Tutorial: Making Banners From Scratch

I've been making banners lately for my Orc bosses (above), and an online contest themed around freehand banners got announced by @goobinsgitz on Instagram. This gave me the idea to share my banner crafting methods in a step-by-step. Perhaps it will help you out!

This was the method I use to make such banners from scratch. For those who don't have all these specific materials and tools lying around (I know I didn't when I was a beginner), I have another version of the tutorial: one that goes for similar results with extra basic stuff.

What's your method? What would you do to further improve these? Let me know in the comments.

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