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Steampunk Helmet Digital Painting

December 12, 2015

Digital Art

Steampunk Helmet

Steampunk Helmet

This is a steampunk helmet digital painting done in Gimp.  It is the Standard Issue Suborean Guard Combat Helmet as worn by Sylen Benevolen and Atonis Trogade from my digital comic project.

I experimented again with a different art process which I will try to describe below.

  1. Sketched out some rough ideas:
    Steampunk Helmet Idea Sketches

    Steampunk Helmet Idea Sketches

  2. In Blender I modelled a quick 3D mesh of my idea, making sure that when I rendered it I activated the Wireframe Modifier as this would help me with perspective work later on:
    Steampunk Helmet 3D Model

    Steampunk Helmet 3D Model

  3. I imported a render of the 3D model from Blender into Gimp and started working in 2D.  I used Gimp’s Paths tool to construct various selection areas so that I could start blocking in colours:
    Using The Paths Tool

    Using The Paths Tool

  4. Once I’d constructed my selection areas, I used Gimp’s Bucket Fill tool:
    Bucket Fill

    Bucket Fill

    Blocking In Colours 2

    Blocking In Colours 2

  5. I used more selection paths to do the shading:
    Shading With Selections

    Shading With Selections

  6. I then imported the Suborean Emblem and used the Perspective Tool to orientate it on the side of the helmet:
    Emblem Perspective Tool

    Emblem Perspective Tool

  7. More shading and adding reflections on the lenses:
    Shading and Reflections

    Shading and Reflections

  8. Finally and added some scuffs and scratches:

    Steampunk Helmet

    Steampunk Helmet

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