Clothing

The sword is in the way at this point, so I hide the layer.

I’m going to paint on the “clothes” layer. I use the same overall method as the skin that I showed in part 5.

First, I create new layers to add colors above each layer, clip it to the relevant layer, and then merge the areas when I’ve finished.

I keep the background layer visible to help me with the light source.

The clothes have a firmer texture than the skin, so I mainly paint it using the [Pencil] tool > [Dark pencil].

When I’m finished, I merge it with the below “clothes” layer.

 

I clip the layer with the fabric pattern above the “clothes” layer, then draw the pattern with the [Pen] tool > [Marker] > [Milli pen] while checking the original design.

 

On the “clothes 2” layer, I paint over the collar and inner sleeves to clarify the color.

 

Jacket

For the orange parts of the jacket, I make a new layer and clip it to the lower “jacket” layer.

I also make a new layer for the gold decorations and clip that too, then draw the decorations with the [Pencil] tool > [Colored pencil].

Although I originally planned a pattern of lines, I changed it to a more elegant pattern instead.

 

The shape is a little hard to see, so I decide to add a border using the [Layer Property] palette.

While selecting the “gold decorations” layer, I open the [Layer property] palette and turn on the [Border effect].

I set the [Thickness of edges] to 1.0 and change the color to black.

 

Hair

I fix up the hairline with the [Brush] tool > [Watercolor] > [Paint and apply].

I use eyedropper tool to pick up surrounding colors and paint with the [Brush] tool > [Watercolor] > [Opaque watercolor].

 

I make new layers for the highlights and reflected light and clip these below.

 

Under the “hair” layer, I create an “eyebrows” layer and use the [Brush] tool > [Watercolor] > [Opaque watercolor] to draw the eyebrows.

Parts of the hair and the headband tails are overlapping with the jacket, so I use the eraser to tidy up those parts.

 

Here’s a comparison of the before and after.

 

Headband

For the long headband tails, I’ll use [Border of watercolor] turned on to create a clear but slightly transparent silhouette.

After I’ve finished painting the headband tails, I open the [Layer property] palette and turn on the [Border effect] > [Border of watercolor] and adjust the settings as below.

 

This is how my illustration looks so far.