Zodiac #02. Aquarius

And so another month, and with it another illustration.

As with Capricorn, I'm very thrilled at the end result, particularly the vortex, since there was a lot of trial and error with it.
Up next, Pisces!

Aquarius Progress

It's almost the end of the month, and I'm happy to say it's down to the last details for Aquarius now. In the meantime, I thought I'd show more progress before the "big reveal" tomorrow:

It's the lineart with flat shading, basic values in colors, and then I start jumping into details.
Stay tuned for the final tomorrow!

Happy Accidents

The current process I have for the zodiac series is:

sketch > lineart > color block > grayscale values > color > refine and detail.

While working on the grayscale value for Aquarius, I thought it looked a little bit like a sculpture, and then this happened:

This is not the finished piece, but I thought it was fun. 

More updates on actual progress soon to come!

February!

It's February, and while most people are thinking about Valentine's Day, I'm thinking about Aquarius.

I thought it was about time for another update, so here are the initial sketch, and a basic color blockout.

More to come soon!

Zodiac #01. Capricorn

As  promised, here is the finished illustration for Capricorn.

I'm not even sure what to say about it. I'm really happy with how it came out, I learned some stuff working on it, and now I'm very excited for next month's!

Yay!