Cloud Strife - Digital Pencil Portrait
Last year I was trying out a new art style and made a test picture. After that I wanted to do something Final Fantasy VII Remake related and thought about drawing Cloud Strife and maybe Tifa. Since I didn't know, how long I would take I settled on making a portrait of Cloud based on his appearance in FFVII Remake.
Personally I like that it looks like something drawn with actual (colour) pencils. Some aspects could be better (some stuff in the shadows look a bit sloppy and the overall picture looks like it is too bright and doesn't have enough contrast, but those can also be stylistic choices).
If you want to know, how a complete character in that art style looks like I recommend checking out my picture of Lexana Electris (a original character from me).
the final image. I used several layers to add things like background colours, but also details in the hair (I think that's the first, where I made a picture with such detailed hair. Also: drawing that hairstyle was a nightmare XD).
the portrait after smudging the hatching (but leaving a copy of the original hatchings layer in the background for extra texture)
the image after doing all the (cross-)hatching