Photoshop
CONCOCT STRIKING FANTASY SCENES
Games artist Vwei goes into detail on his process for creating a magical scene filled with dramatic lighting, shadow and story
Artist
PROFILE
Vwei
LOCATION: China
Vwei is as a games artist whose work has featured in Magic: The Gathering, Honor of Kings and Total War: Warhammer. https://bit.ly/4kwXi2w
Sometimes art can feel like alchemy, starting with a blank canvas and creating gold, of sorts. I’m not sure that’s quite what the alchemist in my scene is doing, though.
For this tutorial, I’ll be breaking down my process for creating this image, with my workflow split up into four main parts. The first is to establish the overall direction I want for the painting, which will require finding references that match up with the style I have in mind.
Next comes sketching out the initial line drawing. In order to see the structural relationship between the characters and the scene, I like to keep everything as relaxed as possible at this stage, which helps me stay open to new possibilities.