Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop
The Main Portrait: Finessing 1
A course by Sam Gilbey
, Artist
Bring your favorite movie character to life by learning how to paint a realistic digital portrait from scratch
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About the video: The Main Portrait: Finessing 1
Overview
“To complete the main portrait, we'll work on top of our initial pencil layer and really get down to some of the finer details of the face. This will help capture the likeness and bring it to life.”
In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: The Main Portrait: Finessing 1, 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
“ The Main Portrait: Finessing In this lesson, we'll complete our main portrait, really working on some of the finer details of the face and working on top of our pencil layer. We'll also double check the position of features and improve the shading where we can and really just hone things down. OK, let's go. I'll do a new layer. I'll also just move the hair above for now. I'll stick with this Glide Sketch Pencil. Work on top of the pencils. You'll use them as you go to see where you want to place everything. If you like the style of keeping the pencils and want to make them a part of it, h...”
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Course summary for: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Portrait Illustration

A course by Sam Gilbey
Sam Gilbey is a British artist specializing in painterly pop culture portraits. He’s been drawing for as long as he can remember, and started illustrating professionally in 2004.
Throughout his career, he’s created officially-licensed artwork for films and series like The Avengers, BoJack Horseman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and many more. He’s also collaborated with clients like adidas, Activision, Apple, Audi, The BBC, British Airways, Disney, Edgar Wright, Empire Magazine, Esquire, GQ, The Guardian, Lucasfilm, and many more.
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