Splinterlands Art Contest - Evangelist

My entry for this week's Splinterlands Art Contest is the Epic Range attack unit, Evangelist.

Evangelist is a Range attack unit with the Snare ability. This ability allows her to remove her opponents' flying abilities and she won't miss even if they are flying.

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My Entry

Art Steps

The Sketch

In the Splinterlands lore, Evangelist is viewed from the side, so I decided to draw her facing forward in my fan art.

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First, I drew a rough sketch of a woman shouting with flowing hair.

Next, I gradually added details to make her resemble Evangelist. I didn't clean up the outline because it would serve as a guide for coloring.

Coloring

Once the outline was complete, I applied the main color to my character. Since Evangelist's color tones are quite similar, I changed the colors initially to avoid confusion.

Shading

I organized the colors in a folder and duplicated it. In the duplicate folder, I overlaid a layer each time I added color to the main color, ensuring I wouldn't affect the main color in case of mistakes. This is where I added highlights and shading.

Blending

After finishing the highlights and shading, I duplicated the folder again. In the third duplicate, I used the blur tool to blend. This way, I had a backup in case the blending didn't turn out well.
I wanted to add sound wave circles coming from Evangelist's mouth, but they would cover her face.

Background

For the background, I drew circles to act as sound waves. For added effect, I included a line concentration effect.

Animation

I saved the circle, the line concentration, the background, and the character as separate files.

After saving, I imported them into Capcut, starting with the background. On top of the background, I added an explode effect.

Next, I overlaid the circle, duplicated it multiple times, and added keyframes, starting small and gradually getting larger.

Then, I added the line concentration and applied a shake effect.

Lastly, I added the character, starting from the mouth and zooming out.

Finally, I added a screaming girl sound that I also got from Capcut. If you play my X.com, post, you will hear the sound.

This is my final artwork. I hope you like the art and style I used. Thanks! See you in the next Splinterlands Art Contest.