WK Fanart - Vampire Glühen

[lauand.livejournal.com]

      Fandom: Weiß Kreuz
      Rating: G
      Characters: Crawford, Schuldig. It's one of those occasions in which you just have to take my word on it.
      Summary: If Glühen had taken place in Transylvania, this is how Crawford and Schuldig's scene on the top of that building would have looked like. Or that's what I like to believe.

And a close-up, not because it's especially interesting, it's more like a habit for me:

Comments

[nuraya.livejournal.com]

Hee!! Yes, yes! This is it! So lovely.

Schuldig's hair is such a wonderful detail. It caught my eye immediately.

I need to ask because I'm curious, what's the media you used? There's a very interesting texture here...

[lauand.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I couldn't not include that orange mop somewhere!

First, Adobe Illustrator, because this is a vectorial drawing. Then, when all blocks of colour were made, I opened the file with Adobe Photoshop and retouched the lighting effects (corners are darker, the colours are not uniform anymore) and added the texture (it's a photograph of a texture -hard cardboard in this case-, you put it in the background and then you select the mode "multiply" for the layer of colour above it). Then retouch the thing again to modify tone and light of the texture ("multiplying" substracts a lot of light, since the whites become transparent). And that's it.

[nuraya.livejournal.com]

It... doesn't really look like a "mop" here. It's very beautiful!

Vectors... wow. I tried opening Inkscape once. Didn't really get how it was supposed to work. Granted, didn't spend much time on it though. Anyway, that sounds, hm, complicated! :D

[lauand.livejournal.com]

XD! It's not that difficult once you know the basics. Every time you click on the canvas with the pen, you generate a point. If you don't move the mouse/tablet pencil/whatever when you do that, the point is an apex and the line will be straight. If you move the mouse when you do that, the line will be a curve. It's very much like the polygonal lace in Photoshop but with the added possibility of modulating the curves as you wish. Then, with the black arrow tool, you can select the shapes. Once selected, you can choose the colour of outline and inner surface very much like in Photoshop. You can modify the points and the characteristics of the curves with the white arrow. Rinse and repeat.

[nuraya.livejournal.com]

O_O Hmm. Can I ask for advice if I ever decide to try vector drawing again? :D Of course, referring to Photoshop doesn't really help me because I've never used PS. I've only ever used open source software and Corel Painter. :)

[lauand.livejournal.com]

Sure! I can't guarantee I have the answers you seek, though, especially since we're going to be using different programs *scratches head*. The principle is the same, but the tools, names and locations will be different to some extent, I suppose.

[nuraya.livejournal.com]

Hee, I may hold you to that one of these days. I... don't know when I'll feel inspired to try vector drawing, but I'll keep in mind that you are at least somewhat familiar with the principle. Me, I don't even know what the hell I'm trying to do, so it would help at least to understand the principles.

[lauand.livejournal.com]

Good! When you have a doubt, you know where I am!