Hello everyone. Today I want share with you a creation process of one of my digital illustrations. Last year I was practicing a lot as I had been out of touch with sketching and illustrations for a very long time. That time I really felt that my skills were growing dull as I couldn't draw as good as I used to.
So, I decided to do some practice drawing and record them. This is one of those practices and the images are extracted from the video.
Thumbnail
![jesus-thumbnail.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmWqKvQL7mWGGBE1LyzPM9YdYmzZq3pJNHYJBY2JEqYh1m/jesus-thumbnail.jpg)
This illustration depicts the Crucifixion of the lord Jesus Christ and mind you, that I haven't used any reference whatsoever for this illustration, however, some would say that the body is too buffed, I do agree with that but still I am quite happy with the final result.
Final Illustration
I will do a digital sculpture of the same. Lets get right into the process.
Step 1
First, I created a very rough and basic shape of the body using the normal round brush.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 2
Using the basic drawing as a guide, I created another but slightly detailed body. The brush size I used this time was smaller than before as I wanted this drawing to be more detailed than the previous one.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 3
After that I began to draw more detailed forms to get to the next level. Here is the image of the legs with quads, knees and calves completed. I wasn't happy with the right leg.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 4
Then, I moved to torso and arms and started adding details to the illustration by drawing small muscles like teres major and serratus anterior. Also, refined the arm a bit.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 5
After finishing the torso and the arm, I added a basic head.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 6
After head placement, I finally finished drawing the right arm.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 7
Moved back to the head as this was the only thing that needed some details. So I laid down the facial features, hair beard and crown of thorns. I had to redraw the face so many times and finally got this one. This could be even better but I thought its not bad for a practice I will cover this up after facial anatomy study.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 8
Then I cleaned up the torso a little bit.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 9
After that I added a cross. It wasn't hard at all.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 10
Then, I moved to more little details like hands and fingers so I added hands and nails.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 11
Finally added a cloth to complete the drawing. I wasn't good at drawing clothes but this wasn't that difficult.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 12
One more thing that I am bad at - drawing hair. So, I moved back to hair and refined them a bit.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 13
After that I added a basic lighting. This light was like it was coming from the main source.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 14
Then I added the shadows and added details to the abdominal area.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 15
I painted the cross with a dark shade just to add the focus to the main drawing.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 16
Refined the beard and mustaches.
![separator-artlover.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxkk2Uhb8nHWmUQcgToEwUDYdQiKJvG5KS6ZKrGh99KH/separator-artlover.png)
Step 17
And this is the final painting / Illustration.
I hope you guys liked it. Tell me your opinion about this illustration in your comments below and Please support me: Upvote, Follow or Resteem. I will be thankful :))) Thank you!!!
this is very impressive, great detailing!
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Thank you so much for the comment @jznsamuel :D :D
congratulations, your post was featured in ocd daily #69 and has gotten some extra votes/views... I'll be featuring it in my Weekly Wrapup too... Keep up the good work :)
I can't thank you enough man, I saw my post there and I am so happy. I really appreciate what you guys are doing. Thank you so much!! :D :D
Great work, nice details!
Thank you carl :))
spotted on @ocd - very good. What equipment did you use? I am a painter (still learning) but have ventured a little into digital painting on a basic asus zenpad but it is very limited. I hope to get a proper digital surface pad and improve. I would like to practice copy your work.
Hello @suzanrs, thank you for you comment :)) Yeah you're right its hard to draw even its a touchpad. I used to draw with mouse, then I got a wacom tablet (One by wacom-Small, model number is CTL 471). It is small but works fine for me. You should get one. It has-
-Pressure sensitive pen tip. (Which you would need for digital painting)
-Battery-free and ergonomic pen with two buttons
-Attached Pen holder for convenient pen storage
-Overall tablets size (8.3 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches)
-Active area size (6 x 3.7 inches)
You did a great job! would love to see a series with the differnt simbols for each religion, like buddha or ganesha and so on :)
Thanks jb, yeah its a great idea and I was thinking the same but I want to create 3d sculptures rather than drawings. Best part of creating 3d is that we can render countless angles of the same design. ;))
love seeing the process as you go, crazy good @artlover
would love to see some colorful work
upvoted and resteemed
Thank you so much for the resteem pal. It was much needed :)) and yeah sure man, even though I am not that good painting things but I will be posting some colorful work very soon. Thanks :D
This is awesomely done! And I am a christian so thank you for sharing :)
Thanks @tezmel Glad you liked the drawing :)) wait for some more time as I will be creating 3d sculpture of the Jesus.
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Some of it is really cool!
Nice !
I have one more version of crucifixtion. What do you think ?
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