Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

Overview

“Now that we've looked at some brushes and curated them, we’ll try using them in a quick study. In my case, I'll be taking the picture of an apple, but you can use any inanimate object.”

In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: Light, Shadow and Depth Studies, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop. Bring your favorite movie character to life by learning how to paint a realistic digital portrait from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Light, Shadow and Depth Studies In this lesson, we'll take the brushes that we've organised and try using them in a quick study. Now, I'm just going to do a quick study of an apple I've taken a photo of. You can do something similar. Any inanimate object will do. Anything you have to hand, a cup or whatever. The point of this study is just to get warmed up, start to use brushes and begin thinking about how to use light and shadow. Let's get started. Let's try out some of the brushes. I've just taken a little photo of an apple, which I think will make for a good subject. I'll select the wh...”

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Course summary for: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
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• 1317 students
• 4 units
• 25 lessons (5h 38m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Portrait Illustration, Traditional illustration