在本教程中，我将向您展示我的日历“独角兽年”的完整插图过程。 我将专注于二维数字绘画，以及如何通过有机发展过程在许多层面上构建一个异想天开的插图。 这个过程中有很多的发现，加上基本的结构。
In this tutorial I will show you the full process of an illustration for my calendar The Year of the Unicorn. I will focus on 2D digital painting and how I build up a whimsical illustration in many layers through an organic development process. There is a great deal of discovery in the process, combined with basic structure.
步骤1:草图阶段
我的插图大多数（并不总是）从我的素描本开始。我一直在写作文，直到我有了一些我喜欢的东西，这通常是通过一系列的缩略图来完成的，但是对于这个例子，我马上想到了一个具体的场景。
Step 1: The sketching phase
My illustrations most often (not always) begin in my sketchbook. I play around with compositions until I have something I like, this usually happens through a series of thumbnail illustrations, but for this illustration I had a specific scene in my mind right away.
步骤二:调整草图
当我有一个草图的时候，我把它扫描到电脑里，然后在Photoshop中调整它，然后我开始用颜色来挡住它。我觉得巨怪的脸太挤了，所以我把它移了一点。我也延长了帆布的长度，为独角兽的腿留出空间。最后，我把他的眼珠垂到离鼻子更近的地方，给他一个更粗野的样子。
Step 2: Adjusting the Sketch
When I have a rough sketch to go from, I scan it into the computer and adjust it in Photoshop before I begin blocking in the colors. I thought the troll's face was too squished, so I moved it around a little. I also lengthened the canvas to have room for the legs of the unicorn. Lastly I dropped his eyed down closer to his nose to give him a more brutish appearance.
步骤3:粗糙的色块
现在我选择基色，开始在主要区域阻塞。在这一点上，我不确定我想要的背景是什么颜色。我想独角兽将会是一个闪亮的白色，这是我后来改变的决定。我继续在巨魔上画草图，给他更多可靠的特征。
Step 3: Rough Color Block In
Now I select my base color and begin blocking in the major areas. At this point I am not quite certain what color I want the background to be. I imagine the unicorn is going to be a radiant white, a decision which I later wind up changing. I continue sketching on the troll to give him more solid features.
步骤4:拍摄一些参考资料
这时，我躺在地板上，拍了一些照片，我发现在一个俯卧的位置，你必须把头倾斜，把巨怪的动作拉下来，所以我就回去调整我的画。我还为稳定增加了秒针;这有助于推销他的姿势。
Step 4: Shoot some Reference
At this point I lie down on the floor and snap some photo reference, I find that in a prone position you have to tilt your head to pull off what the troll is doing, so I go back and adjust my drawing accordingly. I also add a second hand for stability; it helps to sell his pose.
步骤5:添加粗糙的背景
正如前面提到的，我的过程非常有组织性，我让想法在我的例子中发挥作用。我开始考虑背景了。我想让巨魔呆在北欧的松林里，也许是他把松树弯到一边去抓独角兽。我认为这是一个北方的场景，因为巨魔是斯堪的纳维亚民间传说的重要组成部分。我也开始考虑独角兽的特征，看到长耳朵了吗？它变成了一donkeycorn。
Step 5: Adding a Rough Background
My process is as mentioned earlier very organic; I let ideas get worked into the illustration as I have them. I'm starting t think about the background. I want the troll to be in a Nordic pine forest, maybe he is bending pine trees aside to get to the unicorn. I imagine the setting to be Northern because trolls are an essential part of Scandinavian folklore. I'm also starting to think about the features of the unicorn, see the long ears? It's turning into a Donkeycorn.
第六步:调整肤色
现在我开始致力于渲染巨魔的肤色，让它更有生命力，我也在调整他的面部特征，把他的眼睛往下看，让他看起来更不像人类。我试着给皮肤带来更柔和的色调，所以它不完全一样，这有助于把它带到生活中。
Step 6: Adjusting Skin Tones
Now I begin to work on rendering the skin tones of the troll and bring it more to life, I'm also adjusting his facial features, dropping his eyes down even further on the face to make him look less human. I try to bring in more muted tones into the skin, so it isn't all the same tone, this helps to bring it to life.
第七步:Donkeycorn !
在这个阶段，我把巨兽完全重新设计成驴子。 我也开始勾画出背景，并向巨魔添加更多细节。现在这个例子已经开始出现了。我正经历一段艰难的时期，松树被他的手弯着，但这并不令人信服。我也开始意识到，对于一只巨魔来说，他在Donkeycorn上的手是很小的。
Step 7: Donkeycorn!
At this stage I redesign the unicorn completely to be a donkey. I also begin sketching out the background and add more details to the troll. The illustration is really beginning to come together now. I am having a tough time with the pine tree being bend down by his hand though, it's just not convincing. I also start to realize that for a troll his hand prodding at the Donkeycorn is rather small.
步骤8:添加更多细节
我将图像重新居中，将手按比例放大，使之更像野兽的样子，我开始画出Donkeycorn并重新定位它的头部。然后我花了一些时间想出了一种有效的方法来画出连接肉的组织和角。最后，我用短短的粗毛来盖住这片区域。巨魔是非常多毛的，所以它适合这个角色。
Step 8: Adding more Detail
I re-center the image and scale up the hand to make it more like that of a beast, I begin rendering out the Donkeycorn and reposition its head. Then I spend some time figured out an effective way to paint the connecting flesh tissue and horn. I end up settling on covering the area in short coarse hairs. Trolls are known to be very hairy, so it fits the character.
步骤9:做一些渲染的时间
在这一点上，我真的开始渲染了。我开始详细描述背景，在Photoshop中使用不同的画笔。我推荐Kyle's Brushes和Gumroad上的一些套装。我还把我的名字偷偷地印在一些巨魔的珠宝上。
Step 9: Time to do some rendering
At this point I really begin rendering. I start detailing the background, playing around with different brushes in Photoshop. I recommend Kyle's Brushes and some of the sets you can find on Gumroad. I also sneak my name in as engraving on some of the troll's jewelry.
第十步:它还不够蓬松!
正如前面提到的，这些巨魔都是毛茸茸的，现在是时候给那些大手添一些毛发了。我还在背景上做了更多的工作，把松树的细节和地上的纹理都带进了Donkeycorn。我喜欢画不羁的头发，所以巨魔和Donkeycorn都有额外的绒毛和毛茸茸的细节。
Step 10: It's not fluffy enough!
As mentioned earlier trolls are known to be very hairy and it is time to start adding some hair to those big hands. I also work more on the background, bringing in the pine tree details and ground texture around the Donkeycorn. I love painting unruly hair so both troll and Donkeycorn have extra fluff and hairy details added.
步骤11:添加更多细节
绘画的最后一部分总是花费最多的时间，从现在开始只是渲染和添加细节。我还没有完全卖掉手上画的头发。我开始添加更多的前景树叶，让它感觉像是你在森林里观察这两个。我也开始详细说明他的戒指。
Step 11: Adding more Details
The last part of a painting always takes the most time, from now on it's just rendering and adding detail. I'm not fully sold on the hair I painted on the hands. I begin adding more foreground foliage too to make it feel like you're observing the two from within the forest. I also start to detail out his ring.
第12步:把灯带来
现在我再把头发放松一下。头发总是结块，有太多的线显示出不好。我现在离终点线不远了，是时候给Donkeycorn,添加一些神奇的光了，他毕竟是一个独角兽的表亲，他们是非常神奇的生物。我专注于在我的图像的焦点上添加更多的焦点和细节，这是Donkeycorn的头部，也完成了他的身体。
Step 12: Bring in the Light
Now I soften up the hair on the hands again. Hair always clumps and having too many strands showing never works well. I am near the finish line now, it is time to add some magical light to the Donkeycorn, he is after all a unicorn cousin and they are very magical beings. I focus on adding as much focus and detail to my focal point of the image here which is the head of the Donkeycorn and also finish up his body.
第13步:最后阶段，最后推动。
现在我开始思考我能做些什么来进一步推动这个例子。我开始详细地介绍地面，并添加一些纹理层来让它更加深入。为了展示传统媒体而不是数字的形象，我使用了纸张纹理的扫描图像。我收集了一些不同质地的纸张，我做了并扫描了。例如，用一种简单的白纸，用喷漆，甚至是咖啡渣，你就能得到一个很好的颜料质感。
我在Photoshop上做了一个新的图层，并复制了纹理图像。然后我把它设置为“柔和的光”，然后降低不透明度，直到它在我的画中增加一点纹理和深度。在最后一阶段，我还微调了我的图像的照明，并向前景图像添加了一些细节，这就是它!
Step 13: Final Stages, give it the last push.
Now I begin thinking about what I can do to push this illustration further. I begin to really detail the ground and add some texture layers to make give it some depth. To give the illustration a look of traditional media instead of digital, I used scanned images of paper textures. I have a collection of papers with different textures I have made and scanned. For instance by splattering paint or even coffee grounds on a simple piece of plain white paper, you can get a really nice paint texture.
I make a new layer in Photoshop on top of my illustration and copy the texture image in. Then I set it to "Soft Light" and lower the opacity until it's just adding a bit of grain and depth to my painting. At this last stage I also fine tune the lighting in my image and add some details to the foreground images and that's it!
顶部提示:添加亮点
记住亮点，无论是在皮肤，眼睛，金属或任何其他材料不应该是纯白色，它会洗出你的颜色。 选择一种浅色，与添加高光时所用的色调相配。
Top tip: When Adding Highlights
Remember highlights, whether on skin, eyes, metal or any other material should never be pure white, it will wash out your colors. Pick a light color that compliments the tones you are working in when adding highlights.
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