Splinterlands Art Contest | Bila the Radiant

Hello everyone, I hope you're having an amazing week. I feel great and my week is going quite well, the pain on my neck and lower back is gone, what a relief!! Its week 255 of the @splinterlands art contest and this is my submission post.

For this week I chose to recreate Bila the Radiant, I love her pose and the colours, I haven't worked with warm tones in a while too. I've done a fanart of this card before and if I remember correctly, it was a portrait so here's a fuller one in my style.

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PROCESS

I already had a pose in mind and this made the process easy, I knew it would be challenging but rewarding if it comes out good. I lightly sketched the outline of her pose and features using red colour which served as a guideline then I chose a pallete of warm colours. I started the painting by adding base colours to her skin, hair, accessories and clothes. I painted her facial features using a little bit of red on her lips and a warmer colour to give life to her eyes.
To build the skin tone, I added shadows and highlights where necessary and used lighter shades to indicate areas hit by light. I then used various shades of orange and yellow to add highlights to her hair and also define the strands.

I chose white as the flat colour for her clothing which I really liked, I then painted the details and added some warmth to complement her skin, I also did the same for her accessories but with more orange and yellow tones. I added finer details to her face like the yellow lashes and also used small brushstrokes on some areas for texture and depth. I added the magic glowing ball, painted some glow around it and added its long trail down her back....

I took a little step back to access the whole painting, flipped my canvas a few times to make adjustments where necessary and also make sure the composition is on point. Finally, I fine-tuned the painting by adding some shine to her face, hints of light on the jewellery and little speckles and light to her skin. I painted a simple background and was really satisfied with the overall look...

Tools Used
Adobe Photoshop cc2019
Huion drawing tablet and pen

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