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First things first, make your sketch. It's rough so don't worry too much about the details, but the cleaner you make it, the easier it is to do the lineart. I work on a 350x350 canvas since the items are resized down to 80x80. 250x250 is also an acceptable size, but I personally wouldn't work any smaller!
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Next do your lineart, try to make sure you vary your line weight to give the item depth. I work with a 9 pixel brush, and a size 4 for small details (if there are any)
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I redefined the rough part of my sketch, so that it was cleaner, and better showed what I wanted it to look like.
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I lined the green details since they were going to be colored first, and deleted the sketch layer, along with the green part of the sketch since I didn't need them anymore.
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I added thorns to the pink sketch layer, since I'm planning to use it at a later time, but for now, I hide the layer since at the time, I don't currently need it.
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I threw down the base colors. The blue is on a separate layer, above the grey.
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I did the details by erasing the blue layer in the shape of roses and thorns, and changed the gem color to the same color as the background, so it didn't stand out as much anymore. I thought it looked better this way.
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On the blue layer, I turned the layer effect "fringe" on. This causes it to have an outline
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thanks to doing that, the blue has an outline that I don't have to draw myself, giving it some natural depth.
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