art and inking on a new layer. At this point, I am only worrying about the fluidity of my lines. It's very important to try to improve the design and shapes from the last version and not just trace the image.
第六步:情绪
现在我们有了最终的线条我们可以从颜色开始。我添加了一种基本的色调，最能代表整个场景的基调。在这种情况下，我要去一片郁郁葱葱的绿色森林。线条艺术层在多模式下保持在顶部。
Step 6: Mood
Now that we have our final line art we can start with the color. I add a basic tone with the color that best represents the overall mood of the scene. In this case, I am going for a lush green forest scene. The line art layer stays on top in Multiply mode.
步骤7：地方色彩
我在场景中添加了地方色彩。不要太担心灯光在这一点上，只是场景中的每一个物体的真实颜色——都在一层，非常粗糙和快速。
Step 7: Local Color
I add the local colors in the scene. Not worrying too much about the lighting at this point, just the actual color of every object in the scene- all in one layer, really rough and quick.
第八步:光与阴影
在这一点上，我想要在场景中找到光的方向。在这种情况下，它是从左上角开始的。在一个新图层中，我在阴影中画出光的方向和阴影如何落在不同的窗体上。我在图像的焦点上加了一个亮点，以确保这是我图像中最亮的部分。我还添加了一点背光，以使字符弹出。
Step 8: Light and Shadows
At this point I want to find the light direction in the scene. In this case it's lit from the top left side. In a new layer, I paint in the shadows thinking about the direction of light and how the shadow would fall on the various forms. I add a bright spot light on the focal point of the image to make sure that's the brightest part of my image. I also add a little bit of backlight to make the characters pop out.
步骤9:色彩校正
现在我们已经勾画出了我们场景中整体的颜色和光线，我想做一点颜色校正来调整场景的对比度。我一般喜欢在这个阶段做，而不是把它留到最后。我也在一些新图层的阴影中作画。
Step 9: Color correction
Now that we have a sketched out the overall color and light in our scene, I want to do a bit of color correction to adjust the contrast of the scene. I generally prefer to do at this stage and not leave it till the end. I also paint in some contact shadows on a new layer.
步骤10:渲染和清理
我将我的线条艺术层的不透明度降低了50%，并在上面新建一个图层，然后开始绘画。在这一点上，我正在清理图像，让某些区域更容易读，我通过放大图像来绘制细节。这一步并不需要太多的脑力，所以我在Netflix上做了一个节目，我在上面花了几个小时思考。
Step 10: Rendering and Cleanup
I decrease the opacity of my line art layer by another 50% and create a new layer on top and start painting over. At this point I am cleaning up the image by making certain areas more readable and some less, I paint in the details by zooming on the image. This step does not require a lot of brain power so I put on a show on Netflix while I'm noodling around on the image for few hours.
步骤11:细节和色彩校正
我们差不多了。我把一些细微的细节放在草地和树叶上，做一些色彩校正，增加对比度。我在背景森林中添加了一点冷色调，与温暖的前景形成了微妙的对比。
Step 11: Details and Color Correction
We are almost there. I put in some subtle details on the grass and leaves and do some color correction and increase the contrast a bit more. I add a bit of cool tone on the background forest to have a subtle contrast with the warm foreground.
一位朋友指出，照片背面的图像太亮了，正与焦点竞争。所以我把背景调暗一些，这样我的注意力就停留在我想让人们看的地方。再一次，总是要从一双额外的眼睛中得到帮助。
A friend pointed out that the image was a bit too bright on the back and it was competing with the focal point. So I made the background slightly darker, so that the attention stays on where I want people to look. Once again, always take help from an extra pair of eyes.
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