Archive for 'Digital Painting'
Making of Be My Valentine
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Introduction Hello, my name is Omar Díaz and I´m a Spanish Graphic Designer and Digital Painter. I´m currently studying the concept of art for the movies and videogames, working at the same time with freelance. In this tutorial I will explain how I have done one of my latest work, ”Be my Valentine” , [...]
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Making of Call It
Posted on 04. May, 2010 by admin.
I was inspired to make a portrait of Anton Chigurh after watching No Country for Old Men. I don’t know why but he just caught my interest and attention. I’m new to digital painting and I still have a lot to learn. I thought this would be good study to [...]
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Against China’s modern rebirth
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Creative Introduction This time I tried to create the role of a dark line (black mage), he has aloof and cold personality, setting on the clothes I do not want him there too much armor. Hope closer to modern fashion, and loaded on the various elements and symbols of China. Read more
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Making of Cadenus and Vanessa
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by admin.
I secretly made this drawing to gift it to my girlfriend. So, for me, it has a special value. Her name is Vanessa and hence the title of the painting. ‘Cadenus and Vanessa’ is the title of a poem by Jonathan Swift gave rise to the name of Vanessa. Its original resolution was 5000px x 3000px [...]
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Painting Avatar Jack Sully
Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by admin.
When I saw the James Cameron ‘Avatar’ movie for the first time I was very surprised. I’ve seen it 2 more times. The visual effects are amazing. So I decide to pay a small tribute and began to make a fan art of its protagonist, Jake Sully. Step 1 – This time I started doing two [...]
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Making Of Cliffside
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Software Used : ZBrush, Photoshop & Google SketchUp Usually I start working by experimenting with the idea in different forms, lines and colors until I decide how the image should be. Obviously while working on the painting, the image is transforming and the final one might be very different from the original. In this case everything started [...]
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Painting a Realistic Portrait by Photoshop Brushes
Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by admin.
When you look at some beautiful human portrait, you may wonder how the artist to start and process it. There are various ways to do, and this tutorial will present you how to use the photoshop brushes professionally to process it. Artist’s Comments (Foxbane) I figured that a lot of my tutorials were getting a bit out [...]
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Making Of Lord Something
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Introduction: Most of the time, when I begin on a sketch, I have a clear idea of what I want to illustrate. For “Lord Something”, I wanted to create a cartoon character using pure lines and lighting that went from warm to cold. Sketch and Shape: First, I opened a new PSD: size 2500 x 3000 at [...]
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Digital painting tutorials
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Digital painting process, made for self evaluation purposes…
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Making of Long Journey of a Girl
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Story - It was supposed to be quite fairy-tale scene. Colby young, beautiful girl is looking for the magic stone at the heart of the Reptar’s sacred tree. She needs the stone to save her brother from vampirism. Her mission is not easy because danger lurks around every corner. When she approached a swamp she meet [...]
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Making OF Stranded
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Software Used: Painter Introduction Some of you may remember that I wrote a tutorial about painting basic landscapes with Painter in Issue 24 of 2d Artist. Well I was also recently asked to write a “Making Of” for one of my more matte painting style image creations, “Stranded” (Fig01), which was also handled in Painter. Hopefully you’ve [...]
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How to Create Cityscape Concept Art
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by admin.
In this tutorial, I will teach you how to easily create a successful piece of cityscape concept art. We’ll be using a very basic 3D scene as a foundation for the piece, then taking it into Photoshop for some creative photo manipulation of reference photos, basic painting and adjustments. Let’s create this urban scene! Tutorial Details [...]
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Create a Story Through a Cover
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by admin.
There are many ways to express stories; one of the most interesting ways of telling a story for me is visually through comics. Before I start to read the first page of the comic, I usually take time to study the cover and try to get a feel for the story. I think that a [...]
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Making of Halloween Witch
Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Concept and Sketch – For this Halloween-themed painting, I wanted to do a sexy pinup girl, and of course, Halloween plus girl equals witch! With my main subject decided, I considered her pose and the composition for the sketch, and meanwhile I also started thinking about other things that are associated with the holiday: jack-o’-lanterns, [...]
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Painting Perfect Skin
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Painting skin is one of the hardest tasks faced by every photorealistic painter, due to the number of factors that make up a final effect – colour choices, blending techniques, special brush usage and custom texturing are all equally important to achieve a truly realistic effect. It’s also crucial to remember that different types of [...]
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How To Create Realistic Cat Fur
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by admin.
In this tutorial I will show you how to create realistic cat fur. It takes some patience to get to the desired result, but eventually you’ll end up with a super cute, furry kitten! This tutorial is written for beginners. The following reference is used for this tutorial: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1178601 Read more
