Little Red Riding Hood... But Not

I finally got around to fixing up my Little Red Riding Hood piece! About three years ago, I took a digital painting class and was assigned to redesign a fairytale. I chose to set Red in a haunted mansion.

Here's the old one. Proof that improvement happens!

The Return of Balloon Dude

So... I've had this character floating around for quite some time. It was high time for a makeover.

The one on the right is from two years ago. Improvement happens, guys!

I also noticed that I've gotten WAY faster in my digital painting. The one of the right: At least a couple of days to complete. The one on the left: 2 1/2 hours.

Aye, the Force is strong with this one.

 After many hours of work, I finally finished another piece for Salt Lake Comic Con this September! Introducing Jedi Merida! Because you know that deep down, you really wanted to see it. And just for fun, I posted my process.

SKETCHING. Nothing is more important than starting off with a sketch. I usually trace over my line work in photoshop to help preserve the original idea I had. 

After completing the basic line work, I started some basic painting, mainly to see where I want the color palette to go and what looks best. I also played with lighting.

After settling on a color palette, I refined the painting and added some more details, i.e. the family crest, blush on the face, etc. I also changed up my lighting and refined that. 

After some more tweaking and finally deciding that it was too much to paint a tartan design on a time crunch, the piece is completed!