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(I will try and resize this as soon as I can, since FA shrinks things down!)
Okay! So a couple people asked me about my latest submission, and I came up with the idea of making a small tutorial of sorts explaining exactly what my process is for painting. Please note I'm by no means a professional artist, so take what you will from this with several grains of salt..!
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, I'll try and answer them as best I can. The brushes I used in the piece were simply the standard round brush--I altered how it acted in some very specific parts by going into the brush settings menu. I tend to use 50% flow, but sometimes lower or heighten it for certain effects.
I have absolutely no idea if this will even be a tiny bit useful to anyone, so feel free to leave feedback. Definitely the first time I've ever done this, yep yep! ;)
Okay! So a couple people asked me about my latest submission, and I came up with the idea of making a small tutorial of sorts explaining exactly what my process is for painting. Please note I'm by no means a professional artist, so take what you will from this with several grains of salt..!
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, I'll try and answer them as best I can. The brushes I used in the piece were simply the standard round brush--I altered how it acted in some very specific parts by going into the brush settings menu. I tend to use 50% flow, but sometimes lower or heighten it for certain effects.
I have absolutely no idea if this will even be a tiny bit useful to anyone, so feel free to leave feedback. Definitely the first time I've ever done this, yep yep! ;)
Category Artwork (Digital) / Tutorials
Species Hydra
Gender Multiple characters
Size 1200 x 3200px
He uses several different methods, and this is one of them. The multiply layer method is another one that works quite well. Really there's no "right" way to paint, it's whatever workflow works the best for you. This one happens to be the one I use.
Plus, I hate messing around with layers other than the standard kind, because if you move them around they get real wonky. This method keeps everything nice and organized :)
Plus, I hate messing around with layers other than the standard kind, because if you move them around they get real wonky. This method keeps everything nice and organized :)
Yep, all normal opaque layers. You can still use other kinds of course, especially if you want to create glaze effects. It all depends what you want to achieve!
100% opacity and I use 50% flow. If you want hard objects (teeth, specularity, etc) bump the flow higher. If you want soft glow effects like fog or sub-surface scattering, push it down lower. :)
oh awesome, I always wondered how flow worked, haha. I keep both at max but it does make it super hard to blend. I want to go for a very watercolor ish look, got any tips?
If you want a watercolor look, then you can use a bunch of multiply layers. :) I typically work dark to light, but watercolor is the opposite: you work light to dark!
Quote : "The whole process took me about 30 hours because I'm slow as molasses"
Whoa~ I didn't know you're slow too, like me ^^; I'm very slow in drawing as well.
And... may took even longer time than you (it's 40 hours).
However, I believe the time doesn't matter. More important thing about the arts is
"Did we do our best?". Isn't it?
ps. The result of this WIP is really wonderful~ I luv it so bad!!
Whoa~ I didn't know you're slow too, like me ^^; I'm very slow in drawing as well.
And... may took even longer time than you (it's 40 hours).
However, I believe the time doesn't matter. More important thing about the arts is
"Did we do our best?". Isn't it?
ps. The result of this WIP is really wonderful~ I luv it so bad!!
I do agree! You have to take as long as it takes to make the image you want to make, no more and no less! ;)
Getting faster is still a goal of mine though, since you need to be pretty fast to do this as a job. But as a hobby there are no time constraints!
Getting faster is still a goal of mine though, since you need to be pretty fast to do this as a job. But as a hobby there are no time constraints!
Pfft, haaaardly..!
Or maybe my pool was one of those kiddie ones you can buy at the store. Yeah that's it.
Or maybe my pool was one of those kiddie ones you can buy at the store. Yeah that's it.
An awesome tutorial Sprout =3
Still, as always, I'm having trouble grasping the color theory. You made an excellent palette for that picture but how do you go about choosing the colors and such?
(I understood the yellow for going with a triad, but how/why did you choose that particular hue/shade of yellow?)
Still, as always, I'm having trouble grasping the color theory. You made an excellent palette for that picture but how do you go about choosing the colors and such?
(I understood the yellow for going with a triad, but how/why did you choose that particular hue/shade of yellow?)
Color is something you just have to practice to get, honestly. I took a boring-as-fuck color theory class in college that probably helped me a bit. Just remember what colors go well together and note them down in your mental notebook for the next picture you do.
You can always use already-existing color pallets too if you can't think of one. Triads are pretty good to start with. http://emptyeasel.com/2009/12/29/ex.....chemes-in-art/
You can always use already-existing color pallets too if you can't think of one. Triads are pretty good to start with. http://emptyeasel.com/2009/12/29/ex.....chemes-in-art/
I almost always have my erasers and brush opacity set to "pen pressure" so you can utilize the tablet's functions. But depending on the effect you want to get, you can lower the opacity if needed. I keep it normally at 100% though.
As someone who is a complete amateur, I always appreciate little tutorials like this that give me insight to how the process works for different artists.
I will certainly try to make a "style" of my own, but these give great references to the programs I use and their functions. Again, thank you for sharing!
I will certainly try to make a "style" of my own, but these give great references to the programs I use and their functions. Again, thank you for sharing!
Hey dude,
That tip about making a new layer, painting, erasing and merging down is pretty useful. Here's what I've been doing: if you know how to use the action recording functionality of Photoshop, you can bind stuff like making new layers and merging them down to an F key (F1, F2, Shift+F2, etc), making the process even faster.
Keep up the good work :y
That tip about making a new layer, painting, erasing and merging down is pretty useful. Here's what I've been doing: if you know how to use the action recording functionality of Photoshop, you can bind stuff like making new layers and merging them down to an F key (F1, F2, Shift+F2, etc), making the process even faster.
Keep up the good work :y
I do use that and it indeed is incredibly useful :) I use a flip canvas macro all the time! But I figured keep it simple and short for everyone else getting started ;)
Value is how light and dark something is, and render is just another word for paint. You're right on the mark with step 3, it's just a pressure-sensitive eraser. I merge my layers down for file size and organization purposes, but you can always keep extra layers if you really need them, of course!
Thanks for the kind words. :)
Thanks for the kind words. :)
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