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imaginenation Artist q&A<br />
STruggling WiTH A pAinTing TecHnique Or<br />
TOpic? emAil heLp@imagiNeFx.com TODAY!<br />
John Stanko<br />
John teaches graphic<br />
design and illustration<br />
at University of South<br />
Florida. His clients<br />
include Blizzard, Tor Books, Sony<br />
Online and Magic: the Gathering.<br />
www.stankoillustration.com<br />
Belinda Leung<br />
Previously a lead artist<br />
working in video<br />
games, Belinda’s now<br />
a freelance illustrator<br />
and concept artist who focuses<br />
on designing for films and games.<br />
www.belindaleung.com<br />
Sara Forlenza<br />
Italy-based Sara’s a<br />
full-time freelance<br />
artist who works<br />
mostly as an illustrator<br />
of book covers, digital cards and<br />
role-playing games.<br />
http://ifxm.ag/sara-f<br />
Question<br />
Can you please give me some advice on how to<br />
give my character realistic-looking wet hair?<br />
Joseph Nelson, Canada<br />
Answer<br />
John replies<br />
The introduction of<br />
weather elements, such as<br />
rain, can take an<br />
illustration to the next<br />
level. However, just adding a few<br />
raindrops won’t make it look like rain.<br />
You need to have the rain interacting<br />
with every part of the painting.<br />
One of the key aspects when<br />
painting a person in the rain is<br />
making the hair look wet. Depicting<br />
wet hair is slightly different than<br />
painting normal hair, and there are a<br />
few rules you need to follow, to ensure<br />
your image looks convincing.<br />
First, remember that hair will<br />
darken by three or four shades when<br />
it’s wet. Second, wet hair tends to have<br />
smaller sections than when it’s not<br />
wet. When tackling hair, you avoid<br />
painting the strands of hair<br />
individually. Although you do the<br />
same thing with wet hair, you need to<br />
keep the ‘chunks’ of hair smaller.<br />
Finally, wet hair has a wide range of<br />
values, with very bright whites and<br />
very dark shadows.<br />
get your<br />
resources<br />
See page 6 now!<br />
Need our advice?<br />
Email help@imagin<strong>efx</strong>.com<br />
with your art questions and<br />
we’ll provide all the answers!<br />
Artist’s secret<br />
Make everything wet!<br />
If you’re going to give a figure wet<br />
hair, make sure the story supports<br />
this development. Put your character<br />
in the sea or a rainstorm, for example.<br />
Don’t forget to add water effects to the<br />
whole image, especially the face.<br />
28 August 2017
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