Screentone - Line

59th day of 2021.

After experimenting with dot, applying the same distance logic to line is much easier.

Screentone - Dot Tone

58th day of 2021.

Finally adjusted to 10 levels. At density 80 and 90, Krita is pretty lag...

Screentone - Adjust

57th day of 2021. 15th day of CNY.

Had been adjusting different distance just to get a nice balance 10 levels of density.

Screentone - Density

56th day of 2021. 14th day of CNY.

Then realising, supposely the dot size should be the same, but density of dots is to be adjusted for original screentone technique.

Screentone - Dot Line

55th day of 2021. 13th day of CNY.

Dot and line is basic ones. First try using different size within a set perimeter.

Screentone - Basic

54th day of 2021. 12th day of CNY.

Figuring to create a set of basic screentone.

Ink - Platinum Carbon Ink

53rd day of 2021. 11th day of CNY.

Waterproof ink, finally!

XiniX 13 - We have Our own backs

52nd day of 2021. 10th day of CNY.

- We have Our own backs -

XiniX 12 - We are what We are

51st day of 2021. 9th day of CNY.

- We are what We are -

When I fist plan this piece, I intended it to be something like a '2 way mirror' effect. Pretty please with the versatility.

XiniX 11 - Background

50th day of 2021. 8th day of CNY.

Classic Moon background.

XiniX 10 - Shadow Highlights

49th day of 2021. 7th day of CNY.

Finally down to shadow and highlights. Though the white highlights does take some time to achieve the style I am imagining.

XiniX 9 - Screentone

48th day of 2021. 6th day of CNY.

I like how the hair came out. Even more regretful for lining all the layers of ribbons detail, felt like I could do faster if I treat each ribbon as one line instead of lining them layer by layer.

XiniX 8 - Screentone

47th day of 2021. 5th day of CNY.

Invert the detail line to white and applying screentones.

XiniX 7 - Black & Red

46th day of 2021. 4th day of CNY.

Base color, black and red.

XiniX 6 - Details

45th day of 2021. 3rd day of CNY.

Finally finish the clothing details.

XiniX 5 - Details

44th day of 2021. 2nd day of CNY.

Was planning to start filling in black colour, but changed to lining the details upon study the details... After 2 hours, I regretted...

XiniX 4 - Line Art

43rd day of 2021. 1st day of CNY.

Finished finalising all overall lines.

No feeling of Chinese New Year.

XiniX 3 - Draft

42nd day of 2021.

Always start with overall shape.

XiniX 2 - Sketch

41st day of 2021.

Roughly sketched with usual blue lines.

XiniX 1 - Pose

40th day of 2021.

Planning for another art.

Wuxia Xin 32

39th day of 2021.

Composing background for her~

昕舞门

38th day of 2021.

出征！

Wuxia Xin 31

37th day of 2021.

Looking at other reference picture, I tweaked the face again. Silhouette, size, nose and lips.

Wuxia Xin 30

36th day of 2021.

Like 5th attempt in redrawing the nose, finally get to the hair shading that I like,

Wuxia Xin 29

35th day of 2021.

I tweaked the face 2 times, attempting the hair another 2 times...

Wuxia Xin 28

34th day of 2021.

Now I like the eyes. But when put together, some facial features seemed... off.

Wuxia Xin 27

33rd day of 2021.

Of all portions, the only feature I am satisfied are eyebrows followed by ears.

Wuxia Xin 26

32nd day of 2021.

Reaching the face... the long process began.