Setting up the Background Want to learn digital painting? Welcome to the next part in our series! At his drawing has progressed, Mark is going to spend a bit more time on the background to get it working a little better with the character. While he’s working, he’s playing close attention to the contrast that …
Digital Painting | 06 |Rendering the Clothing & Setting the Background Read More »
How to Paint Hair in Photoshop: Start with Texture Want to learn how to paint hair in Photoshop? Start off by grabbing another swatch of color to use as a base layer for the hair. If you’re using a brush stroke texture like shown here, try and line the direction of the brush strokes …
Digital Painting | 07 |How to Paint Hair in Photoshop Read More »
Painting Skin in Photoshop: Adding Highlights Ready to learn more about painting skin in Photoshop? After all of the previous set-up work, it’s time to go into the face and start adding in more detail to get it close to a finished piece. Start off by adding in some lighter areas to the face where …
Digital Painting | 08 |Painting Skin in Photoshop Read More »
Painting Hair in Photoshop: Fixing the Hair Ready to learn more about painting hair in Photoshop? Here, the hair on the side of the king’s head was growing right up into the eyebrow and was looking a little bit odd. By taking the hair back it’s given the desired amount of separation between it and …
Photoshop Digital Art: Evaluate your Composition Ready to learn more about Photoshop digital art? Once you reach the end of each step in this series, it’s a good idea to stop and evaluate the overall composition of your drawing. This way, you’ll be able to see if there are any major problem areas which need to be addressed. …
Photoshop Digital Art Tutorials: Micro Details For the next stage in our Photoshop digital art tutorials, we’re going to be adding some final details. The drawing is almost complete, and now it’s time to go in and add even more tiny details as well as adjusting any areas that may need refinement. There’s no real …
How to Make Digital Art in Photoshop: Final Lighting Effect Ready to learn more about how to make digital art in Photoshop? Now that all of the painting work has been finished, it’s time to add a lighting effect to the overall drawing. This will help bring all of the different elements of the painting …
Take a look at the finished painting in this series on motorcycle concept sketches Now you’ve learned about the various parts of the motorcycle in our previous articles on motorcycle concept sketches, you can step things up a notch and start creating some thumbnail sketches! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to let your creativity flow …
Motorcycle Concept Sketching | 03 |Drawing Thumbnail Sketches Read More »
Take a look at the finished painting in this series Now that you’ve looked at basic shapes and forms for cartoon car drawing, it’s time to develop these into a series of thumbnail sketches so you can choose your favorite design. So, let’s step on the gas and get moving! Refining Your Thumbnail Sketches At …
Car Caricature Lineart | 02 |Creating a Thumbnail Sketch Read More »
Take a look at the finished painting in this series on how to draw a bike We’re nearly there for this series on how to draw a bike! Now, let’s just add a few final touches to your motorcycle design concept painting and go back over what you’ve learned in this series. Here are the main …
Motorcycle Concept Sketching | 10 |Final Touches and Recap Read More »