Tanjiro and Giyuu FA ll Art Trade

Art trade with @dr_snowflakes_ on insta! Please do not use these artworks for any purposes. Also art trades are NOT open ;)))

Hello! It’s me again I’m back tho I’m pretty sure you probably forgot about me already XDDD

I’m back with fan art of Tanjiro Komaede and Giyuu Tomioka from the anime/manga Kimetsu no Yaiba (aka Demon Slayer). I actually did not choose to draw these characters, someone else did!

Featuring... @dr_snowflakes_ from Instagram! :clap: :clap: :clap:

We both did an art trade with our favorite anime characters: me challenging them to draw both Allen Walker and Nea from DGM and them challenging me to draw Tanjiro and Giyuu! I had fun and thoroughly enjoyed the trade and had made a new friend during the process:)))

Here’s their part!: https://www.instagram.com/p/CER5pW0FSPtaKW5ubBAV7frVnB2NBVzkR8eO5s0/?igshid=1c7wvtg3dpqfk

Thank you so much @dr_snowflakes_!!!! Go check out their on insta (°▽°)///

Two final pieces:

Honestly would’ve done two blogs for each but was too lazy lol

Time taken:

Tanjiro: 11hr 47min

Giyuu: 8hr 35min

Media used:

• iPhone 8

• Sketchbook paper

• 0.5 mechanical pencil

Software:

IbisPaint x

Now that all formalities are done, let’s get right to the process!! ٩( ᐛ )و

Speedpaint Tanjiro:

Speedpaint Giyuu:

Will be using Tanjiro’s process as an example! Both processes were practically identical.

SKETCH

Ew the sketch. Probably the least enjoyable part of the process just because it looks like crap. Not only does the graphite get everywhere, the planning and thinking takes a huge toll out of me. I hate thinking. Sketches are almost always done with pencil and paper. It’s almost impossible for me to do a digital sketch.

TRANSFER

The next step after the sketch is always transferring the sketch onto a digital canvas. I usually either scan or take a photo. When taking a photo I mess around with the cropping and effects to make a lighter more balanced sketch so it’s easier to work with. Exposure and brilliance are usually my go to adjustments.

IbisPaint has a button on the top of the canvas that allows to import your scans/photos into canvases of reasonable dimensions. During this step I also try to correct the anatomy with the lasso tool.

COLOR PLANNING

I rarely ever do this step. Usually when I try to plan out my colors before hand I’m either experimenting or I don’t really know what I’m doing. Another reason is procrastination.

LINE ART

I find the line art fairly calming and is probably my second favorite thing to do after coloring. Line art is usually done with the Dip pen (Bleed) brush your get a more textured line art.

COLORING

After line art, I start coloring by blocking in the base colors first before moving to each individual section. It also helps to make a grey bg to have the colors stand out. This makes it easier to color with the lines and get a certain effect with the colors. Since I was aiming for a warm effect, I colored the whole canvas with a warm grey before starting on the coloring and shading. And also I love to experiment with the coloring and have decided to make the eyes a bit simpler.

BG AND CLOTHING

I have actually given up on coloring the clothes so I’ve decided to give both characters cut out clothes from traditional Japanese patterns. The clothes were modeled from street wear based off of Japanese clothing style. I’ve tried getting references online but decided to wing just it instead. The bg for both is also just a pattern I took off of the internet to match their clothes. I made sure that the bg and clothes conflicted enough to make them stand apart from each other. Another way I did this was draw thick black lines.

FILTERS AND EFFECTS

I have actually not put any filters from AI such as the camera nor the filters provided by ibisPaint. Instead, I got a old paper pattern online, layered it on top of all the others, and set the blend mode to multiply and the opacity to thirty and below. This gives it an old Japanese paper feeling which I thought was fitting considering the setting of the anime/manga.

GOD DANG WHY IS IT SO F***ING LONGGGGGG

YA KNO WHAT, SEEYA

THANK YOU FOR COMING BY!!! :DDDD

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