Character Design : The Miner

Taking a little break from the weekly challenge contest, I created a character, whom, for all intense and purposes, we shall dub ‘The Miner’. He is a miner after all.

I started out by sketching my character with a 4B Derwent Sketching Pencil. The sketchbook I used was a really nasty Ryman’s own one. I really need a higher quality pad for doodling.

I then brought the guy into Photoshop to colour him in. I painted over realistic textures to make him pop out a bit more (the full texture list/credit can be found here). I’m really terrible at drawing in Photoshop, but I can manage with the painting. I think it’s time to upgrade to a bigger tablet.

• character art
• coal miner
• concept
• concept art
• design
• digital painting
• miner
• photoshop
• sketch