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Making Of 'The Turning Point'

By Justin Kellis
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Date Added: 9th December 2009
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Step 7: Figure Block-In

Finally I get to the most exciting part of the picture, the main figure. At this point I'm just blocking in color based on the color sketch I did in step 4.

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Step 8: Blending

Once I have general color blocked in for the character I go back in and refine the picture by blending the colors together. I do this by sampling areas with the eyedropper tool and then overpainting with a soft edged brush with an opacity around 15-20%. I dislike the blending and blur tools, and prefer to "paint" this step as I would with a real brush.

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(ID: 189646, pid: 0) ThunderDome on Fri, 29 March 2013 7:32am
Mermaids aren't realism-fantasy just fantasy creatures... That's like saying dragons should have fur... Anyway, thanks for the handy tutorial Kellis.
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(ID: 94339, pid: 0) Guest on Tue, 13 March 2012 4:36pm
Mermaids don't need nipples; it breaks the realism-fantasy feel of it. Since they don't produce milk (They're fish!) their breasts have no function.
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