Xiao and Venti Genshin Impact Drawing {Process Post}

This was a sketch I did the night before the Xiao banner on Genshin Impact. I like to draw characters for good luck summoning. xD (It doesn't work but...the idea is there!) 

The sketch was well liked so I wanted to finish it and clean it up. When drawing the line art, I was really careful to get the details of Xiao's design correct. I look at many 2D references but they all look slightly different >_< (can't open the game when drawing) But I think the end result was pretty close. I wanted to do human Venti but because it was a sketch, I got lazy haha. 

I tried different test coloring techniques like lighting and line art coloring on this drawing. It ended up a bit messier than my usual line art from all the experimenting but it was a good learning experience. When I study new techniques, I like to draw directly on top of the drawing so it becomes more painty like and less line art. One thing I wasn't able to figure out and it was really frustrating was how the clouds interact with the outfit. I think by drawing more of it in the future, I will figure it out! 

The drawing took longer than I thought because of all the testing but it's was pretty fun to test techniques of lighting while keeping my style cell shady.
Sketch time: 45 mins | Line art 1.5 hr | Coloring 4 hrs | Adjustments 2 hrs