i usually get my references from the gacha animations because it has more render but my reference is the basic design so now the real challenge begins! rendering without a rendered reference slides explained: 1 - guidelines 2 - line art for face 3 - torso 4 - gown 5 - hair 6 - sword and stuff 7 - base colors on body 8 - more hair 9 - finishing gown 10 - finished base! time to start rendering by myself... 11 - i decided (based on cell shading) the light was coming form the left. started with skin shading, i shifted the color to a different hue and light level 12 - hair! used different shades to make a gradient, and some smudging too 13 - adding shadows and reflective colors to the gown, was a bit hard (by that i mean aggravating) but i got there 14 - more shadows for the gown and outline 15 - shadows on the sword 16 - lighting and background (i suck on the background im sorry)
