. PIRATE . + 2 - refined

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So this is the finalized silhouette of the pirate character. I really like whatever it is he has on his shoulder (guess we'll find out in the value pass). I wanted to emphasize the upper body but leave some of the natural skin visible, as such he has half a coat (opportunity for some arm tattoos), and shorts (although one side is a modified pant leg). His background involves once being a part of high society and leaving it for a less structured life, so all of his clothing elements have very clean lines that have been significantly grundged up.

EDIT : As part of the process of going to the value step, I have cleaned up the lines of this image and uploaded a higher resolution version.

This is following a method developed by Merekat during her work as a moderator of the Megatokyo Forums (Art and Drawing). The full technique can be found on the Reference, Reference, Reference page.

Prelim : Character Design - 1 PIRATE .+ + Character stylized . PIRATE .+

1. . PIRATE . + 1 - silhouette
2. . PIRATE . + 2 - refined
3. . PIRATE . + 3 : value (. PIRATE . + 3 - value_extra)

Tools :
1. WACOM Bamboo
2. Adobe Photoshop CS4

Music : t.A.T.u

Time : 10 minutes