How to draw a dragon;
Lesson 1
How to Draw a Voodoo Doll in Photoshop
The first lesson will be indicative for beginners, as well as for those who want to learn how to draw on a tablet with a stylus. You will learn about the role basic techniques How tricks and filters work when creating a drawing in Adobe Photoshop.
In order to form the correct impression of a drawing, you need the concept of a base, and for this you will start learning from the perspective of chiaroscuro. When painting a voodoo doll, layer-by-layer creation of tone is considered. The author of the video will also explain the disadvantages of working on a multi-layered drawing throughout the entire work and how to merge everything into one layer. The versatility of actions and tools is important so as not to waste a lot of time.
In order for the doll to acquire a more realistic appearance, emphasis will be placed on working with volume, the effects of enhancing it and the need to use spots for subsequent detailing of the doll in an enlarged perspective.
The lesson teaches you how to work with stretch marks and texture, and use Photoshop to copy needles, instead of creating a similar detail of the design every time.
As a result, you will receive a realistic voodoo doll and learn how to create your own collection of universal brushes.
Lesson 2
How to Draw a Tree Stump in Adobe Photoshop
The second lesson is aimed at drawing with a brush and an eraser to familiarize yourself with the rules of the theoretical basis, teaching the genre to develop practical skills in a short period of time.
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Starting with a sketch of a tree stump with mushrooms, throughout the tutorial you will add objects to create a small, interesting composition. To depict a complex illustration with a tree stump at the center of the action, simple drawings and minimal strokes will be created.
You will learn to move from the general to the specific depiction of details, and learn why tone is more important than color. In practice, the author teaches how to use the Lock transparent pixels button, the HBS slider and brightness parameters, and introduces the main rules of drawing.
During the lesson, you will be able to answer the following questions for beginners who want to take Photoshop training courses:
- Which tablet format should I choose for drawing?
- What utilities and tools are needed for drawing in Photoshop?
- mouse or pen? which is more convenient?
- what is the problem clean slate? how to add details that diversify the drawing without overloading it?
- What is spatial imagination and how to transfer a drawing from three-dimensional space to flat paper?
Lesson 3
How to Draw a Super Patronus in Adobe Photoshop
The lesson moves away from the technical terms and concepts of Photoshop drawing lessons. The content of the 3rd video is aimed at experimentation during the creation of a patronus drawing, the importance of going beyond the boundaries, finding the right shapes and proportions. You will learn the philosophy of drawing shapes to replicate drawing objects from different angles. The drawing is tied to the concept of spatial imagination, rather than simply copying an object from a picture.
For the Patronus, you will create a line drawing on a separate layer, then imagining the perspective and shape, chiaroscuro. After creating a line sketch, you'll turn your Patronus drawing into a color sketch, create a colored background, and improve your spatial imagination skills.
Since the patronus will have a small amount of detail itself, the focus will be on the silhouette. Based on this, the author will teach you how to detail the drawing, make bursts of light on the wings of the patronus, and add special effects. Ultimately, you will turn a monochromatic Patronus into one illuminated from within by working the light from the center to the periphery.
At the end of the lesson, you will balance the light and special effects of the drawing without affecting the volume, and then work on small details and clean up the entire composition.
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Lesson 4
How to draw a game location in Adobe Photoshop
The video lesson is devoted to designing an object in Photoshop for game projects, as well as the theoretical part - for those who want to start drawing from scratch. Starting the lesson with a sketch, a maximally detailed linear drawing, which is important for developing the skills of beginners, you will simultaneously learn to work in color from the very beginning. The author helps to understand the differences between color and tone, the difference between the concepts of tone and spot, as well as what difficulties of working on a black and white background may arise.
After the linear sketch is created, the layers will be merged for subsequent work on the silhouette of the object in the drawing. Drawing touches on the concept of shadow, half-light, and light appearing. The theory of chiaroscuro will be covered using a diagram of the incidence and reflection of a ray on a surface. To create pictures for videos, the author of the lesson will explain how to add accents to control the viewer's gaze.
In addition, the following practical skills will be developed:
- drawing details, without moving away from the overall goal;
- use of photorealism techniques;
- changing color in the hue saturation tool;
- increasing and decreasing the brush;
As a result, you will become bolder in creating your drawings, learning to draw details so that they interact with the environment of the main object in the drawing.
Lesson 5
How to draw a robot cat in Adobe Photoshop
The drawing of the lesson will be a robot cat created using the example of a picture of Iron Man. The first steps will be linear sketches of the silhouette in pencil, and then the shape will be filled in with a colored tone. This way you will practice the skills of step-by-step two-layer painting of the silhouette, a layer with lines and a fill layer. Then everything will need to be merged into a single layer for the finishing touches of the drawing.
The teaching tools will be pencil, brush and eraser. You will also practice using the Lock Transparent Pixels button to paint larger areas of the main volume with a softer, larger brush. In the final stages, you will learn how to stretch the color with a soft brush to create a smoother look. mixed color robot cat and transfer the necessary details from the example image to your drawing.
From the theoretical basis, the lesson will be useful in presenting the advantages of drawing in a graphics editor, namely the ability to mirror a drawing in Photoshop, and complicating the form using graphic primitives. You will learn the importance of using your imagination to create unique things and stylistic features your drawings.
Lesson 6
How to Draw a Simple Character in Adobe Photoshop
In lesson 6, time will be devoted to practicing knowledge from previous lessons in drawing practice. simple character in Photoshop.
While creating a sketch, you will learn how to control the thickness and length of the line when drawing on a tablet, where you need to use the stylus. Basic knowledge of the lesson will help you learn how to draw under any conditions, correctly use the pencil tilt, and the pen tilt function for digital graphics.
During the lesson, you will learn how to create the right content for your Instagram page so that every picture in your feed is easy to read.
Information about the functionality of Photoshop will be presented in portions throughout the course. Lesson 6 will demonstrate how to use Illustrator and raster, and how to stretch shadows for both. The lesson is perfect for both beginners and experienced artists, for example in constructing symmetrical character parts for demonstration in class. You will learn how to build a clear shape to see symmetrical points.
An important skill is to realize when it’s time to finish a drawing and at what point to move on to detailing. Using a simple character as an example, you can learn how to improve the quality of your work by using fewer layers.
Lesson 7
How to Draw a Dragon's Eye in Adobe Photoshop
Drawing in Photoshop is a set of objective rules that allow you to transfer the reality of a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one. To do this, you need to imagine an object and place it on a piece of paper or on a tablet. It is to study these basic principles that the lesson is aimed, without reference to a specific program.
The author moves away from certain options and buttons in Photoshop, and goes deeper into direct drawing, into useful information on drawing and the process of detailing itself, which were omitted in previous lessons. That is why the topic of the lesson was chosen to be one eye of the dragon, and not the entire dragon.
From the very beginning of the sketch, the fine anatomy of the dragon will be taken into account in order to practice drawing the smallest details. You will learn how to draw with and without a reference.
The author explains why you need to score the sheet and how to connect all the spots for the play of chiaroscuro. How to correctly calculate the time to create a drawing, using the method from general to specific. At the moment of giving the effect of volume to the eye, the rules of transfer from a three-dimensional world to a two-dimensional one will be used, with an explanation of which the lesson begins.
Lesson 8
How to draw a magic stone in Adobe Photoshop
A brush and an eraser will become the main tools for the lesson in Once again. An amulet was chosen as an image to create an abstract composition and give it meaning at the most last stages lesson. For the drawing, 2 layers will be created, which will then be merged into one, as the course continues to work on your practice of using fewer layers.
The author explains how to find blots and inaccuracies in your drawing form, how to do this correctly from the very beginning, so as not to waste time on this when working out the details. Special attention will be paid to primitives, how to use them for various types of drawings: organic, portraits, etc. You will learn why you need to change the size of brushes throughout the creation of the entire drawing and drawing the texture. Get acquainted with the concept of edges, shape and silhouette, how to correctly form your spatial imagination.
When creating crystals for an amulet, an example will be presented of how to deviate from the rules for choosing colors, how to confuse the viewer and advantageously detail the design. As a result, a drawing will be created in Photoshop using the basic rules of Adobe Photoshop in combination with your own imagination and applying all this in practice.
Lesson 9
How to Draw an Acrobat Kitten in Adobe Photoshop
How the drawing process works in Photoshop will be presented in Lesson 9 using the example of drawing an acrobat kitten.
In this case, the creation of a sketch will begin without a specific goal of drawing a cat, and as you create the character, you will be able to determine its abstract purpose.
In search of ideal proportions and the details themselves in a cat drawing, you will use many options for redrawing. The same will apply to the color of the animal itself. The lesson will teach you not to get hung up on one version of the image, but to be bolder in experiments for the best final result, how to correctly compose your drawing, and determine the general proportions.
The training in this video lesson consists of the least amount of theory in the entire course, however, the acquired skills of all 9 previous lessons on drawing in Photoshop are reinforced in practice.
The most useful use of imagination, in the way the author suggests in the lesson, will be for beginners, and for advanced artists the lesson will give more opportunities.
Lesson 10
How to Draw a Stone Statue in Adobe Photoshop
All you need for this tutorial is a brush, eraser, selection tools and layers. During the lesson, the drawing will be created using spots, which you will need to learn to control. That is, in this case, the functionality of the Photoshop program will be used minimally and the drawing skills themselves will be used as much as possible.
Textured stylization of a portrait will teach you how to work with skills realistic drawing. The training is suitable for beginners who have never even held a brush in their hands. When creating a sketch, the theory of pencil drawing and how to apply it correctly will be discussed. If you want to learn how to make a drawing three-dimensional and correctly symmetrical on all sides, then this lesson will be useful not only for beginners, but also for experienced artists honing their skills.
The author tells how to draw vertical and horizontal lines in order to show in practice the technique of drawing straight lines. How to draw a sphere and distribute light in order to correctly fit the volume using knowledge of human anatomy to create a portrait drawing of a statue.
On top of that, a lot of the information in the lesson includes the need for thoughtful use of experience, as a bonus, basic hotkeys are covered, which greatly facilitate and speed up the drawing process in general.
Lesson 11
How to Draw a Ladybug in Adobe Photoshop
During the lesson, training will be carried out using the example of drawing a ladybug. The lesson is devoted to the possibilities of digital painting and transferring drawings from conventional drawing. Stylization will begin traditionally with the creation of a sketch and analysis of the necessary resolution for various purposes. You will learn the compositional placement of a drawing on a sheet.
In the sketching stage, the shape, masses, and volumes will be created, then you can move on to working with the background and color filling. The author will show by example how and why a real artist does not strive to learn every function of the Photoshop program, but to learn how to convey a whole picture with a couple of strokes. The brush adjustment will be used to change the transparency of the painting.
You will learn the difference between zooming in, detailing and changing resolution, which are used to finalize and complete the creation of a drawing. Using additional planes to create more volume will add more professionalism and reality to your drawing.
In this lesson, new useful keyboard shortcuts will be added to the list of previous lessons, which will be auxiliary in your work as an artist, both for work in the future, and if you draw on a tablet as a hobby.
Lesson 12
How to draw a monster for beginners
The lesson teaches drawing without reference. The author explains the importance of understanding shape and transferring it to the drawing. You continue to work with volume and use of three-dimensional objects to make the result of your drawing more realistic. The drawing will begin with defining the shape and sketch drawing, then the silhouette will be filled in and the coloring will be complemented with the help of spots.
You will go through the topic of mixing colors correctly and using the necessary tools in Photoshop. How to correctly use color and tone, as well as other characteristics when decorating your sketch.
The author will show by example what spots, layer, perspective and chiaroscuro represent. You will find the answer to the question why drawing correctly with a brush and an eraser means having the right approach to drawing. New buttons from the toolbar in the program will be introduced along with the correct use of their functions. What image size is needed at the initial stage for drawing and further use of your drawings as work drawings, or for a portfolio. You will learn exactly what you need to know about the Adobe Photoshop program for future employment in large companies and game studios.
Lesson 13
How to draw Nemo the fish
The video lesson will be devoted to drawing Nemo the fish in Photoshop with a reference photo of a live fish. However, in order to begin creating a sketch, attention will be paid to the presentation of the three-dimensional drawing itself, the use of spatial imagination, which was discussed in the previous video lessons of the course on drawing in Photoshop.
After building a general structure, you will begin to study the theory and at the same time practice it. You will learn how to apply isometry and change it to perspective for drawing in Photoshop. How to correctly mirror a drawing and why draw in color, at what stages this should be introduced, the author of the lesson will continue to explain using examples from topics already covered. this lesson to consolidate the material covered in previous lessons of the course.
The teaching of the lesson will be aimed at further teaching how to draw without a reference using specific basic drawing knowledge. It will be useful for beginners to learn why it is necessary to move away from photo textures, shapes and photobash, and how they interfere with the development of a universal professional artist. As a result, the lesson will help beginners improve their level and help them realize how important it is to use mental activity in drawing, rather than just building up their hand skills.
Lesson 14
How to Draw Digital Art in Adobe Photoshop - Bridge
Creating a bridge in Photoshop using drawing in the lesson will be accompanied by analysis and reinforcement of the following theoretical foundations drawing:
- creation of structures in the future;
- creating blanks and transferring them to another layer by communicating the correct base;
- useful keyboard shortcuts for drawing in Photoshop;
- life hacks for drawing objects and landscapes;
- creating a universal collection of brushes;
- scale;
A large theoretical block will be presented on the topic of creating illustrations. In the process of creating a bridge, you will see in the demo how to look for suitable color schemes and solutions. Practical exercises will be given for drawing straight lines using the Shift key. You will learn how to get out of a situation where theoretical knowledge exceeds your practical skills and why theory is finite, but you can devote an unlimited amount of time to skills.
In a step-by-step creation of a bridge illustration, the author will show you how not to be afraid to spend time finding solutions for the most successful and beautiful result. During the lesson you will learn about additional programs useful for the professional development of an artist, including 3D modeling and sculpting.
Lesson 15
How to Digitally Draw a Bulldog in Adobe Photoshop
The lesson continues the study of drawing techniques for beginning artists. The author demonstrates by example how to use references correctly and how to extract shapes, main lines from them, capture movements, and character.
Starting from the concept that everything that surrounds us is a form, the skills of working with perspective and light and shade, which were discussed in the previous stages of learning how to draw in Photoshop, are honed. You will continue to learn to think in projection and use this as a basis for drawing the unicorn dog.
You will learn how to convey a character's personality using certain types of lines and certain hand movements. When learning the skill of drawing in Photoshop on a tablet, the theme of the main basic concepts. The lesson examines in detail what raster and vector graphics are, what are their similarities and differences. The importance of silhouette is directly proportional to the successful outcome of your drawing, how it needs to be controlled and how to create something that will please the eye. The lesson is also useful for those who want to connect their professional activities with drawing, but do not know how to properly form a portfolio.
Lesson 16
How to draw a frog in Adobe Photoshop
The lesson continues the introduction to drawing in Photoshop for beginners. The thematic drawing will be the character of a colored frog, on whose example a sketch will be created, the basic principles of drawing techniques will be studied, and the most common mistakes of beginners who have decided to learn drawing from scratch will be sorted out.
The work of creating drawings on one layer continues in order to simplify the entire work process as much as possible and to save time. For beginners, a line drawing is reviewed in detail to give more confidence when creating a sketch without a reference. The author demonstrates the correct combination of colors and shades by creating a tone using Photoshop tools and the correct keyboard shortcuts.
The lesson demonstrates the important aspects of choosing the right overall tone in order to harmonize the external perception of the overall picture, and also explains why the spot method is not suitable for use by a beginner. As a result, you will learn to simplify your tasks without losing the quality of your drawing.
The course is designed not for the accelerated acquisition of drawing skills, but for gradual and meaningful work as an artist. A detailed description of each action in the lesson will help you get as close as possible to understanding each brush movement, rather than copying after the author of the project.
Lesson 17
How to Draw a Location Digitally in Adobe Photoshop
Drawing the concept of a game object for later use in the game will be useful not only for beginner artists, but for professionals as well. The beginning of the lesson is devoted to approximating the sketch to a three-dimensional plane.
School drawing skills are intertwined in the lesson with basic concepts in drawing, spatial imagination, and digital graphics. The author of the video teaches how to correctly distribute mental costs so that the drawing obeys the laws of three-dimensional space, and frontal and informal projections coincide. All this is sorted out for your further use of the skill of thinking in projections.
Perspective at this stage of the drawing course in Photoshop is analyzed in more detail so that you can understand the concept of visual distortion of objects. You will understand how this theory differs from the basic principles of isometry. Special attention in the lesson is paid to setting up the panel for ease of use of all the necessary Photoshop tools for learning to draw from scratch.
As a result, if you learn to draw these objects on your own and comprehend all the material presented in the lesson, after some practice, you will be able to create entire cities yourself, thanks to lesson 17 of the course on learning to draw in Photoshop.
Lesson 18
How to draw a panda in Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop lessons in this lesson continue to work with characters and study the basic principles of drawing for the further use of acquired skills in professional activity graphic artist. The drawing will be dedicated to a stylized unrealistic panda, using the example of which you will analyze the theory and practice knowledge in practice.
Development general sketch accompanied by an interpretation and detailed demonstration of the creation of a drawing from scratch to the very final result in a detailed drawing of a panda. As a result, all the elements of the drawing will become not just a set of lines and spots, but will interact with each other. The author emphasizes the importance of maintaining clean drawing and symmetry of points when creating a form for uniform detailing. Every aspect is explained in great detail, which makes the Photoshop drawing course unique and useful for beginners.
Special attention in the lesson will be paid to the functionality of Photoshop, the importance of understanding functions to improve working drawings. In this case, the main tools, as in the early stages, will remain a brush and an elastic band. When creating a tone, your knowledge will expand with new concepts and technologies, including Matte Painting.
Lesson 19
How to Draw a Kind Mummy in Adobe Photoshop
Drawing a mummy in Photoshop in lesson 19 will cover not only theoretical aspects drawing, but the emphasis will also be on the possible difficulties of drawing a character.
You will learn the use of simple cylindrical shapes that need to be able to rotate in space. The more complex you can make this, the more complex you can make the angles and movements of a character, especially a standing character in a certain pose. All these stages will be explained with an example in the video lesson and will be useful in learning how to draw graphic characters in Adobe Photoshop.
During the demonstration of practical drawing creation in this lesson, proportions and their correct use will be discussed, how to learn how to create them, what theories need to be used for this, and how much experience to gain to automate the skill. Among the important aspects, tips for bringing the drawing to the final result will be discussed: detailing all undeveloped areas.
From the non-theoretical, the author shares his experience and observations in the aspect of properly developing one’s strengths and drawing inspiration in order not to get tired of the work of an artist, and not to turn his favorite hobby into backbreaking work.
Lesson 20
How to Draw a Spring Landscape in Adobe Photoshop
A spring landscape as a drawing will be created in stages, starting with a sketch and worked out with maximum detail and the use of previously learned basic concepts of graphic drawing in Photoshop.
The question of how to deal with the problem of a blank sheet of paper will be considered, which often becomes a stumbling block for the development of an artist, because abstract landscapes are not always easy to implement due to the lack of specific references and the maximum use of imagination.
From theory, attention will be paid to the composition and organization of spots on your tablet, how to create a logical composition from a random sketch. The author explains how to control a picture using scale, what compositional dissonance is, and how to use perspective to maintain the proportions of all the details of the picture. When working with volume, you will be shown how to draw the clouds in your landscape in as much detail as possible and will help you avoid basic mistakes. New concepts will be integrated: sketching, detail rendering, composition, aerial perspective, etc. You will learn to give information about space.
From the functional aspects of Photoshop, you will learn how to work with a brush, change its shape and function.
Lesson 21
How to Draw an Owl in Adobe Photoshop
The drawing will be from the reference picture of an owl. It is useful for beginners to learn how to work correctly with a reference, analyze the shape of the animal, and understand the volume. You can not copy the picture, but stylize it and look for angles different from the original for your character. You will give the animal the desired emotions in order to use the character for the future. Using the example of several movements, the author teaches how to change and control the basic minimal emotions of an object.
The lesson is aimed at developing courage in drawing for an artist, which is very important for developing skills and applying all the basic drawing techniques in Photoshop. You will learn to improve your skills specifically on simple drawings, in order to consciously approach drawing. You will learn how to mix colors correctly and continue working with tone, exploring new effects for the material.
For those who want to understand drawing in Photoshop from scratch, the lesson will provide a lot of useful information, since a simple drawing of an owl will explain all the basic drawing techniques using the main functions of the program. In addition to theoretical material, the author shares many useful tips for advanced artists working in Adobe Photoshop.
Lesson 22
How to Draw a Stone Golem in Adobe Photoshop
The lesson focuses on using brainstorming to create a thematic drawing. You will learn to make a drawing without a plan, from an abstract concept in your head. Theory covers step-by-step creation drawing with the correct silhouette and image that attracts attention.
A mistake that beginners often make is focusing on using a large number of filters. In the video, the author explains how not to turn a drawing into a meaningless set of filters, what is needed for progress, why it is important to practice form, composition, light and perspective in simple drawings on initial stages learning to draw in Photoshop from scratch.
The lesson will continue to explore useful program keyboard shortcuts. Using examples, you will learn the bashing technique, find out how many layers you need to draw to surround a character, how it interferes and helps in creating the entire composition.
To reduce the time spent on detailing at the finish, you need to figure out how to change proportions in the early stages and what tools need to be used for this. Discussions will touch on the dynamics of brushes and their use, creating 3D models in Photoshop and other programs, what are the pros and cons of each program.
At the final stages, you will remember why you need to mirror the picture and apply all this knowledge to the golem drawing, raise issues of internship and employment, which is also important aspect in any educational course.
Lesson 23
How to Draw a Fox in Adobe Photoshop
The character of the lesson will be a cartoon fox, which will be created using a reference example. The video teaches you to use the referent, but avoid clear copying. In this case, the author proposes to analyze the character’s shape in order to be able to draw an object from different angles using spatial imagination. To do this, you need to learn to think in forms, to be able to break a drawing into planes, which is explained using examples from the very first minutes of the video lesson.
You'll learn how to use new color fill and selection tools. Understand the advantages of Photoshop over other raster programs.
The study of shadows will be based on the basic principles of using large shadows, without being graded. In addition, while drawing, the author will once again pay attention to the theoretical material covered in previous lessons, which will be useful for those who missed the previous lessons or did not sufficiently understand the material covered.
For those who want to connect their career with Photoshop drawing in the future, the lesson includes a number of tips on finding a job and establishing the necessary contacts with employers for successful collaboration.
Lesson 24
How to Draw a Flower in Adobe Photoshop
Many people are afraid to use Adobe Photoshop for drawing because they are intimidated by the number of interface buttons that the program's functionality offers. The author of the lesson dispels the fears of beginners and teaches how to draw in Photoshop using a brush and an eraser.
This lesson develops the ability to combine references and your own imagination in order to use only the features and characteristics of the object that needs to be drawn. The theme for drawing will be a flower, on which you will learn to analyze shape, perspective and light and shade. You will learn to create a composition and work with the perspective of an object in your drawing, and become familiar with the concept of illustration and its characteristics.
You will learn methods to get rid of the blank sheet problem, which so often hinders not only beginners, but also advanced artists working in raster programs. The author will also draw parallels between drawing in the program and on a regular sheet of paper, how to use the basic laws of drawing, aspects of human perception of the world around us and the laws of composition to work and develop oneself as a digital artist. All new theoretical concepts The lesson is reinforced with practical examples.
Lesson 25
How to Draw a Funny Dog in Adobe Photoshop
To familiarize yourself with the theory of drawing, you can read Wikipedia. however, in practice, skills can only be acquired and practiced through a visual understanding of the basic rules and techniques of drawing in Photoshop from scratch. The topic of the lesson is drawing a dog character, the creation of which will be reproduced from a reference using a brush and eraser.
While working on line drawing, you will go through the topic of layered drawing and spot painting techniques. The author will introduce you to the concept of stylization and its functions. During the demonstration will be used different angles character, based on the theory of perspective and work with volumes and shapes. After completing the lesson, you will be able to draw any objects using a set of simple shapes and rotate them in space, which in the future will become a useful skill in creating characters for games.
The video course also continues the topic of choosing the right tablet and creating your own collection of Photoshop brushes, presented in and. As a result, you will remember the material covered in previous topics of the course, and also expand your knowledge of drawing in Photoshop.
Lesson 26
How to draw a paper airplane in Adobe Photoshop;
Focusing not only on beginning artists, but also on experienced fans of drawing in Photoshop, the author suggests using a drawing of a fighter for the learning process. You will learn how to make a blank from perspective, using spatial imagination.
During the training, you will begin to work with volume, starting from a linear perspective. Working with symmetry and asymmetry will teach you to fit any object into the required shapes and adjust all the details of the object to the volume. The author will introduce you to new Adobe Photoshop functions and keys that will be useful for drawing. New hotkeys will help you learn how to make your drawing smooth and clean, because this is exactly what problems arise when drawing on a tablet.
You will learn to use different colors background so that the theory of chiaroscuro works for you and your drawing. You will also look at drawing perspectives in other raster programs, such as the SAI program, and compare them with Photoshop. All the skills acquired in the lesson will help you apply drawing theory in practice with the correct use of various subtleties from experienced artists.
Lesson 27
How to Draw a Dragon in Adobe Photoshop
Video lesson 27 teaches how to draw a dragon, which will be educational for those who have been drawing for a long time and understandable even for absolute beginners. You will learn to analyze a drawing and each stage of its creation.
In drawing, it is very important to look correctly at the plane of the sheet in order to think in shapes, create a silhouette and correctly distributed light. In addition to basic techniques, the author will share his drawing secrets and the alleged mistakes of beginners, which the majority of beginning artists who work in raster programs make. The lesson is taught in the Adobe Photoshop program, but it will also be useful for those who prefer other programs, since the main tools will be a brush and an eraser, as in the previous stages of training in this video course on drawing in Photoshop from scratch.
The lesson teaches you to work with the rules of drawing and apply them in practice consciously, rather than mindlessly flipping through books with drawing theory. Starting from using a brush and an eraser as the main tools, the author will introduce you to new features of the Adobe Photoshop program for artists, and will also teach you how to create your own library of images, and introduce you to the Art station platform.
Lesson 28
The video lesson continues the theme of drawing landscapes, which was started in. You will find out in which Internet areas you can be involved as an artist. Who is a concept artist and what are their skills in drawing and working with shapes?
The author will begin the lesson by preparing a sketch using the example of creating a location for a playground. He explains in detail how to develop color shading skills and how much experience it requires, introducing you to techniques that will save time while simplifying and breaking up the shapes present in the drawing. You will be faced with working on the edges into which you will turn lines.
The laws of three-dimensional location and how to correctly paint over all dimensions of a picture will be presented. And only after all these stages, you will begin to improve and detail the entire composition of the drawing.
In general, the lesson is divided into 2 parts: using the skills of three-dimensional space and your imagination, as well as the concept of drawing as a set of visual perception theory and perspective. All this will teach you not just to draw on a tablet, but also to predict visual perception viewer of your picture in the game.
Lesson 29
How to draw an atmospheric airship
The methods of work of artists differ from each other and each develops their own path of development. This course in drawing in Adobe Photoshop will be useful both for those who want to become an artist from scratch, and for experienced artists who want to expand their knowledge.
The theme of the lesson will be an atmospheric airship. In the process of working on it, we will understand the rules for selecting colors from a ready-made palette, and how to select complementary colors. You will learn how color works on colored objects, how to combine warm and cold shades.
As you sketch, you'll learn to work with both spots and lines, connect composition with perspective, and develop spatial imagination skills. You will learn why you cannot convey shape and volume in color, and how to create a black and white tone. The ability to experiment with accents will allow you to expand the boundaries and correctly visualize your details, without overloading the drawing.
A separate theory block in the lesson will be devoted to the functional perspective of drawing in Photoshop, hotkeys for changing the color palette and layer colors.
Lesson 30
How to Draw Waterfalls in Adobe Photoshop
During the course on the basics of drawing in Adobe Photoshop, most of the lessons were focused on drawing characters. This video lesson will continue the topic of landscapes or compositions with landscapes.
Linear perspective will once again become a starting technique with which the author will begin to work out theoretical material. The main task The lesson will be the construction of a harmonious composition, which will include a set of spots correctly matched to each other.
The practice of working on creating a palette and correctly selected colors will continue from lesson 29, along with the basic principles learned in previous lessons on drawing landscapes in Photoshop. Correct construction of the composition in terms of color and tone will help you correctly distribute the viewer’s attention to perceive your drawing if it is used in the future in a game, for example.
Thus, in order to bring you closer to a good level as an artist, the following theoretical concepts will be repeated in the lesson: perspective, chiaroscuro, composition, color, materials, rendering, etc. Since pure practice without theory will not be enough to learn how to draw in Adobe Photoshop from scratch.
Lesson 31
How to draw a bear cub in Photoshop
The course is devoted to drawing a bear cub character in Photoshop. The information will be useful for those who are just starting out and mastering the basics of drawing. There will be no super complex shapes in the drawing, but attention is paid to a large number of details on the bear’s head.
The training is aimed at how to set light, material and build painting logic in Photoshop. The author shows how to draw in detail and distribute light and shade to create the shape of the bear's details and their volume. You will learn what features need to be taken into account when working with layers.
The introduction is aimed at the theory of human perception and how a person sees distortions and shadows, reflected light, etc. All this will help you create more drawings that are pleasing to the eye. Also, these skills will help you get rid of the need to use raster program filters, while practicing the basics of drawing, which are universal for both a tablet and a simple sheet.
A separate theoretical block is allocated for revision of the material by the number of layers and their subsequent merging into one. As a result, the lesson on drawing a simple character will be a repetition of basic drawing techniques from the previous material of the entire course of free lessons for Photoshop.
Lesson 32
How to draw a phoenix in Adobe Photoshop
Drawing a phoenix during the video lesson will focus your attention around building the correct shapes. This means that the main thing in drawing is to learn to find shapes in each object, and this is exactly what the lesson teaches: to find the shape, volume, and then, using references, create a drawing with details. And between these two stages you will practice the breaking technique complex shapes to simple ones, continue to develop spatial imagination skills.
While creating a linear drawing, the author tells how to prepare for work, why you can’t just start drawing from a blank sheet. You will learn to treat the picture as a project. A large number of stereotypes will be dispelled about creating something new in a picture, about why and how you need to familiarize yourself with references. After the lesson, you will be able to analyze and synthesize the images that you have already encountered. Because the more images are stored in your memory, the newer the compositions in your drawings will be perceived.
Among the functional features of Adobe Photoshop, during the lesson you will get acquainted with new hotkey combinations, lock a layer by pixel and get acquainted with an alternative to the Dodge and burn function.
Lesson 33
How to draw a baby dragon in Photoshop
Lesson 34 is about drawing a dragon character. You will learn to work with proportions and look for a scale indicator in your drawing.
As in previous lessons, the main tools of the lesson will be a pen, a brush and an eraser.
A separate information block will be about perspective and sources of information that can be used to develop spatial imagination. Throughout the creation of the dragon character, the author will tell you how to imagine in your head what you are drawing and how to fit it into your spatial imagination.
Returning to the topic of spots, while painting your character you will once again review the laws of chiaroscuro and continue to learn how to create volume. In general, the training in this video is more about honing your drawing skills from scratch than about learning theory.
Lesson 34
How to complete a picture in Photoshop
At this stage of the course, the training will be based on completing the drawing of a ready-made sketch, which from the very start will already be divided into layers. Your task is to correctly use the ready-made palette of shades in the drawing, and transform all inaccuracies to make the drawing picturesque.
For the main purposes of the lesson, it will be necessary to put into practice knowledge of color theory, to understand what the color wheel is - drawing up a palette, selecting shades. Continue studying volume and light and shade. During completion of drawing, the thematic block will include information about how digital painting, raster graphics differ from vector graphics and how in what areas of drawing they are used.
For those who missed the previous lessons 1 and 5, the topic of brushes and creating your own collection for drawing in Photoshop will be raised, about finding universal brushes to save your own time on drawing. You will also learn what it takes to turn a hobby into a profession and how to create a good portfolio. The author talks about popular platforms for digital artists where they can exhibit their works, declaring themselves as a professional artist.
Lesson 35
How to Draw a Sword Adobe Photoshop
The usual horizontal format for drawing in this lesson will replace the vertical one and you will draw a sword on it. Working with an illustration from start to finish is accompanied by comments and tips from the author of the lesson, which will help you both learn the theory and correct practical mistakes that all beginners make who want to start drawing in Photoshop from scratch.
The creation of a linear illustration will take place without a reference, only using spatial imagination. To create a symmetrical object, you will learn to draw one half of a sword and mirror it, without making the drawing dry, and then play with proportions and learn to correct inaccuracies in a line drawing, and be aware of the differences between a line drawing and the technique of drawing from a spot.
The benefit of the entire course is that from lesson to lesson you not only gain new knowledge, you constantly repeat the material you have covered and the theoretical basis of drawing, which is necessary for beginners in the field of drawing. At the same time, by practicing on the topics of each lesson, you will already practice your knowledge in practice many times in each drawing.
Lesson 36
How to Draw a Fairytale House in Adobe Photoshop
Lesson 36 will demonstrate the basics of drawing using the example of drawing a fairytale house. You will understand what resolution and canvas size you need to work in, what sizes are suitable if you later want to print your drawings. What kind of monitor and printer are needed so that when printing the pictures do not distort the colors.
At the sketch stage, will be demonstrated different variants sketches of how and why a blank is used in 3D, if you are working with a reference. The theme of creating forms and developing a sense of spatial imagination, the theory of chiaroscuro, continues.
For those who are interested in drawing from a professional point of view, and not just as a hobby, during the video lesson the author will talk about the areas of work of digital artists and illustrators. And also when and how long you can expect results if you start drawing from scratch.
Thus, in the video course of drawing in Adobe Photoshop, you receive extensive information on the theory and practice of drawing, as well as additional information about the possibilities of using these skills as professional ones.
Lesson 37
Lesson 37
How to Draw a Dog Knight in Adobe Photoshop
A course on the basics of drawing in Photoshop in a lesson on creating a dog-knight character will be built on the correct work with a reference.
You will begin your work by analyzing the features of the reference, by breaking down the image of the dog into forms. Then you'll move on to creating perspective and continue working with filling in color and working out details.
Subtopics of the lesson include the following:
- The most common techniques in digital painting, how to achieve cleanliness of the drawing and distribute the light correctly;
- application of rules for working with stains;
- the need to use Photoshop functions for drawing;
- vector graphics for drawing on a tablet, etc.
The author gives a lot of advice on creating sketches and what skills are needed in order not just to sketch pictures, but to generate new shapes from the head in order to be able to change the angles of objects in the drawings while maintaining their appearance. To do this, you will also work with the axis of symmetry and the correct distortion of objects in perspective.
A large amount of theoretical material in each lesson of the course is always supported by examples and makes it possible to visualize the material presented.
Lesson 38
How to draw magical portals in Adobe Photoshop
The drawing begins with the main objects that will attract attention, and then you will compositionally complete the entire picture with magical portals, which will become one theme of the drawing.
During the creation of the drawing, a lot of work will be devoted to searching and impromptu, without relying on a reference. What is a sense of scale and how does it affect the perception of a drawing.
Working with landscapes and creating compositions for games, if you plan not only to learn how to draw with Photoshop, but also to use your skills for professional activities after completing the course.
You will become familiar with the concept of concept art and apply its techniques to thematic pictures with magical portals. Technique methods and drawing difficulties for beginners, as well as for those who cannot progress for a long time. Why can’t you use theoretical knowledge in practice, what techniques to use for this.
The main focus is on the correct construction of the composition and highlighting the central objects in their more detailed detail, which will attract the eye, as well as create realistic effects for the viewer to focus on.
Lesson 39
How to Draw a Fairy Tree in Adobe Photoshop
The lesson will begin by looking for an idea and returning to solving the blank slate problem that has already been studied in lessons and.
Conquering the fear of leaves, you will move on to creating a drawing of a fairy tree, for which you will practice the acquired theoretical knowledge of the basics of drawing in Photoshop for those who are studying this topic from scratch and for those who want to expand their horizons as an artist.
When styling, you will experiment a lot, modify the tree, playing with colors and shadows, choosing the path of coming up with the whole design as you go, using brain storming. At the same time, the author teaches you to set clear goals for yourself and correctly look for forms when creating sketches for the most successful result in the end. And also how to learn to control the lines and distinguish between them for the foreground and background.
The training in this lesson will touch on many aspects, both theoretical and practical, that have already been studied during the entire course. This way, you will consolidate the material you have covered and improve your drawing skills in Photoshop through practice.
Lesson 40
Analysis of remote sensing from perspective Adobe Photoshop
The lesson will be significantly different from all the others, since it is not devoted to the study of theory and practical drawing. You will not be practicing your skills in this lesson. The author analyzes the homework assignments of the course students and comments on the most common and glaring mistakes.
The topics of the assignments are devoted to the study of perspective and its depiction on various examples works of people learning drawing in Photoshop from scratch. At the same time, the author not only points out mistakes, but also demonstrates how they need to be corrected and how to change for the better.
It’s not for nothing that they say that you need to learn from the mistakes of others, and this is precisely the benefit of this lesson. This is because it will help you reduce your learning time and avoid the most common beginner mistakes. Also during the lesson, you will be able to gain a large number of images for yourself, so that in the future you can use them to generate ideas and forms for your own drawings.
A minimal amount of theory will allow you to relax, but at the same time receive information that is truly useful for yourself.
Lesson 41
How to Draw a Cat in Adobe Photoshop
At this stage of learning how to draw in Photoshop, the lesson will provide less information about linear drawing, but more attention will be paid to lighting.
After you create a linear drawing and find the necessary silhouette for your cat, the author will raise the topic of step-by-step work on the drawing and how to properly allocate time. New Photoshop tools and hotkeys will be presented, such as smart razor, etc.
From general information about drawing, parallels will be drawn between conventional graphics, vector and painting. What aspects from which area will be useful to you for drawing in Adobe Photoshop, what exactly will you need to study in graphics and how painting teaches you to work with color and its tones.
When working with light, you will learn how to choose the right tone and why you can’t paint only in color, so as not to lose the necessary volumes. The information block about contrast will be useful not only for beginners, but also for those who have long been interested in digital drawing, since working with brightness and correct color construction is the scourge of many artists, which does not allow them to move to the next stage of professional development.
Lesson 42
How to Draw an Adventurer Mouse in Photoshop
If you want to devote yourself to digital drawing and are just starting to find yourself as an artist, then this lesson will teach you how to work with the functionality of Adobe Photoshop: learn shortcuts, tools and other useful features. This lesson really gives a lot of information on working with the program interface, as well as its useful functions specifically for artists.
As you walk through the adventurer mouse sketch, you'll learn about the line alignment plugin, as well as others that really impact the usability of the program. Minimal attention is paid to creating a sketch in the lesson, and after filling you will begin to render the drawing and become more familiar with this stage of drawing. You will learn what environment art is, how landscapes and game locations are created.
The author of the video will talk about the need to use variability in the drawing, how to arrange objects in the composition so that the visual perception of the entire picture is correct and the objects are not overwhelmed; You will go through the revision of material about brushes and creating your own collection, what is the advantage of universal brushes.
Lesson 43
How to Draw a Character in Photoshop
During the entire passage YouTube training in drawing in Photoshop from scratch, a lot of attention was paid to drawing characters. This lesson will summarize all the results and reinforce the material on this topic.
After you have accumulated a base of theoretical knowledge, the author will teach you how to master a drawing and explain how a large number of layers affects this, and how not to block your linear drawing in the future and not lose it at the detailing stage. We will study a tool that releases layers, how to separate layers from one another, how to work with scans from paper and turn them into a linear drawing.
Other thematic blocks of the lesson include rendering, perspective, chiaroscuro and working in contrast. All this reinforces your knowledge of drawing in Photoshop, and also complements it with new functions and tools that you have not yet used in the previous stages of the Photoshop course for beginners.
Upon completion of the course, you will have all the necessary skills that can not only be used for drawing from a zombie point of view, but also for full-fledged activities as an artist in various areas of digital drawing.
Lesson 44
How to Draw a Landscape in Adobe Photoshop
Drawing a landscape has its differences from drawing characters. This topic was not chosen by chance for the lesson, since it directly affects the technique of creating a linear drawing, its rules and capabilities in Photoshop.
To expand your theoretical knowledge, you will become familiar with the concept of a perspective grid and learn how to work in this technique, as well as use all its possibilities for drawing. Using the shift key, the author will teach you how to create straight vertical and horizontal lines, use your imagination and knowledge of geometry in constructing the central buildings of the illustration.
When creating a landscape, it can be very difficult to work with the composition and not lose integrity at the stage of detailing the drawing. To ensure that each drawing is of high quality, you will practice drawing from the general to the specific, blocking pixels and adjusting the necessary points layer by layer.
The theme continues of focusing the viewer on certain items and objects in the drawing while creating a soapy effect on other parts.
Lesson 45
How to Draw a Landscape in Adobe Photoshop
Continuing the theme of landscapes, this lesson will be the final one on the basics of drawing in Adobe Photoshop.
Throughout the creation of the composition, the entire theoretical basis for drawing on a tablet, covered at all previous stages of training, will be repeated.
The topic of creating a pattern with spots, the use of perspective, light and shade will be touched upon, and the construction of a composition will come to its logical conclusion in practice.
The author will provide a lot of information on how to improve your skills and bring practical skills to the level of theoretical knowledge. Information will be covered about the importance of time frames for achieving the first successful results and after what period of time the first job offers can be expected for those who want to use drawing skills to build a career as a digital artist. This is because the artist is surrounded by rules and boundaries, but he wants to create. How to correctly break down the entire theory and translate it into the automatic application of these basic skills.
At the same time, once again in practice, the author will demonstrate how to create a composition and draw a landscape so that it looks high-quality and professional, using spatial imagination, correct reproduction of forms from the head and using the techniques learned from the theory of chiaroscuro.
What will you create
There are many methods for drawing on a tablet. For example, you can draw everything in shades of gray and add color later, you can use different blending modes to create maps like in 3D programs... But sometimes it happens that you have absolutely no time to think and plan. What if you want to draw something quickly, just to test what it looks like outside of your imagination?
In this tutorial I'll show you how to quickly sculpt a character using colors and basically one textured brush. The entire process of adding shadows and color will be reduced to just a few steps. You can also create some conceptual drawings or the basis for a more elaborate illustration.
1. Decide on an idea
Step 1
Create a new document. Fill the layer with the tool Fill(G) 50% gray. Add a new layer and use a custom brush to sketch out a few variations of your idea. Draw quickly and don't worry about accuracy.
The brush for such sketches should be a little sloppy and unpredictable. You can also try brushes with gouache and acrylic textures from this set (for a fee).
Step 2
Select the sketch you like best and use the tool Lasso(Lasso) (Q) to copy it to a new layer (Control-J). Lower Opacity(Opacity) of this layer and delete the previous one.
Step 3
Create a new layer, name it Lines(Lines). Using any brush you are comfortable with, quickly sketch out the details. It doesn't have to be a perfectly neat line drawing, but you should be sure of what you plan to draw. Remove the previous layer when you're done.
Step 4
Lower the layer opacity Lines(Lines) up to about 20%.
2. Create Key Lighting
Step 1
Lines(Lines). Using a hard brush, paint the basic shape with one color. It shouldn't be too detailed as we'll probably change the edges as we apply the shadows. Name the layer Base(The basis).
Step 2
From now on, all new layers will be clipped layer by layer Base(Base) (that is, they will be clipping masks). To do this, hold Alt and click on the line between the layers, or use the keyboard shortcut Control-Alt-G.
Step 3
Create a new layer (and don't forget to make it a clipping mask) and then fill it with the most dark color shadows in your drawing. IN in this case, it's dark blue.
Step 4
Create a new layer and fill it with the color of the areas that are exposed to ambient light. Here the white fur turns bluish when weak ambient light falls on it. Name the layer Ambient(Environmental).
Step 5
Add a layer mask to the layer Ambient(Ambient) and then fill the mask with black and the layer will disappear. Then use a textured brush to paint in the highlights, leaving shadows in between.
Later, using a soft brush, you can soften the areas where there is little to no shadow. Generally speaking, your goal is to simulate lighting in cloudy weather.
Step 6
Add a layer mask to the layer Base(Base) and using different brushes adjust the shape.
3. Finish the lighting
Step 1
Create a new layer. Decide where you want to place the light source and which parts of the character will be lit accordingly. Use a transition color that will be located approximately between the colors of light and shadow. This is usually a super saturated version of the base color. If you're painting skin or white fur, it's a good idea to apply the subsurface scattering effect at this stage.
Step 2
Create a new layer below the layer Base(The basis). Draw the most illuminated ground and a shadow on it. This will be your brightness sample.
Step 3
Create a new layer and add more light, leaving a transition color edge.
Step 4
Create a new layer and finish off the lighting with the brightest version of the base color.
Step 5
Since the feathers are very thin, light passes right through them. Create a cool effect using this property:
Don't forget to illuminate the area just below the glowing feathers.
Step 6
Create a new layer and shade the part of the body located in the shadow, choosing a slightly lighter color - this will be a highlight from the light reflected from the ground. Using a tool Eyedropper(Pipette) (I) choose a color from those already in the drawing, and blend the transition color with this color to create a “fluffy” effect. Gradually lower the layer opacity Lines(Lines) until the need for it disappears completely.
4. Finishing touches
Step 1
Create a new layer and work on the details. Be careful - the more detailed one element is, the more careless other parts will appear. It is important to consider the entire drawing as a whole.
Step 2
Now is the time to use the popular "fur" brushes, if you like. They work wonders when used on a character with shadows, picking the color from their body.
You can create your own brush by learning:
- other lessons on this topic.
Step 3
Create a new layer on the background (below the layer Base(Base)) and use a soft brush to paint a white glow behind the character.
Step 4
Create a new layer and use the same brush to soften the fur. This may not be necessary on dark wool, but on white wool where there is a lot of sub-surface scattering it will look very good.
Step 5
Create a new layer and fill it with black. Click Filter> Noise>AddNoise(Filter > Noise > Add Noise). Adjust the effect until it has enough contrast.
Step 6
Click Filter> Liquify(Filter > Liquify). In the window that opens, select a tool Warp(Warp) (W) to “smudge” the dots into lines, creating a furry effect.
Step 7
Change the blending mode to Overlay(Overlay) and lower the layer's opacity until the effect looks natural.
Step 8
Create a new layer, but this time don't make it a clipping mask. Make any final adjustments.
Step 9
You can play with the background to make the character look more interesting, but don't get carried away and overdo the shadows!
That's all!
Fast, right? With this method, you can present your ideas to others or resort to it when you cannot decide whether you want to continue working on an illustration and visualize it in all the small details.
In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a fun 3D character in Photoshop using simple techniques and techniques.
Step 1. Create a new document with a size of 3000 x 2500 pixels and a resolution of 300 dpi. Let's take it Pen Tool(Pen) (P), select mode Shape Layer(Shape Layer) and create the basic shape of the character. Call this layer "Base" and change the color to #71d0e8.
Step 2. Before we continue, let's set up the Layers panel. Click in the upper right corner of the panel to open the menu. Choose Layers Panel Options(Layers panel options) and in the window that appears, set the following settings:
Step 3. Create a new layer, hold down CTRL and click on the “Base” layer thumbnail to load its selection. Take a soft one brush(B) color #118ab2 and create a shadow on the left side of the character.
Step 4. Create a new layer again, set the Foreground color to #1e8cb4 and begin to draw a shadow along the edge of the base.
Step 5. Take a soft one brush color #44b3d7 and draw light along the left edge of the character. To quickly select the desired shade, you can use pipette(I).
Step 6. Now we will determine the main details of the character, for this we take a soft brush color #064168 and begin to draw the outline of the mouth.
Step 7 Let's take it Pen Tool(Pen) (P), change the mode to Shape Layer(Shape Layer) and create the basic shape of the mouth on the "Mouth" layer. Change the color to black.
Step 8 Having decided on the location of the mouth, draw the lips. To do this, use the Pen Tool (P) to create a basic shape for the upper lip using color #00406c on the “Upper Lip” layer. Add shadows for more realism.
Step 9 In the same way we create the lower lip with color #4aabce. Add shadows and light to add depth.
Let's take it Pen Tool(Pen) (P), change the mode to Path(Outline) and create a fold under the lower lip. Click CTRL+ENTER To create a selection, take a soft brush with the color # 17749 a and draw along the edge of the selection. Adding shadows and light. If everything is done correctly, the result will be like this.
Step 11 Now we will create the eyes. Draw the basic shape of the eye and fill it with white. Let's call this layer "Right Eye". Hold CTRL and click on the layer thumbnail to load its selection, take the soft brush(B) color #237a9c and draw shadows around the eye.
Step 12 Create a new document for the iris. Let's take it Ellipse Tool(Ellipse) (U) and create a circle. Change its color to #4dc9df and apply a layer style Inner Glow(Internal glow) with these parameters. Let's name the layer with the circle "Iris".
Step 13 Create another small black circle, place it in the center of the iris and call the layer “Pupil”. Let's take it brush(B), set the Foreground color to #006082 , then open the SS light beams brushes in Photoshop and create the iris texture. Applying a filter Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur(Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 2.5 pixels to make the texture smooth. Select the black circle and apply this filter to it with a radius of 20 pixels.
Step 14 We group all layers and import them into the main working document. Change the foreground color to #e6deb5, take a soft brush and paint around the edge of the eye to add a little yellow. Change the color to #d8cea6, open the Veins brushes in Photoshop and draw the capillaries inside the eye. Let's call this layer "Capillaries".
Step 15 Now let's add an eyelid to the eye. To do this, create a base color #00b7d6. Duplicate (CTRL+J) the eyelid layer and change the copy color to #007da1. Add a mask to the copy by clicking on the button at the bottom of the layers panel Add layer mask(Add a layer mask), take a large soft black brush of 250 pixels and paint with it in the center of the eyelid to free up its light part.
Step 16. Add more shadows inside and outside the eyelid soft brush size 100 pixels and color #0e5a79. Change the brush color to #00425d and draw the outline of the eyelid. Next, hold down CTRL and click on the thumbnail of the layer with the created element to load its selection and create a new layer. Paint light on the top of the created path with a soft brush of 100 px size and color #236e8b.
Step 17 Now let's add light to the outline. For this we take Pen Tool(Pen) (P) mode Path(Outline) and create a line as in the screenshot below. Then activate the brush (B) and set it up: size 2 pixels, color white and hardness(hardness) 100%. Return to the pen, right-click on the created outline and select Stroke Path(Outline outline). Select from the drop-down menu Brush(Brush).
Step 18 Repeat steps 16 and 17 to draw the lower eyelid, then combine the layers into a group and call it "Lower Eyelid". Let's take it Pen Tool(Pen) (P) mode Shape Layer(Shape layer) and create lines with colors #0b506a And #15698b.
Step 19 Now let's add some shadows around the eyes and repeat steps 11-17 to create the left eye. Add shadows to the left eye, group all layers and name the group “Left Eye”.
Step 20 - Create the folds on the cheeks
It's time to work on the creases, starting with the cheeks. Creating a shape with color #c2e7f1 and apply the filter Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 17 pixels.
Step 21 Create a selection of the fold, take a soft brush with a size of 100 pixels and color #004576 and draw along the edge of the selected fold. Before deselecting, save it, create a new stripe with the color #add8eb and apply it to it Gaussian Blur
Step 22 Load the selection that we saved in the previous step, press CTRL+I to invert it, and add shadows to the outside of the fold using a soft brush with color #0d5983. Group the layers with the fold and name the group “Left Fold”. In the same way we create the right fold.
Step 23 - Create folds on the body
Now we need to create folds at the bottom of the character. To do this, take a soft brush of 175 pixels with a hardness of 0% and opacity of 50%. Choosing a color #0d6897 and paint with a brush in the place where the fold will be.
Step 24 Let's take it Pen Tool(Pen) (P) mode Path(Outline) and create the outline of the main fold. Save this outline and click CTRL+ENTER to convert it to a selection. Take a soft brush with a size of 200 pixels and color # 0e547b, invert the selection and start drawing shadows on the crease. If necessary, change the opacity of the brush.
Step 25 Add shadows to the bottom of the character using a soft brush and color #0a6791. Change the brush color to #0f5b83 and add more shadows.
Step 26 Let's take it Pen Tool(Feather) (P) and draw an outline to highlight the fold. Next, take a soft brush with color #004e7a and add shadows. Create a selection using the Pen Tool (P) to add shadows, change the Foreground color to #007299 , invert the selection and draw shadows outside. In the same way, add more shadows inside the selection to give the crease more realism.
Step 27 - Create small folds
To create small folds, take feather(P) mode Shape Layer(Shape Layer) and create a shape, then hold CTRL and click on the layer thumbnail to load its selection. Take a soft brush with a size of 200 pixels and a color #0198bd and begin to draw shadows on small folds.
Step 28 Repeat step 27 and create more small folds. Group the layers with folds and add a mask to the group to hide the extra areas.
Step 29 - Adding Highlights
Now we will add highlights to make our character look more realistic. Let's take it Pen Tool(Feather) (P) and create a shape for the main large fold, change its color to #ceecf1 and apply a filter Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 15 pixels.
Step 30. Create another shape with color #ceecf1 and apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 25 pixels. Next, create a new narrow stripe with the same color and apply a blur with a radius of 18 pixels.
Step 31 Repeat steps 29 and 30 to add more highlights. Add highlights on other folds depending on the location of the light source.
Step 32 - Adding Highlights to the Head
To add highlights on the head, take Pen Tool(Feather) (P) and create a shape with color #ceecf1, then apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 40 pixels. Next, create another narrow strip around the eyes with the same color and apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 25 pixels. If everything is done correctly, the character should look like this.
Step 33 Create a new shape in the middle of the head with color #ceecf1 and apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 46 pixels. The result should be like this.
Step 34 Repeat steps 29 and 30 to add highlights to the character's body and make it more realistic.
Step 35 - Create a hand
Create the base of the hand using Pen Tool(Feather) (P), don’t forget to switch to the mode Shape Layer(Shape layer). Change the color to #00a4cb, take a soft brush with a size of 200 pixels and draw shadows on the hand.
Step 36 Now we will detail the hand. Let's start with the index finger, create a fold with color #006384 and apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 3.5 pixels.
Step 37 Repeat step 36 and create more folds on both fingers. To add light, create an oval with the color #cfebf1 and apply Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 7.5 pixels.
Step 38 Create more highlights on the finger by repeating step 37, then add light on the hand.
Step 39 Now with the help Pen Tool(Feather) (P) create the base of the thumb, change its color to #029fc4, then take a soft brush with color #017798 and add shadows. Repeat step 37 and add highlights.
Step 40. Next we need to create the nail on the big toe. Create a base and apply a layer style Gradient Overlay(Gradient overlay) with flowers #42a51e And #3dd567. Adding a Layer Style Stroke(Stroke) color #008bab and 2 pixels wide.
Step 41 The nail looks great, now let's add a layer style Outer Glow(External glow). Create a new selection, fill it with #d3fdcd color and apply a filter Gaussian Blur(Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 4 pixels. If everything is done correctly, the nail should look like this.
Step 42 Create the little finger by repeating steps 39-41, adding light and shadows in the necessary places. Group all the layers with the hand and name the group “Right Hand”. Then we duplicate the group, reflect it using Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal(Editing - Transform - Flip Horizontal) and attach it to the left side of the character. Let's call it "Left Hand".
Step 43 - Color Correction
It's time to adjust the colors a little. Group all the layers and name the group “Monster”. Duplicate it and merge the copy into one layer (CTRL+E). Duplicate the layer (CTRL+J) and set the copy blending mode to Soft Light(Soft light) and reduce the opacity to 70%.
Step 44 Duplicate the "Monster" layer and go to Filter - Filter Gallery(Filter - Filter Gallery) and apply the filter Plastic Wrap(Cellophane packaging). Let's call this layer "Filter".
Step 45. Select the "Filter" layer and change its blending mode to Overlay(Overlap) and reduce the opacity (opacity) to 60%. This will give an interesting effect to the character and make it more realistic.
Step 46 We have come to the end of the lesson. Now we need to change the eye color. To do this, add an adjustment layer Hue/Saturation(Hue/Saturation) and change the parameter Hue(Color Tone) to -98. Let's call this layer "Eye Color".
Step 47 Add vector mask to the "Eye Color" adjustment layer, select the mask and fill it with black to completely hide its effect. Take a soft one brush white and sketch out the iris of the eyes.
Step 48 We just need to add a few finishing touches. First let's add a reflection to the eyes. To do this, create a white oval on the iris of the eye, then add a vector mask to the layer and hide the lower part of the white oval with a soft brush of 50 pixels.
Step 49 After applying the filter Plastic Wrap(Cellophane wrapping) You may have noticed that there are some extra highlights around the edges of the character that we need to remove to give it a realistic look.
Step 50. We remove all unnecessary parts of the character: on the arms, fingers, edges of the body.
Step 51 This is the last step of the lesson. Experiment with brushes to create a suitable background. Congratulations! We're done. That's all, friends. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Here is the final result.
(click on image to enlarge)
Preface
This lesson was born in the wake of the euphoria of my acquisition of the Wacom Intuos5 Medium tablet. This is a tablet with a working surface size of ~A5 and record pen sensitivity to pressure and tilt. 2048 pressure levels and 60 degrees of inclination. Proportions - 16:10. This is a widescreen that fits my monitor perfectly. Those who have a 4:3 monitor will have to “cut off” part of the active area of the tablet in the settings in order to maintain the correct proportions.
You can probably imagine what a storm of emotions I had about the acquisition. Because before this tablet, I worked on an old Bamboo, which was purchased, if my memory serves me correctly, in 2007-2008, and maybe earlier. And well, I won’t lie, I didn’t even use the touch ring back then. Because it was terrible in sensitivity and did not understand when I tried, for example, to enlarge a picture by moving my finger over it. It worked every other time, if not less often. But I loved my Wacom tablet and really didn’t want to part with it.
I was also happy because I had the “pleasure” of working on other tablets; I don’t even want to write the company name. Horror, just horror. Let's go back to when I got Intuos. I set it up and plunged into the world of professional equipment. Well, what can I tell you, friends, comrades?! Read below, I will describe everything. And yet, I am not a professional artist. I mean, I wasn’t trained in this. I'm self-taught and can do things the wrong way. Don't be too picky.
The lesson is intended for people who have a minimal understanding of how brushes are switched in Photoshop and where the eraser is; I won’t show you any super tricks. I'll just show you the stages of creating a character.
Part 1. Sketch:
Let’s take as an axiom what we initially already know from what angle and what size our hero will be. And keep in mind, friends, that you may be asked to develop dozens of such characters. We will consider only one. Otherwise this will drag on for a long time.
I always start character development or animation storyboarding with a sketch. This is a must, especially if the project is not your own, but you are working for someone else. The client needs to understand whether you have grasped the meaning of his idea or whether you still need to work out the details and correct the angle.
We will create a character with you for a hypothetical casual fantasy game. And the hero is in a chibi style. With some liberties.
First, let's draw a blank like this. I think it won’t be difficult to draw such a chubrick. If any difficulties arise at any stage. Take any of the sketches below as a basis. And try, try. This is the only way to achieve something.
Next we make a more detailed sketch and another little trick that I use for future animation. I immediately cut the character into separate parts, see fig. 2. I only do this if it is initially known that the game will be made in raster graphics, but it is not translated into vector graphics.
What the layers look like. Don't forget to name them.
It's just a blank that doesn't tell us anything. Neither about the character of the character, nor about what class he represents. We will assume that we have Tech. Assignment. The main character is a warrior. Because it's easier to animate and doesn't have any special effects. It’s easier for us to consider the fighter for ease of understanding the basic steps.
Let's imagine what kind of face the character and his helmet might have. Because Usually you don't have to draw the helmet separately, unless it needs to be animated or the headdress needs to change during the game. And you and I will proceed from the fact that our helmet and head will be animated.
We remember that according to our technical specifications we will have raster graphics. This gives us the opportunity to make more subtle drawing of details. And at this stage I create for myself a SHADING LAYER, where all the shading is located. A layer that is located separately from the outline. So that it does not interfere with the painting of the object later. To make it clearer how my character turns out. And to be honest, it’s easier to get it approved by the customer. Because not many people can imagine a blank with shadows, but here everything looks more pleasing to the eye. ;)
Let’s take a little break from the Main Character and remember that in the preface I wrote that I purchased Intuos5 Medium and I have a few words to say about this instrument. This is exactly what you feel when working on small details and shading.
When I was working on an old tablet, with a high magnification of the image it was clear that the pen was not hitting the pixel I was aiming at. But over the years, I became so accustomed to this small inaccuracy that I no longer noticed it. And now, at the same scale, no matter where I aim, the pen always ends up where it needs to be, pixel by pixel. Initially, this even created some discomfort for me. I'm used to inaccuracy.
Now this is such a heavenly feeling of control over the drawing that it is difficult to convey in words and is explained by such a characteristic of the tablet as the resolution, which in the Intuos5 is 5080 lines per inch, and in the old Bamboo it was 2 times lower - 2540 lpi.
Let's return to the character. On the back of the helmet I drew a plume, which I will also cut off separately later for animation. This will create more interesting movement opportunities.
If I'm drawing a character for a game, I try to avoid sharp corners in graphics, since soft lines do not cause aggression and rejection of the image in the user. But we are not drawing an object of art, and people will look at our character for more than one minute, not five, if you’re lucky, then for hours. And a person should not have negative impressions of his Alter Ego.
To make it easier for you to work with an enlarged image, you can create a window that will show a smaller copy of your worksheet. Go to the window à arrange à new window for... (name of your document). In English I don’t remember what the points are called. But they are located exactly there, see Fig. 5
As a result, my working windows look like this. In the center I draw, and at the top right hangs a small copy of the character.
As a result, you and I should end up with something like this template for our character.
As you can see, we continue to paint on the cut parts, and not on one layer. Of course, you can do it on one, but then if you need to animate. You will still cut the picture and fill in the missing parts.
Part 2. Color and tablet settings.
I'll start this part by telling you how I set up the tablet. There are probably more convenient layouts. I did it for myself. Intuos5 Medium has 8 Express Keys and a Touch Ring that can be customized. In the properties of your Wacom tablet you can set settings for each application separately. It's sooo convenient. First of all, I set up Photoshop and chrome)))). I'll show you the shop settings.
On the touch ring I set the zoom in and brush up. You can hang four actions on the ring. But I canceled two. Maybe I'll add something later.
Where do we start coloring our character? This is the selection of the optimal color.
I made two sets of colors. Sometimes you have to make a lot of sets. Because the task is blurry. And you have to look. We will consider two options. A light character and a dark one.
It's not scary that it's painted sloppily. The main thing is to show the sets and choose a color. For our lesson, I choose the darker hero from picture No. 10. Because I think it can show off the patterns on the armor more clearly.
When starting to paint, fill everything with the base color first. And select the outline, because the little man will be small in the game and should not blend into the situation. And at the painting stage, I will separate the plume from the helmet (the tail is red). Because I haven’t done this before.
Character outlined and curved lines corrected.
When you start painting, first lay out the colors without shadow and light
Afterword
In a summary of the lesson, I can say that some will draw better, others a little worse. Some people do their characters differently. I started my lesson, as you remember, with the goal of talking a little about the tablet on which I am now working. I hope that at least a little of my joy was conveyed to you, if so, then I was very happy. And of course, I wanted to show those who are interested in the topic how I create characters in chibi style.
I can't imagine how much time I would have spent drawing details, contours and shadows without the precision and pressure-sensitive tablet pen. I spent two days on this character. And that’s because I wrote a lesson.
In the next lesson I will tell you how to animate our character in flash. And you have homework. Draw a sword for this character. Or an axe. Because I will use weapons in animation. Good days. And goodbye!
In this tutorial we'll show you how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create Boomrock Saints characters. I hope this tutorial inspires you to use this technique to develop your own illustration style. Try to create a quality sketch from the very beginning, and you will have much more fun turning her from black and white to color. So, let's begin!
Step 1
Create a new document measuring 1600px x 1600px and select a light gradient for the background. Add a new layer to your document and start sketching out your characters.
When using a tablet, I usually select a standard 3px brush with a color slightly darker than the background. To further control the pen pressure, I check “Shape Dynamics”.
Step 2
Reduce the "opacity" to 50% and add two new layers - one for each character.
Use these new layers to go into the rough sketch lines and clean them up a bit and add detail. Be careful and try not to mix up the layers, so you can change the position of the characters later if necessary. It would be a good idea to name them as in the images above. From this point on, the characters begin to take shape. It is completely normal if everything in the drawing remains careless at this stage.
Step 3
Add a new layer between the first “sketch” and the character layers and name it “color”.
Use this layer to experiment and roughly sketch out the characters using your chosen color palette. In this case, the group wanted something in a guerrilla style, so naturally I chose khaki colors.
Then add lighting and shading by eye. I made sure the main light source was to the left of the characters to maximize illumination of exposed skin/clothing. Those parts that are covered will be left as is, or obscured if they are behind another element, such as the right side of Brian's torso being covered by his right arm. Likewise, most of Josh's torso is shadowed on the left side because it is obscured by Brian, who is directly in front of him.
Step 4
Once you're happy with the result, you can start illustrating in Adobe Illustrator to clean up the outlines. Hide all layers except the outline, save it as a jpeg and open it in Illustrator. Since I've been using a tablet, I can work on outlines with a tablet pen even better than with a mouse. Those who do not work with a tablet can also complete this part using the pen tool. There are many tutorials online on how to use the pen tool in Illustrator, as well as many other different techniques. This method is the one I prefer.
Create a new brush by opening the Brush Palette and clicking on the “new brush” icon at the bottom. In the dialog box that opens, select "Calligraphic Brush", click OK, and set the angle, roundness, diameter, and variation of this new brush to the parameters shown below.
Select the contents of your layer by clicking the circle on the right side of the layer in the Layers palette. Reduce the "opacity" to 30% and lock the layer. Use black for the border and nothing for the fill.
Step 5
Now we are ready to start cleaning up the outline. When drawing an outline, try to change the thickness of the lines to achieve a more dynamic effect.
A few quick tips to keep in mind when working with line thickness:
1. Create the illusion of depth. If an object or person is closer to you, the lines will tend to be thicker. Therefore, if a given drawing was set against a cityscape, the lines that make up the cityscape will be thinner than the character's lines.
2. Pay attention to the light source. Where the light is brighter, the lines will tend to be thinner. Where the light is dim, the lines will tend to be thicker.
3. The outer lines of an object or person will generally be thicker than the inner lines. This will help distinguish this item or person from others.
4. Extend the ends of the lines that intersect with another line. Take a look at the picture below to see what I mean.
When finished you should have something similar to this:
Step 6
Now we can open the file again in Photoshop and start coloring and processing. Export the file from Illustrator (File > Export) and select "Photoshop" from the drop-down list. In the dialog box that opens, set the resolution to high (300dpi) and click OK.
Step 7
For this part I usually do, I create a separate layer for each color or element on each character underneath the outline layer. So it will look something like this:
Then, I simply color each element on their respective layers. You may also notice that I lightened the outlines of each character a little. In my opinion, this gives the illustration a more natural look as opposed to dark outline lines.
Step 8
Now that we've painted the characters, all that's left is processing. I usually start with shading and work my way up to light distribution. Create a separate "Shading" layer above the main color layer for each element. Now, using the painted image from step 3 as a reference, darken the characters using a brush set set to about 60% hardness.
My technique is to select any element that I'm darkening by Command/Ctrl-clicking on the layer icon and barely touching the areas that need darkening.
Do this with all the elements and characters and you should end up with something similar to this:
Once you've seen the result and decided that some of the dark areas should be even darker, you can create a new layer just for the dark areas and use the same technique as above to color it. Having dark areas in your illustration helps create a more dynamic result.
Step 9
Next we deal with light distribution. Add a new layer above the "Shading" layer for each element. With the "Lighting" layer selected, use the same technique with Command/Ctrl and clicking on the layer icon to select their contents and add some light where needed.
To create reflections for the shadows, use the pen tool to create a shape around the inner perimeter. Then right-click on this shape, click on the "Make Selection" button, and click OK in the dialog box that opens. Once the shape is selected, select white as the color and use the gradient tool to create subtle reflections by dragging from top to bottom at a slight angle. Once you're done, reduce the opacity of this new layer to about 30%, or whatever percentage makes the image look the way you want.
Step 10
Finally, we add finishing touches such as the tattoo on Brian's arm, the logo on Brian's shirt, the SF logo on Brian's hat, and some additional lighting on both characters to really focus on the light source.
Here's the method I used for Brian's tattoo.
After seeing all the illustrations completed, the group asked if they could make Brian "tougher" to reflect more of his natural qualities. So I made a few quick adjustments, widening the torso a bit and adding some definition. right hand, which you can see in the final image below.