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This is a quick tutorial / walkthrough for my queen of hearts butterfly wings. You can see the tutorial for the queen of hearts here .

Tools i used ~ Adobe Photoshop 6, Corel Painter 8, Wacom Intuos2 graphics tablet, and two butterfly wing references.

Please note that i explain my techniques and brush settings in the queen of hearts tutorial, so i wont be repeating those here. Make sure you read that one first before you ask me any questions in case i answer it there. Also, i hate making people download huge files, so this is kinda small. I linked to the full picture for each step which should help clarify things since i also didn't number each picture - i am not very organized

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1. First we have the sketch. I put the sketch layer on a white background because it is easier to see than when it is on a red background. I used the same method of sketching as i explained in the first step of the queen of hearts tutorial.

2. Pretty simple, i just block in the main colour.

3. I wanted to get an idea of where i would have spots of dark colour, so i just paint those in using my typical brush settings in PS.

4. Just darkening the spots

5. Now i take the file into Painter, and i use the Round Camelhair and Opaque Round oil paint brushes to add colour. I used pure red and a pinkish-lavender colour for the highlights.

6. Added some spots, more highlights, etc.

7. Now that i have most of the colouring done, i add some of the light pinkish-lavender to the edges of the lines so they look more 3d. Especially to the part that comes out of her back and runs along the top of the wing - there may be a technical term for it but i don't know what it is

8. I added a few more spots since part of the wing looked empty, and i added some red spots to the black ones. At this point i am happy with how they turned out, so i just zoom in and go over the edges to refine things. Here is a detail of the brush texture on the wings.

9. Some close ups.

Hope that helps someone. If you have questions that aren't answered by this, or the queen of hearts tutorial, please let me know.

Description
This is a quick tutorial / walkthrough for my queen of hearts butterfly wings. You can see the tutorial for the queen of hearts here .

Tools i used ~ Adobe Photoshop 6, Corel Painter 8, Wacom Intuos2 graphics tablet, and two butterfly wing references.

Please note that i explain my techniques and brush settings in the queen of hearts tutorial, so i wont be repeating those here. Make sure you read that one first before you ask me any questions in case i answer it there. Also, i hate making people download huge files, so this is kinda small. I linked to the full picture for each step which should help clarify things since i also didn't number each picture - i am not very organized

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1. First we have the sketch. I put the sketch layer on a white background because it is easier to see than when it is on a red background. I used the same method of sketching as i explained in the first step of the queen of hearts tutorial.

2. Pretty simple, i just block in the main colour.

3. I wanted to get an idea of where i would have spots of dark colour, so i just paint those in using my typical brush settings in PS.

4. Just darkening the spots

5. Now i take the file into Painter, and i use the Round Camelhair and Opaque Round oil paint brushes to add colour. I used pure red and a pinkish-lavender colour for the highlights.

6. Added some spots, more highlights, etc.

7. Now that i have most of the colouring done, i add some of the light pinkish-lavender to the edges of the lines so they look more 3d. Especially to the part that comes out of her back and runs along the top of the wing - there may be a technical term for it but i don't know what it is

8. I added a few more spots since part of the wing looked empty, and i added some red spots to the black ones. At this point i am happy with how they turned out, so i just zoom in and go over the edges to refine things. Here is a detail of the brush texture on the wings.

9. Some close ups.

Hope that helps someone. If you have questions that aren't answered by this, or the queen of hearts tutorial, please let me know.