Upside down
It's been a long time since I was inspired by anything to make a fanArt, but there are things that definitely deserve it, this time I was inspired by one of my favorite series "Strangers Things" but for this drawing I didn't really use any of its characters, this time I wanted to create my own character mixing some iconic scenes and landscapes from this last season that was simply BEAUTIFUL, the lighting, the colors, the special effects, everything was super fantastic and I really wanted to do a kind of tribute, to begin with, I wanted to make my own character, I was guided by several references, the scenes where people are possessed by Vecna and their eyes turn white are my favorites, so I had to do it, for her wardrobe I was inspired by different jackets that I saw on the internet from the 80s, there were many things with prints and colors but there were some designs that stood out more, these designs with checks on jackets, it were beautiful and of course the combination of extravagant colors could not be missing, I think this was one of the things that made me happiest, I really feel very proud of this jacket, it looks beautiful, I must confess that painting clothes has always been one of my weaknesses, but I did this work with so much love and patience that everything went very well, I will tell you the rest of my experience during the process of this illustration.
I started with the sketch, I needed to see some references of faces looking up to give this scene a little more realism, I drew her clothes, which at first I really didn't know what color it would be, besides the design was a little different when It all started, I also drew the headphones seeing references of how it were in that time, based on that I placed it on my character following her perspective, I began to paint her face using quite pale colors but at the same time vibrant, later this would change because i understand a little better the lighting of my stage, for several hours I shaped her face, her eyes as I mentioned would be white, but I also used blue and gray tones to make it look a little more realistic, in her clothes I chose some striking colors, using dark blue, yellow, green and red, I remember that I have seen this type of jacket a lot in old movies, I have always liked it and what better opportunity to draw it than this? 😁
Add some shadow and highlight strokes on the clothes to give it more realism, create a clipping mask to paint with red in the corner of her clothes, since it would be reflecting the background light that would be red, for her hair use a brown color dark, add some lights and shadows and also red light on the edge, for the headphones I chose white and yellow, I wanted it to be noticed so I had to choose quite light colors to make it stand out, shortly after the headphones had enough shape and volume, I played with different shades of yellow and gray to create this shape that now have.
After painting more details to her face, such as lights, shadows, freckles and blood coming out of her nose, it was time to take care of the background, I chose a base of an intense red tone and in a new layer I began to paint the clouds using different tones of this same color, in another layer I applied blue, thus giving more intensity to the dark part of the background and making this contrast of colors that we see so much in the series, with overlay effect I drew some small bats in the sky.
Obviously by this point I had already noticed that my character had lighting that didn't really match the background, so I added a new multiply layer using a blue hue and painted my entire character, lowered the opacity of the layer a bit since this color look really intensive, now to finish, I apply some color adjustments to the entire drawing and apply more lights.
This was all my work, it cost me a lot but I swear I felt very happy doing it, I love drawing and even more so when I love the idea or the concept behind it, in this case, as I told you, I was inspired by several scenes, the palette of colors is also quite similar to that “Upside Down” all the vibe of the 80's that I tried to capture in my drawing I think it worked, I hope you liked it as much as I did.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP-PEN deco 01 v2
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP- PEN DECO 01 V2
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This work style and your thoughts and mentalities were interesting to me.
Thanks
as scary as it looks, its sooo beautiful, sooo lovely
Thanks alot 😁
I love it!, I recently finished the fourth season and I found the special effects to be on another level, it was fantastic, thanks for sharing, Goodbye.
Yeah! it's just perfect! thank you so much
Que hermosura ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Dios mío que Pro 😍
Muchas gracias 💕