Hi! I’m aurahack, and I mostly draw girls, cityscapes, and abstract art of both. My process is largely self-taught and freeform, and I’m colour-blind with a background in strict illustration, so this guide will let you see how I sketch out my scene, how I approach colour, how I design cityscapes and characters, illustrate them, and make the scene work together to emphasise the ‘sense of place’ that I think is important to the art I make.
My style of illustration and process isn’t especially technical – I don’t use a lot of magic tricks or quick shortcuts – so this tutorial will be more about my thought process from start to finish than strict technical tricks. Most of what I paint, I accomplish with the same two basic brushes (included with this tutorial) and it’s more about letting inspiration and improvisational painting carry me to a concise and finished piece. I also often feature characters as the focal point of my art, sort of as a cipher for the viewer, to enable them to imagine themselves in that space. It’s a different approach to rendering what is generally very flashy subject matter, but my hope is that insight on this perspective will enable you see a new approach to making digital art/cityscapes, and will inspire you to explore new ideas.
1 Sketch it out
My sketching process is haphazard and can take anywhere between an hour to a day or two. Sometimes it just takes a while to feel out what you’re going for. Focusing on your goals is key. I want a focus on the character, the view to feel like I’m ‘in’ the scene, and for the scene to breathe.
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