First time photobashing... Well it's certainly an experience. Scary at first because it looked like I was just sticking pieces of photos to a paper, just mashing them together and it honestly looked bad. So while working on it, there was always the fear that I wasn't doing something right. But I went on with it, trusting the process and just trying to figure out the tools and workflow of photobashing.
I used the beetle carapaces to make the armour and used match colour to match the colour to the helmet, making it look metallic. From the moment I drew the sketch for this I knew I wanted it to look like metal while preserving the idea of bug parts. Rather than having a mutant bug soldier, maybe they just wear insect inspired armour. The green accents I thought about later after finding the reference for the helmet, which had some kind of grass green details that I liked and decided to keep. In order to repeat that colour and add more variety into the pallette I added it on the shield and then on the lining of the skirt-like armour. At this point I had only added some shadow and light with a soft brush so they still looked like they were just thrown together.
I added highlights to make the armour look more metal-like. I also decided to make the suit under the armour a latex material because I felt it fit more than the basic turtleneck blouse I first gave her. I made the light come from the right, so for some armour parts I had to change the lighting. I also increased the contrast on the existing highlights and shadow to make the metallic look. I also added the green line on the pants to repeat the colour pattern.
I still have the helmet, boots and gauntlet to work on, but I feel it finally looks like it's coming together.
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