Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop
Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 3
A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) , Artist and Illustrator
Joined October 2019
About the video: Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 3
Overview
“Finally, I will sharpen the overall artwork to make it look defined.”
In this video lesson Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) addresses the topic: Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 3, 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
“MAKE YOUR ARTWORK POP OUT! I'll rename this layer as Highlight. Now it's time to add some sparkles. I'll create a new layer on top of everything. I'll use a hard round brush. I will turn off the Transfer because I want it to be very opaque. And I don't think I will use any Pen Pressure for this. And then a will change the minimum diameter to very small so I can make very fine sparkles. Very fine, small strokes. I will just sprinkle the sparkles everywhere on my portrait, especially in the highlight areas. From far it looks like she has stars around her hair. It's very pretty. I'll apply som...”
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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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