Im not entirely sure but i think its called matt painting or is it airbrushing? Bah i just draw.
Since i use a graphics tablet, and have always been a traditional artist i literaly draw what i want. As i would with any art piece i draw the basic outline then build up from it. That ended on 50ish layers though i average about 100-150, when i am really motivated, like the dragon texture it did it can be 300+ Even though it was a hack job from the reference istill needed it to work with the mesh so i ended up redoing it from the ground up.
The brushes? just the standard with a faded smooth edge. Since i use photoshop they allow greater control of stokes. Pressure sensitivity works with most tablets so i can decide the thicker sof stokes. For this i used a 20-40% opacity with 60% flow and just buttl up the details using several colours. Would you belive that i used blues and greens in it ^_^
Ive put up a picture of what i mean by the strokes, Ive used the standard fade at 20% opcaity and 60% flow, colour- Pure black.
The black dot is the brush size.
Its easy to build definition when your at 300% zoom on a 1024 canvas. Though you can see the motivation + res drop on the arms ^_^"
An Josh what a brilliant anime Darker than black is, i finished series two, two days ago. Intresting branch storyline.
Heres a link to them.
http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/darker-black-ryuusei-no-gemini-online
The site must pay royalties since its legal to watch for free.
Oh I gave up on the stupid colour changes, they were'nt working- or i wasnt- so ill just do seperate textures. Feel free to change or add stuff to it, just dont forget to credit
The .psd is attached with each part already split up for you's
-Con
