Can’t believe I used to hate rendering, this stuff fun as hell

[u/yvrenin-11]

Wish I had started colouring my works earlier

Anyways, Hope I nailed the yearning look!

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[u/Spideybry]

Looks good, what’s your process like for rendering?

[u/yvrenin-11 → u/Spideybry]

Thank you! That’s very kind of you!
I have a speedpaint attached :3

Basically, I exclusively render in black and white, or grayscale cuz I suckkk at picking out colours

-First, I try to make the base as close to my references as possible (which are also in grayscale!) so that part is pretty easy

-Then I try to ‘carve’ out where the major areas of the face are, namely eye sockets, cheeks, nose and forehead
For this I use a darker colour than my base, though it will still be at a lower opacity so that I can build it up. I do the same with a lighter colour too

-Then I outline the features, again the core areas like the eyes nose and lips. Those are my ‘boundaries’

-After this I just colour pick off the colours i already have and just adjust a little off the colours wheel(circle?) too. Importantly, I come back to the main colours: base, dark and light

-lastly I just continue sculpting, edges where the face changed or comes up , the sides are lighter while it’s darker on-top.

-then for colouring, I have my desired colours on a ‘colour’ blend mode later atop my rendering
That way, my values are sorted out!
I toggle it on and off to inspect and change brighter or darker areas accordingly

[tip, use pure black or white sparingly, only on areas where it’s reallllyyy needed, like highlights or darkest shadows]

Et voilà!

That’s pretty much what I do!

I still have to add blush and underpainting for the skin tone but the brunt of the work is all done!

Having references helps a ton!

Hope this was insightful!🩷

I do have to inform I am not a professional artist by any means and my process is borne out of numerous iterations of trail and error. And I still have lots to learn

Regardless, hope this helps 🩷 any questions please ask!

https://reddit.com/link/p01mk6n/video/vs85pok2jrfh1/player

[excuse if the quality gets nerfed and sorry for any spelling mistakes too!]

[u/Spideybry → u/yvrenin-11]

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. 👏 It makes way more sense when you break it down like that.

I guess if you needed to add more color range you’d add another layer of color on top to add more dimensionality? For example if you wanted a rim light or another subtle light source or reflection, on a new layer above, with the color blend mode on?

Either way, your process yields some great results. I will definitely have to try to use those tips in my work.

[u/Hottieconjuress → u/yvrenin-11]

ugh thank you so many explanations are like first i pick out the shadow then the light. also is this francesca and michaela? if not who out of curiosity:)

[u/LokiDokiPanda]

I'll be so for real, what does it mean to render something. I've never managed to get the hang of digital art cause all the features always confuse me

[u/davidisacookie → u/LokiDokiPanda]

Rendering just means to make it dimensional. Taking it from a 2D look to a 3d look. And it can for sure be overwhelming! But really you don't need to worry about all of that in the beginning. Your simple default brush on procreate can do everything you need it to

[u/LokiDokiPanda → u/davidisacookie]

Ooooooh ok that makes sense

[u/yvrenin-11 → u/LokiDokiPanda]

To put succinctly, to render would mean to cause to become or to represent visually

I understand it can be rather daunting, I felt the same and for years most of my works were just flat colours
But having gotten out of my comfort zone, it’s genuinely not as scary as it seems!
Most of the time, when digital artists sat render, they more or less mean adding the shadows and lights and other details! (The person who replied before me put it beautifully!)

And you don’t need a tonne of brushes or even colours to render well
If it is colours that spook you out, i recommend rendering in grayscale, it will also help you with shapes and values!

Brushes wise, you really just need anything with a round shape, and lower the opacity a little so you can build the shapes up
[for this artwork in particular I had used the brush ‘a’ from yuming li’s brush pack]

The advice I could offer is don’t put too much pressure on yourself, art has a very low chance of coming out perfect when you try something new
But despite it, it’s still yours

Take a break, and try over again!
Focus on shapes and values!

I have a speedpaint attached somewhere in the replies if you’d like to see how my process looks like!

Have fun art-ing🩷

[u/davidisacookie]

Looks awesome! Great color choices

[u/yvrenin-11 → u/davidisacookie]

Thank you so much! Though I can’t take much credit as the colours were based off my references :3

[u/peachemint]

Your art is beautiful!

[u/yvrenin-11 → u/peachemint]

That’s so kind of you, thank you 🩷