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✧ The making of - 'Play it cool'

Added 2020-08-11 20:59:00 +0000 UTC

Animation and screenshots for "Play it cool" YCH we did for Ikshun.

The pose was initially crated for another commission, but was scrapped, since client wanted something else entirely. We still really liked the composition, gesture and expression here and decided to not let it all go to waste. Pose was offered as a YCH and won by amazing Ikshun. And I think the character fits the scene perfectly.

I did notice though, that we're not as confident with greenish hues for character bodies as I'd like us to be. The challenge here is to make the body tone appear natural, reacting to scene lights in a believable way, without making it appear too dull. I know we should study some reptilian photos for this, and it sounds like a nice challenge.

As for the piece itself, working on it was a rather straight forward process, with no major hiccups. Color-correction was a toughest part for me, since I didn't feel that I dialed all the tones right up until the very last moment. Took some tweaking for sure.

Did we mention that muscular forearms are by far our favorite thing to draw? Nothing makes a character look quite as badass, as a pair of rugged manly arms <3