This is a step-by-step walkthrough of my artwork "Artificial Intelligence". This artwork took months to
create and I almost went nutts creating it as it contains severe amount of detail. Since I don't provide the
actual size of the final artwork (for obvious reasons), you can take a look at some detail shots here.
Please keep in mind that all my artwork is created the same way as this one. The following images
are self-explanatory, I used Photoshop CS3, a mouse and my brain in order to create this artwork as
well as all my other art pieces. Please keep in mind this walkthrough assumes the reader has basic
photoshop skills, It does not however aim at teaching but rather expose how I create my art.

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I roughly started off with basic lines to determine the overall character's look using the pen tool .
The pen tool is hard to master, and when an artist gets hold of it, it is equivilant to a real pen. It requires
a lot of patience and preciseness, unlike brushes which can be sometimes random.
I normally think as I go along and see what fits better. I keep deleting a lot and change plans a lot.

Up to this point, I keep deleting, resizeing and do a lot of tweaking, then finalize the outlines.


In this step I started coloring using the pen tool as well. As I go along, I keep experimenting as I don't
have a vivid idea of the character's final look. Each of these experiments above took days to create
and as I have stated earlier, I think as I go along.


As of this point I went for a simplistic approach for the character's head.
My coloring is simple and complicated at the same time. Every object/shape is consisted of a base
color, in this case, the base color is red, then to shade/color an object ,I use light reds for lighting and
dark reds for shadows. In (Figure 8A) i used circular shapes (depending on the object) with different
color levels and same goes to (Figure 8B). There are many additional steps such as scratches and
reflections; however, they all evolve around the same concept.

I finished up the main character's overall coloring, then proceed with concepts for a sidekick character.

After creating the outlines for the secondary character, I color it. Again that took me a week to create
and as it is with everything i create, detail is a must. I then started thinking of a setting and the
surrounding environment. I started off by roughly deciding the angle and design of the environment
as well as rough placement of objects, i.e. the computer.


Like every other object, I start off with outlines, base color then start adding lighting and shadowing.
It is best to finish an object before moving to the next; However, as I create more objects I sometimes
tweak and change colors. As you might have noticed my environemnts are not clean, I like to scratch,
break and shatter objects in order to provide detail, otherwise everything remains normal and dull.

Once again, every object I create is my own creation since I tend to use my imagination and create
what I hope to be a unique creation. The rest of the artwork was created just like the steps above.
Outline, color, shade and more outlines. In otherwords, make the Pen tool your best friend.

Best wishes... Ahmed Al-Refaie (OwaikeO)
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