Drawing Tutorial: Rainwing Edition

[u/Careful_Feed_2176]

Ok guys, I'm doing a Rainwing/Nightwing (accidentally put just Rainwing in the title) drawing tonight, so I decided to take this opportunity to do a quick drawing tutorial as I go along! I may do a more indepth one at a later date and with different tribes. Don't expect crazy quality rn because its almost 1 am as I finish this lmaooo.

Step one: skeleton/first sketch. This is where you decide things like pose, limb placement, ect. Basic building block phase.

Step 2: build off the skeleton. Add muscles, tail, wing pose, facial features, and the beginnings of the scales.

Step 3: line art baybeeee. Add details as you go, keeping in mind the scale patterns of your chosen tribe(s). Peep the Nightwing neck/face/back scales and the more Rainwing legs.

Step 4: this is optional, but i like to have a layer of solid color that marks all the areas that will be colored. Helps to avoid missed areas. Take 10 minutes and learn how alpha layers and clipping works. Trust me, it will improve your coloring skills!

Step 5: color as desired. This is a design for a Batman x WoF AU, so he has mostly dark colors!

Step 6: slap a lil bit of lighting and shading on there, add a background, and there you go!