BATMAN | Soul of the Dragon (Speedpaint)

[Music] hi guys i'm john this is dempsey illustrations and today's video we're going to be doing a batman soul of the dragon illustration as it's a single illustration i decided that i want to show a bit more of the process on this video and just go straight into it if you like this concept and you want to see more videos in this style single illustrations from time to time smash the like button subscribe and turn on notifications update videos as they come out let me know in the comments below and we'll just crack straight into the rest of the process of this video so i decided that i wanted to do batman with the iconic pose from goku of dragon ball z when he does his dragon punch when i first heard batman soul of the dragon this is the image that came to mind and i know i could do batman in like a dragon armor and that actually might be quite a cool video for future reference actually think about it batman in mythical creature armors so if you like that idea also comment below and on this one i wanted batman to be the main focus of the illustration so i wanted him to be at the front of the illustration in the center draw your attention to him in the iconic pose of coming forwards with you with a dynamic punch sort of like in the air and then have a shenron dragon pretty much in the background behind and it's kind of like the chinese dragon but it's it's the dragon that i had in mind was solo the dragon and for the colors a bit later on you'll see i've kept it quite gold i want it to be quite a quite a nice golden effect for it for like a dragon spirit i think that was quite appropriate and you'll see that i also work on the line weights a bit more on this so once i've done the initial line weights of batman i add the darker outline around the bits that are more towards you and then i also add the bits on the dragon so once i've done the dragons lineup i also add that extra thick line around just to make the element stand out and just to give a bit of character i may take the lineup from a load of these videos and put them into a downloadable piece of content or a coloring book or something if you think that'll be quite good and some of you guys will like let me know and on this one once i start doing the colors you'll see kind of like colored in batman and the dragon gold i then use a clipping mask on the next layer to add the other colors so that i can keep them within the lines on the edges of the batman and the dragon and i think this it's a very good useful tip um it just lets you not have to worry about going over the edges sometimes once the flats are in place after they've been added and you'll see that i've kind of like gone for a creamy color hair on the dragon and sort of like more hues or shades of the golden brown color on the actual dragon's body um to keep it consistent but give that nice effect i then go on to working on a on the shadows which is a color burn layer and you'll see this shortly so after i add some like a noise layer for bitcoin i create a color burn layer drop the opacity do a selection around the arrow i want and with a soft airbrush on a reasonably low opacity i kind of like just build up the shadows in that area and just work that through and some areas i'll just do more in tight selection group around that particular focal point other areas i will as you can see take more bits of the elements of the character so more of the arm or the cape and the legs in this instance and just where the shadows can flow quite nicely together and then apply the so like the shadowing effect over the top um i also quite like from time to time doing a jaggedy effect like on the chest just to give it a bit of definition with the shadows but also keeping some bits quite lighter like a faded gradient that's where the light is going to be hitting the character from i do this twice i do a single color burnt layer for the it's like the mid-tone shadows and then i will create a second layer set it to a slightly lighter color burn um opacity and go over the top and this lit lets us have the darker shadows that you can have for the definition of certain elements as you'll see um in a little bit which work rather well in terms of doing highlights we shall see in a little bit they are done from a overlay layer first of all i use this like a a yellowish color to just bring out the texture a bit after building it up um and it's not like again doing this like feathering effect of the softer bits of the light trying to get that gradient that looks quite nice while keeping it up in the areas and the whole time in this i'm thinking the lights coming from a certain direction so the shadows have to go in a certain position in a certain way compared to the pose and that can be a bit confusing at first until you get the hang of it but i recommend using reference pictures if you're unsure of anything uh and then it's pretty much the same process for the dragon a bit later on we're adding the light layer we're sort of like adding the overlay layer the shadows a one good tip is on your um it's an ad layer in procreate but it could be glow layer in another application or kind of like a overlay or a hard light the pens or screen depending which application you're in and one good thing is to use a low opacity brush so that you can do a light make the like area lighter and if you want to add an extra bit of a highlight then re-select an area in there like i do with the dragon skin a bit later on to add so like these circular highlights and just add a little bit more of the color centralized in one spot and it works really well the contrast between the hard and the softer edges and i think that's pretty much all to say on the illustration if you guys enjoyed this then obviously like the video and let me know in the comments below i'll leave you to enjoy the rest of the artwork [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i hope you guys enjoyed how batman soul of the dragon came out i'm really pleased with this illustration i like the texture effect that we've got and the highlights on the dragon and i also like the post back mountain and i think it's got a nice feel to it if you like this new format smash the like button so i know subscribe and turn on notifications updated videos as they come out remember share the video if you want to stay safe everybody and i'll catch you next time