Collab/Practice

Really need to be able to come up with wittier names for these things-

ANYWAY!
Working on a collab with a friend, Tay, at the moment-
he whipped up the sketch-


and I'm finishign it;
You'll have to excuse the content, but i'm using this picture for practice, anmd I'm actually really excited about it;
I'm going to be using a few different tutorials and generally just work with light and shadow and color a bit more than usual, because it's something that i don't really practice with nearly as much as i should-
anyway,, the tutorial that got me thinking about it was this one, by this person. (he/she/it does art or Wizards of the Coast, Pixel Storm, and Paizo Publishing :3)

I'll be using a few other ones, but i ht ink that, in general, that one will be the most helpful, since- well, the basic idea is so simple- and, plus, with the gradients in place, that gives me a general tone guide for the colorins ;3

*hem*- anywho, here's the first step-

Three layers, so far (not including the layer i have the sketch on, since that won't be part of the final)

...

it'll be a fun experiment, but i duno when it'll be done-
in about a week here, kriz and i are off to a family reunion, then the week after that we're off to Wales for just under a month to visit a friend :3

Anyway! There'll probably be an update before then, anyway~

Cheers!
picked two colors- not sure why pink and brown, exactly, but i kind of like it-
chose a light source, used the gradient tool in the background;
freehand lasso tool, selected the larger character (with some allowance for the hair/fur and such).. new layer.. gradient.. rinse and repeat for the smaller character.