INTRODUCTION

Hello everyone. this is Nightshade from BM7Creations. I am going to go over drawing dresses for your illustrations and animations.

SHAPES

I start with a sketch of my character and add the basic shape of the clothing I would like to have.

I use a lot of triangles, diamonds, and semi-circles for my dresses.

Adding as many curved angles as possible.

Using the selection tool, I fill in the underside of the exposed fabric for a reference of shadows.

OUTLINE

Using the Airbrush tool, I highlight my characters to ensure I have a great silhouette.

I use the G-pen and Texture pen for the clothing fabric

I make sure there is a sort of hill like effect with my ruffles.

I make sure the shoes are curved inward.

COLOR

I choose my colors to contrast the background I have made (Which is Black), I use bright colors like Orange, Yellow and Green.

I use the water color brush for the skin of my characters, while using G-pen and marker to color.

I color the inside of the dress a darker shade of the same color, and the tie a blue to contrast the black silhouette.

Carefully Color the underside a muted shade of the color for shadows.

TEXTURE

I used the G-pen tool and the color white for a shiny fabric, following the curve of the illustration as seen below.

Taking the Charcoal tool I stamp a lighter shade of red to add texture and highlights to my character’s hair.

To make the illustration full of life and texture, I take the sand material and add that to the canvas, then change the property settings to Overlay

I change the Opacity to 45%, then I add white stars to the backdrop of the illustration.

Using the Airbrush tool I add a glow over the characters.

THE END

I hope this was helpful, Good luck, and have fun.

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NightShade.