Personal Development: 30 Day Challenge - Day 2

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The second prompt for this challenge was knife, I had considered creating a basic kitchen knife for this challenge however I wanted to challenge myself. Due to this I decided on a multi-chrome Karambit knife as I was interested in exploring the curvature on the knife as I felt it would create a more interesting visual as well as the multi-chrome colouring as this would enable me to explore a new technique of colouring.

I maintained the same simplistic background of an oval within my square canvas, seeing as these will all be made to be compatible with Instagram, as I like the consistency however I will be altering the colours to match the chosen subject of the drawing.

To create the multi-chrome effect using Procreate I began by selecting the variation of colours I wanted to use, followed by the liquefy option to create the desired rainbow effect. I then added shading to this using a plain white and grey base to create the perception of lighting, to ensure it maintained the same textured appearance of the rest of the design. However, I was also able to achieve this further by then adding a slight noise effect over the top of this layer as well. I preferred the aesthetics upon adding this as originally I had planned on keeping the blade looking ‘shiny’ but in comparison to the rest of the design it just appeared strange, whereas by including the noise filter I was able to create a much more consistent style within my design.

I really like how this attempt turned out and the lighting variation I managed to capture within each layer of the blades handle, making it appear much more 3D. However if I were to repeat this process in the future I would like to explore the liquify filter more as there is an area on the top of the handle which appears slightly lost. This may be because the top colour was too light for the placement of my secondary lighting or the lighter colour itself not being as effective on the outer corners of the design, so this would be an area I would need to explore when styling like this in the future.

I also noticed there should be darker lighting on one side of the upper grips as the lighting would only naturally hit one side. Regardless I am happy with how my illustration turned out for my second attempt using this textured style. 


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