Step Ten:
At this stage I begin adding in lighting effects. Pick which direction the light is coming from and lighten the base coat in that direction. Darken the sides the light is not coming from. I also use the lighting effects to define the shape of things, such as the panels on EG-05's chest and the wrinkles of Anakin's robes. On the computer I do these on top of the lines layer. With markers or paints I would recommend using colored pencils. Once the markers or paints has dried the black and white colored pencils should lighten or darken the original colors.
Step Eleven:
The base coat of the lightsabers is applied. These are arcing flashes to indicate movement.
Step Twelve:
The white of the blade goes on top of and inside the colored swatches and mimics the shape.
Step Thirteen:
On the computer I do the background separately then mix the foreground and the background into a finished piece. To start a background I pick a horizon line and two points for perspective, then make several guide lines. I make all of the lines so that as I do a thumbnail of the background I can keep it in perspective. With pencil and paper I still do this but very lightly using a ruler.
Step Fourteen:
I quickly do a sketch of what I want the back ground to look like, while paying attention to the guidelines. The guides help you understand what parts of the building are bellow and above our view. So for instance if you would see the top or the bottom of a building.
Step Fifteen:
Refine your sketch. Do it similarly to how we did it in Step 3.
Step Sixteen:
Here are the cleaned up lines. Now if you skipped to these steps jump back to Step 9
Step Seventeen:
Base coloring similar to step 9.
Step Eighteen:
Lighting and shading similar to Step 10. Because it is day outside and there are big windows as the primary part of the background I decided the light would be coming from that way. Shadows are created on the floor accordingly.
Step Nineteen:
The windows are put in. Using a digital paint brush I lighten and then create streaks in the windows to make it appear glass is there. This goes on top of the line we made for the buildings so they appear to be behind the glass.
Step Twenty:
I combine the two images and play with the lighting a little to make the colors appear more powerful and emphasize the characters. Now, with the piece complete and a detailed understanding of his workings I plan to challenge EG-05 to a duel with my Wii mote.
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