since i had the basic outline drawn i began by intergrating a sense of realism and depth by shading my characters- i knew they were going to be blank silhouettes but i didnt want them to be solid fill i wanted them to contrast against the chess pieces in more than just colour. in order to do this i opted to shade in my characters by using the scroll brush tool something i had practised using in the previous project. the scroll brushes were a collection of lines which when layered almost generates a cross hatch effect and were perfect for intergrating texture. since i thought they still looked a little flat with just the white brush strokes i also incorporated some grey lines which i used to form shadow. on the detective i mostly emphasised the lines of his coat and hat in order to segment the face from the body. in the femme fatale character i knew she was going to be naked ( since shes based off of the character Carmen Sternwood who appears unclothed twice in the novel) so i wanted to make this apparent without being too obvious so i applied the shadow along the contours of her body.
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