Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop
Rough Shadows and Highlights
A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) , Artist and Illustrator
Joined October 2019
About the video: Rough Shadows and Highlights
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to block out a portrait with rough shadows and highlights using the lasso tool, brush and smudge tool. We will be using a reference image as our guide.”
In this video lesson Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) addresses the topic: Rough Shadows and Highlights, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop. Learn how to create enchanting narratives in your digital portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will show you how to block out a portrait with rough shadows and highlights. We will be using the Lasso tool. Brush tool and Smash tool and an image reference. As our guide. Let's get started. For this unit, I'll be using a practice template that I've made here and also an image reference here to act as our guide. I've also put this template under Unit 2 Attachments Feel free to download and use it to practice. You are also welcome to create your own drawing for this unit. So now let's open the template in Photoshop. as well as the image reference. Let's put them side by s...”
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Course summary for: Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia)
A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia)
Karmen Loh, also known as Bearbrickjia, has been illustrating digitally for almost 10 years. Her work captures a sense of calm, creating a dream-like mood that is followed and adored by her +400K fans on Instagram.
Before becoming a freelance artist full time, Karmen worked for major game titles like Street Fighter and Steel Circus. She now dedicates her full creative attention to creating magical fantasy portraits, collaborating with brands such as XP-Pen and YouTube channels like MrSuicideSheep.
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