Hi everyone! Chiken here.
In the last lesson, we went through some adjustments
that we can do to finish our art.
In this lesson, we will make use of
particle effects to further enhance our character art.
Particle effects are little visual additions
that can really enhance our illustrations.
Not only do they help fill up space
and add detail to our illustrations, but they
can also add atmosphere and movement.
Personally, I think different effects fit different
styles, but there are some that I
feel can be pretty universally utilized.
So let's start with those first.
The first one, which is the one that
I use the most, is simple dots.
They are like bits of dust in the
atmosphere, which I think works really well to finish pieces.
I made a custom brush for this,
It's called "Spatter 1" and it's included in the
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Chicken brush set. And I will use it by
dotting it with varying sizes on the canvas.
Usually, I will concentrate it around where I think
could use more detail, but I like to have
just a little bit overlap with our character too.
I will first go in with light colored
spatters, and dot it around the dark areas.
Then sometimes if I have pieces with large white
areas like this piece, I'll use a dark color
and dot it into the light parts too.
Then I will go in with an eraser tool and erase them
randomly until I think it's just enough and not too much.
The next particle effect is floating flower petals.
I draw a lot of flowers in my character art, but
honestly, we can use this for pieces without flowers too.
Using my Hard Render brush, I will draw
on petal shapes in a light color.
I like to draw them in pairs of two because I
think it kind of adds to the randomness of it, and
I will keep them flowing in the same general direction.
Next, I'll set them to add layer mode and
adjust the opacity so they have that glow effect.
If we want to add more movement, we can create a new
layer and draw on petals that are closer to the camera.
Then open the adjustments, and apply
a motion blur to it.
We can do this with the previous particle effect too,
and it just adds some movement to our particle effect.
Now moving on to the third one, Bloomed Triangles.
I always like working with angular shapes, and one
way to do it is to use the select tool.
We will just go into the free hand select and I'll
tap in three points to create triangles of varying sizes.
Again, I will group them into twos, and I'll
kind of just randomly place them around the canvas,
where there is not so much detail.
When all of my selections are made, I will
go ahead and fill them with a light color.
Now I'll go into adjustments, Bloom, and I
will add a Bloom effect to them.
It's kind of a glow without using the add layer mode
and again I'll adjust opacity. So these three particle effects can
be used for, I think, almost any art style, and any genre.
But for the next few particle effects I think they
suit a lot more cheerful and colorful type illustrations.
So, let's work on a different art that I did.
The vibe here is a lot more cheerful and colorful, so it will fit
the sparkle particle effects.
This will look especially nice when you
have a sparkly element, and want to
make your character look extra pretty.
I will just stamp them on with varying sizes, using
a pretty light color, usually a cream or a white.
And then change the layer to add layer mode, and
I will link the specific brush pack that I used
for you to download in the class notes.
The next effect is Bokeh light.
It used a lot in manga to give that romantic feeling
and procreate has a brush for that under "Luminace" we can
just stamp it on like this and usually I'll give it
a few trys, because the way it stamps on is quite random.
So, I'll just stamp it on until I get a
pattern that I like and then I'll set it to an
add layer mode I'll adjust the opacity a little bit and
it works super well to give that really happy atmospheric feeling.
And for our last effect is the lens flare.
Again, I use a brush pack for this, which I'll leave
the link in the class notes. I like to use the
ones that are kind of long and I'll stamp them on
coming up from usually a bright light source, like the Sun.
I will position it in such a way that this long
part over here doesn't cover the faces of any of our
characters and it really brightens up our illustration
to give us that sunny feeling.
For the mission, add some particle effects to your character art.
You don't have to use everything that we covered in this lesson,
just choose a few that you think fits with the
vibe of your illustration. But I recommend you use the
first effect, regardless of your art.
In this lesson, we learnt about some particle effects
we can add to our illustrations. In the next lesson, we will
go through some finishing tricks that can help add
a professional touch to your illustrations.