My project for course: Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light

This is the moodboard I created, I used an online tool called milanote which helped me find images quicker and put them all in one place in an instant, however I did search for some images on pinterest to match better what I was looking for.

As you can see, my idea was to do an underwater theme since my character is a koi mermaid.

I had trouble figuring out what I wanted with the lighting, I know I didn't have to go perfect on the drawing, however you can notice my panic when I couldn't figure out the brightest parts of the drawing.

I have to say that I was a bit scared that my drawing wasn't going to look okay, mostly because I am not used to these types of brushes or rendering. I also didn't use ArtRage to paint, I have used Paint Tool Sai my entire life, so I had to add a couple of new brushes that could match the course so it would look better.

Finally the finished product! I can say that I'm really proud of this drawing, I wanted it to look more underwater-y so I made it a little more green-ish in Photoshop. I also added more shine to the entire body to suggest scales and I really love how it adds complexity!