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Kate Illustration #4

Added 2025-10-06 21:20:37 +0000 UTC

Hey guys!

I'm sorry it took ages to finish this illustration, but as you're aware I'm mostly used to drawing rectangles as the background. The "greyscale / color blending layers" approach turned out to be an utter flop as I learnt that it's not just a matter of adjusting few value sliders, but nearly full re-rendering of the entire image is required, since there is a lot of "muddy" leftovers that must be repainted with fixed tones. In other words, I wasted a lot of time rendering everything in black and white, and then had to repaint it in color all over again. So! Next time I'm going to watch the tutorials -before- deciding on the approach.

There was also a lot of back and forth with the lighting (my Achilles' heel), because at one point the image was too dark, another time Kate was popping out too much, or everything was just too bright and I couldn't find a proper way to blending a character into the scenery. Some of that negative effect persisted, but I don't have time for another round of back-and-forths to fix it. I'm just gonna have to be more mindful during future projects.

Tomorrow, or day after (unless something happens..), I'm going to add versions with underwear and shorts pulled up. Should I bother with one more with dripping milk? I don't know. Let me know if you'd like one! Cheers!