elven character design - digital illustration

Concept & Process: A Bit About the Art

This is a personal illustration of a Dungeons and Dragons NPC in a campaign I run. It was the first digital illustration I did where I worked through this process: Sketch > Grayscale > Color and Effects. This character illustration paved the way for my preferred process for all my future semi-realistic digital illustrations. I find it helps ensure the values in the art are balanced and pre-determined before color is considered.