Raikaby =Astanine

Customization / Digital Dolls / Other / Adopted Base

Process:
1. Open up MS Paint, decide which pose I wanted to go off of, clear the base of all shading, and find temporary color palettes (usually at KawaiiHannah's.)
2. Redo entire face, using the one from the base as a reference. Usually just finish the shading on the lips, nose, and eyes at this point.
3. With the pencil tool, I sketch over the entire thing. Figure out that I am want her arms crossed, so I make that edit (hands were originally on her hips). I use the darkest shade of the palettes for each clothing item (makes it easier to differentiate later). I also figure out if I'm going to include a background or not. Couldn't think of a good one for this doll.
4. Refine the lineart until it's as it's finished. Well, not finished, as I often make small changes when shading. But, you know, close enough to done.
5. Fill with temporary colors and start shading (darkest shade first). I usually do 2 colors for shading (on clothes; skin and hair get more), so 4 all together (base color, 2 shades, outline). I sometimes dither, but did not think it fit well with this doll.
6. Open up Paint Tool Sai and make my own color palettes. Go swap the temporary colors for the permanent ones. Go back to Sai to adjust any colors that don't have enough contrast or don't look right.
7. Add extra details and patterns. I didn't want to overload this doll with a bunch of extra details, so she just got the wraps on her legs and the pattern on her robe-vest-thingy. I used to use pre-made patterns because that was easier, but now I do all my own patterns because it makes it look more natural. I can make it flow with the clothes and folds and whatnot.
8. Take it to Photoshop and make the background transparent.
9. Upload to DA, credit the base-maker, and all that jazz.

^hollinesskiss was asking a lot of people to use this base so she could use them in an article for Dolling Week for Project Educate. Mine's rather boring, but I do like the edits I made. I wanted to doll Raika, anyways, who's another character in InuYasha thingy-ma-bob-that's-in-my-head-lol. I kept looking for an excuse to doll wood, but I couldn't find one. I edited her whole face and then after I did the lips and nose, I was like, "Wow, I could have just copy-pasted from the base's face!" So similar! Oh well!

Base: Mariii [link]

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