Haruka 4 fan art
(Sorry if you see this multiple times in your feed. Original post to angemedia)
Hey guys!
I'm here to share some fan art I just got finished doing. As an animator I've always been attracted to the dying art of cel painting. So, when I can't think of a gift to give someone, I usually make them a handpainted animation cel replica (Sailor Moon or something most of the time). But I never made one for myself...until now!
Here's a scan of the cel I drew and painted of Chihiro and Futsuhiko from Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4. It took FOREVER, and unfortunately my scanner doesn't give the same experience as seeing it in person; it's a lot cleaner-looking in the frame in my room. I gave it a fancy holographic foil background. :-D
In case anyone's interested in my technique: first I do the line art in Flash, make it nice and crisp. Then, I print it to the cel using my home printer and special inkjet printer acetate sheets. I also create a color palette in Photoshop and print that out to help as I mix my paint colors to match it to the image. Lastly, I just color match as best as I can using gouache paints and go about painting it (painted on the reverse side so that you don't mess up your ink lines). This one was super difficult because some of the areas were so tiny I had to paint them in using a stick pin.
Hey guys!
I'm here to share some fan art I just got finished doing. As an animator I've always been attracted to the dying art of cel painting. So, when I can't think of a gift to give someone, I usually make them a handpainted animation cel replica (Sailor Moon or something most of the time). But I never made one for myself...until now!
Here's a scan of the cel I drew and painted of Chihiro and Futsuhiko from Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4. It took FOREVER, and unfortunately my scanner doesn't give the same experience as seeing it in person; it's a lot cleaner-looking in the frame in my room. I gave it a fancy holographic foil background. :-D
In case anyone's interested in my technique: first I do the line art in Flash, make it nice and crisp. Then, I print it to the cel using my home printer and special inkjet printer acetate sheets. I also create a color palette in Photoshop and print that out to help as I mix my paint colors to match it to the image. Lastly, I just color match as best as I can using gouache paints and go about painting it (painted on the reverse side so that you don't mess up your ink lines). This one was super difficult because some of the areas were so tiny I had to paint them in using a stick pin.