Felt like drawing a pretty pretty man without lines. Drew Lucci from Dreigiau/Darkstar. Started him in profile, got some good hair,  realized that the profile view was not cutting it at all. For some reason I look at my profiles and see cyclopses now. It’s weird. Anyway, so I redid his face after I did the hair and it seemed to work. Threw in some wings, after I remembered that he has some.

How to draw without lines: draw your lineart like normal. Then throw a few layers on top at about 80% opacity. You’ll still see the lines but that should only last you long enough to put down the shading to create the shapes using… well, the good people use more paint. I just use dodge/burn, and it shows… but I use the blend tool also pretty liberally, so it turns out not too bad in the end, I think. (Then turn up your transparent layers back to 100% opacity. You may need to adjust the colour/saturation at that point.)

I think he could actually use more face on his right (our left) side. Also his shirt needs fixing. But whatever, it’s done now, I’m not touching it anymore tonight because I need to go to bed because I play for two churches tomorrow! And then I go to someone’s concert! And then I have to watch a race! So no spoilers! : )