This is El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, USA.

That's the punchline right at the start.

Introduction

When OS X El Capitan appeared, I hardly saw any personifications of it.

I think it's also because there are fewer personifications of Mac OS in general.

Most of humanity was despondent after the feline-named OS series ended.

The shock continued even with Yosemite (10.10).

Even though it's Ten-Ten?

Isn't 'Ten-Ten-chan' a cute name...?

When will humanity recover...?

And that sadness was carried over to OS X El Capitan.

So sad.

Meanwhile, 95-tan, Me-tan, and XP-tan were having a blast right next door...

 

Personally, I did several sketches for El Capitan, but I never finished them.

Still, I found it strange that the world didn't get excited about it.

Because it's El Capitan! El Capitan!

El Capi-tan♡, Erukyapi-tan♡♡

Such a cute name!

And it's a monolith, you know?

A perfectly flat monolith!

Such a calm and excellent OS, and yet...

Gathering Reference Materials Casually

So, I decided to personify El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, rather than the OS.

Since it's an unfamiliar place, I'll rely on Google Earth.

I tend to lose track of time just staring at Google Earth.

I keep wandering endlessly through places I've never been.

Caution is advised.

 

Merced River, El Capitan Meadow, approximately 900 meters, the world's largest granite monolith, monolith.

Trekking, rock climbing, speed climbing, free climbing, The Nose.

Over 70 climbing routes, Cathedral Beach Picnic Area, Yosemite's beautiful four seasons.

Mariposa Battalion, Native Americans, Chief of the Rocks, 8-year-old boy successfully ascended.

There's even a marching song♪

 

When I research it, I can tell it's loved by everyone.

 

I research narrowly and shallowly. If I delve too deep, I won't be able to come back.

After that, I'll casually layer images.

Only shallowly, shallowly.

Time to Draw!

I'll draw El Capitan right in front of me.

The setting is looking up from El Capitan Meadow.

I'll use Google Earth's Street View as a reference and remove troublesome trees.

It's just for reference, after all.

The Nose, where is it...?

 

Most of the tracing is done with the 'G-pen' and adjusted G-pen.

(Like increasing the stabilization).

I frequently use flat colors, and I use the G-pen for that too.

For uneven shading, I use 'Blurred Edge Watercolor'.

The highlights on the trees are still with the G-pen (I think I set the pen pressure low).

Dodo~~~n!

 

Clouds are 'G-pen'.

Brush size randomized.

Ink opacity settings randomized.

Stroke interval also randomized (around 80, I think??).

 

Oh, wait, I want to personify a monolith!

The General Appearance Was Already Decided

I already had a rough idea, so I'll try drawing it.

A white dress.

White hair.

White skin.

And a monolith costume.

The rest will work itself out.

From here, I'll think it through properly.

 

I added redness to the skin, but maybe a rock-like skin color would be better.

I want to do something about the trees on her head.

I want to make her shoes out of wood or bark.

I want to incorporate

I thought the leaves on her head were pretty good, but they'd overlap with the forest pattern on her skirt, so I'll remove them.

If I remove them, then I'll want something else there.

I wanted to compare sharp eyes with droopy eyes, but since she's rock-like, I decided on droopy eyes.

I intended her to be a tsundere, but maybe that setting isn't necessary.

I made her shoes trekking shoes.

Sketches

I put a 'dango' (bun) on her head.

It's not a nose, but I thought it was perfect as a substitute for

Perhaps...

I thought she might be absentminded normally.

I imagined she wouldn't jump around, leap, or laugh loudly.

She's been there since before the ice age, leisurely spending eons of time,

without anger, just gazing at Yosemite's seasons.

A granite girl, flattened by glaciers.

I thought that was fine as it was.

 

Lately, tourists have been coming, making it lively,

but she still prefers to spend her time leisurely.

She's happy, but her interaction with people is just quietly watching.

She might smile, but she doesn't voice it.

Like a quiet

 

The clouds peeking out from between the clouds are from a brush I made:

Complete! El Capi-tan 🏞

My face became strained from being too nervous.

It's not as heavily personified as I intended.

Aside from her skin being rock-colored, she looks pretty much human...

 

The outline of El Capitan's rock in the background was probably made by tweaking the values of an old sub-tool chalk brush.

It might even be just the chalk brush as-is.

The forest was also roughly drawn with chalk, then several tone correction layers were overlaid.

The ground seems to be painted with a gradient and 'Blurred Edge Watercolor'.

 

I also frequently use color mixing and the fingertip tool throughout.

The sky is a gradient with that cloud brush I mentioned.

 

El Capi-tan's skin represents the rock surface.

Her dress also represents a bluish rock surface.

Her hair color represents the rock surface illuminated by the setting sun.

 

Looking down from the top of El Capitan.

900 meters down!

900 meters high—!!

That's one thing, but El Capi-tan is also huge, isn't she?

Is she like 100 meters tall?

El Capitan is a fairy, so her height isn't fixed, probably.

She looks different depending on the viewer.

I tried looking up.

I can't imagine 900 meters right in front of me.

The magnificent rock face must be looming close.

 

The grass at El Capi-tan's feet is 3D.

'Movable Grassland rev2' by G-BLACK-sama.

Content ID: 1860178

When you paste an image material onto a 3D layer, it's incorporated as a billboard into the 3D layer.

Select 'Primitive' from the category in the Sub Tool Detail palette.

Check 'Rotate to follow camera'.

Select 'Placement' from the category and adjust the placement with 'Position' X and Z.

 

I also registered El Capi-tan's back view in the Material palette.

By checking 'Scale' in the material properties, it can be treated as an image material.

I pasted it from the Material palette onto the 3D layer.

Placing an Image Material Layer on a 3D Layer

Since I'm at it, I'll try placing an image material layer inside a 3D layer.

 

Select 'Movable Grassland rev2' in the 'Material' palette and paste it onto the canvas.

You can also drag and drop the material palette thumbnail onto the canvas, but to avoid the dragged 3D object's position being unstable, I often use the Material palette's paste button.

 

Display the 'Grassland' on the canvas in an easy-to-manipulate position.

 

Press the second icon from the right on the Object Launcher to select colored grassland.

Then, press the first icon from the right on the Object Launcher to uncheck the ground.

The ground will become invisible.

Display the 'Sub Tool Detail' palette.

 

Select 'Shading' from the left items.

Uncheck 'Display shadow on floor' on the right.

'Affected by light source' also doesn't need to be checked.

 

Select 'Camera' from the left items.

Set 'Perspective' on the right to your desired value.

Paste the image material from the Material palette.

 

Image materials in the Layer palette cannot be directly pasted onto a 3D layer.

You either need to export the image as a file or register it as an image material in the Material palette.

It would be convenient if you could copy the desired layer from the Layer palette and paste it onto a 3D layer to place it on the 3D layer, but you cannot.

 

Select the image layer you want to paste in the Material palette and click the paste button in the Material palette.

It will be placed at the XYZ center within the 3D layer.

If the 3D object is not centered at this time, the pasted image material might get lost.

 

You'll notice that the pasted image material (El Capi-tan) is buried in the grass.

 

Select 'Placement' from the left items in the Sub Tool Detail palette.

Change the values of X (width) or Y (height) in 'Object Scale' on the right to set a good size on the canvas.

You can freely move the standing position using the XYZ values of 'Position'.

 

Select 'Primitive' from the left items.

Select 'Rotate to follow camera (CSP Ver.1.12.3)' on the right.

There might be more items in the latest version of CLIP STUDIO PAINT.

 

Select 'Shading' from the left items.

Uncheck 'Affected by light source' and 'Display shadow on floor' on the right.

For 'Follow camera' in Sub Tool Details of CSP Ver.1.13.2, select 'Follow' from the pulldown menu.

The option 'Follow horizontally only' has been added.

This aligns the

From here, I'll rotate the camera and adjust sizes until I'm satisfied.

It all started when I was having trouble with image materials automatically being placed on 3D layers.

I intended to explain just a little, but it turned out long.

 

Much of the work for this TIP was done with OS X El Capitan and CLIP STUDIO PAINT Ver.1.12.3.

For support, I'm using macOS Monterey and CLIP STUDIO PAINT Ver.1.13.2.

Therefore, the content of some palettes may be outdated.

This is troublesome.

Since it's not Ver 2.0, it doesn't support new features.

I've got to do something...

The End

El Capi-tan, loved by everyone!

12 years have passed since OS X El Capitan was released...

In fact, El Capitan is still my main OS, so I had no choice but to draw it!

I'm relieved to have finally drawn El Capi-tan, whom I've wanted to draw for so long.

 

If you ever go to Yosemite, please say hello to El Capi-tan for me.

This is the end.

Thank you very much.