Colour

In this piece I didn't start from a sketch. Instead I just started painting over the 3D shape. It was just like 3D modelling, really: you model the body first and add the clothes second! So I painted the body first, just using Photoshop's basic default round brush to paint (Fig.04).


I then started to design the hair style, which I wanted to be punk-like, mixed with reggae braids (Fig.05).




Next I painted the shirt, which included buttons decorated with a traditional Chinese lion pattern (Fig.06).


Then, I started to design the upper suit and added some Sanskrit to the sleeve (Fig.07).