Maid!Ulquiorra: Step-by-step

Remember this, from the previous post?


Well, I've finally finished it. Well, kinda. I'm only uploading the "clean" version here - clean, as in no letters and stuff. I only did very simple colouring, though, since I'm still an amateur at this :p The program I used was Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (so old~). Wanted to use Paint Tool SAI, but since I'm not used to it, and got impatient with trying to find the tools, I used PS instead. *barely even used SAI for 5 mins, gosh, wth, Mel?*

Anyway, I kinda changed the design of the outfit. See? No more hideous crisscross thingies (yes, I sound so intelligent lalala), no more hugeass ribbon, I corrected the tray, added the teapot and teacups, widened his body and I changed his fringe slightly. All done digitally, else I would cry drawing, cutting and gluing paper together >.<>

Looks better, doesn't it?

Pshh Ulqui looks slimmer, somehow, even though I widened his body. Must be the changes to the uniform LOL.

Right, after that, I Googled for a suitable background to use. I already had pink stripes in mind for the background - surprise, surprise, huh, so it was easy to find what I wanted. I set the drawing on "Multiply", then stuck the pink stripes picture under the drawing.

Then, being the awesome person I am, I created new layers on top of the pink striped picture and coloured oh-so-awesomely, as you can see below |D


After messing around with the colours, I cleaned them up by using the eraser. Even stuck an English rose pattern onto the tea set.

Tidier.

Last part. I did the shading. I hate this part the most. I had to mess around with the flow and opacity of the paintbrush and eraser, use smudge (which was a pain because PS lagged at one point) and blur, etc.


Total hours? I forgot. Maybe 3? XD I spent a heck of a lot of time editing out mistakes and adding details.

Not a very good explanation, but ehh... *goes to sleep*

Ulquiorra Cifer is owned by Tite Kubo.