By forest-fangs on Skatehive
Hello friends from Alien Art and Splinterlands. This week I'm back in the contest, focusing on composition to keep practicing. I've made orcs before, but never one this detailed—worthy of a magazine cover. The blue glow of the necklace stands out with the orange background light, blending nicely with the green tones. As always, I invite you to check out the creation steps. The first image you'll see below is part of a set of AI-generated images I used to cut and fit into the rest of the character's body. To start, once I had the base elements, I moved on to the essential part: shaping the nose. After spending a few minutes adjusting its position, I continued with the character’s signature green color. (A key detail: I corrected and completely removed the beard using patches, since the character doesn’t have one). For the green gradient, I used tones ranging from dark green to a more yellowish hue. This really helps enhance the depth with highlights and shadows. In this part of the desi