Technique focus: WORK SMARTER WITH COLOURS

Álvaro Jiménez reveals the workflow process he follows to summon an armoured demon

- Álvaro Jiménez

"This is a character concept for Kimera Models, a miniature's brand for war game and hobby painters. I was commissioned to make a demon, similar to the mood and style of Blizzard's Diablo saga. My process is quite simple: I try to stay as close as possible to traditional media. I usually work with greyscales as they help me to quickly establish solid values and lighting. I then work on a Multiply blending mode layer, using black and white to build the main volumes with a very noisy brush. You can achieve this by going to Brush settings > Color dynamics > Foreground/Background Jitter and increase this by 2-5 per cent). This w