r/ilustracao_PT

I started receiving directions from an incredibly skilled and patient mentor a few months ago, who frequently provides both suggestions and direction on wjere to improve, but also specific exercises for me to turn in.

This one came about after he mentioned a helmet could be good practice. Rather than wait, I jumped right in with a helmet I found online and used as reference.

It was a little scary to even approach this. The more I looked at it the more little details I saw.

It took me a few evenings (i have two jobs, sadly) and I couldn't record the process, it felt convoluted and difficult without the extra pressure (but I do try to record myself work often).

Made in Photoshop CS6 using almost exclusively a basic round hard brush with 100 flow for fills and 20 flow for smudges and details. Colors were handmade, not color picked from the original photo.