As promised! Here's the step by step of Ikoma: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress I posted earlier :D

Step by step

I started off with a sketch

I used blue brush for this one so I'd be able to identify later on which part I've redrawn with clearer lines

Clear lines

To be honest, I practiced drawing the hands first on paper before actually drawing it since I have quite a problem drawing the hands.

Green skin

I used this tone for our Ikoma-kun right here since he is pretty much not human but I usually use this picture to select the skin tone I want to use. I usually use #3 for light skin tone and #10 and #11 for tanner skin tone. Feel free to save it for future use. It saves a lot of work choosing the right skin tone :D
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Hair

Next, the armor stuff

Blood-ish part

Well, this is where it gets fun. I played with the layer blending mode for this one and ended up with color burn, if I remember it right. It gives off that wound-ish look and I like it :D

Then of course, the background

Started off with the gradient background

Added the ground but I figured it was a little dull, so I added some fire. It was later on covered by the kabanes but that's fine.

Lastly, the kabanes. I basically just copy pasted them after drawing one kabane :> Kinda cheating but it sure makes life easier :D

I adjusted the color since he looked a bit pale and it didn't quite fit the background. I did this using the curves in adjustment tab.

Thank You!

Feel free to comment any tips or suggestions. It will be greatly appreciated! If you liked the content, please leave an upvote. For more, please follow @kothy.

All images were drawn and edited by @kothy. Well, except the skin tone palette thing. :D

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tokoya (1) · 7 years ago

Yes such a good post keep it up

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kothy (58) · 7 years ago

Thanks @tokoya! :D

adv-and-ejv (36) · 7 years ago

if the hands are complicated to draw, but they look good !!!!

Thanks @adv-and-ejv! Though I'd avoid drawing the hands if I could since I find it very hard to draw them :>

veryspider (68) · 7 years ago

Really nice post, kothy!!! The step by step really brought the picture's story alive! :D

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Thanks, spidey! I’m glad that you like how I did the step by step :)

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Ikoma: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Step by step

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Thank You!

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