
Abandoned
Abandoned is the latest YouTube video I’ve created putting together the wonderful tools of both #Blender and #Clip Studio Paint. The main design and painting were completed in Clip Studio Paint. The video effects were created using Blender.
Abandoned
Abandoned is the latest YouTube video I’ve created putting together the wonderful tools of both #Blender and #Clip Studio Paint. The main design and painting were completed in Clip Studio Paint. The video effects were created using Blender.
I have a recent video called How I used Clip Studio Paint and Blender to create an animated video (1st YouTube Tutorial). This pretty much describes how I use each software to its advantage to create videos.
Inspiration
This was inspired from looking at pictures of old Roman statues and some Dungeons & Dragons books that I remember reading. I wanted to create my own little cave of lost treasures if you will.
I fully enjoyed working on this piece. I experimented with lighting and other effects to create an eerie atmosphere and a sense of the unknown.

What I Learned
I learned how to create a more painted look for my design by not inking the piece prior to coloring. I stuck mainly to brushes and added color in layers while blending everything into soft pockets of light and dark.
I paid attention to keep my lighting on separate layers. I used two separate layers to light the design. One layer was for the ambient color and an additional layer was used for more of a hard light from another light source.
I did the same thing with shading. Ambient occlusion shading was first and then additional shading from the light source.
A color balance layer made all the difference by pulling the blues and the gold out more while also darkening the whole piece with a levels layer. The dark overall appeal made the light effects in Blender show up much nice.
In Blender I took advantage of the Emission tools under the shader. Volumetrics allows for a nice subtle glow around particles or other lights. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect to find in a cave. Right?
As always, I hope you enjoyed.
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