Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop
Details of the Hair 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: Details of the Hair 1
Overview
“We’ll now move on to painting the hair of our character. The goal is to add enough detail so it feels like it has volume and complements the hard work we’ve done on the portrait, without going so far that we start trying to paint every single hair. With a "Layer Mask" I'll start by adjusting the shape of the hair, then I'll be working on the light.”
In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: Details of the Hair 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
“ Details of the Hair In this lesson, we'll paint our character's hair. Our face is already nice and detailed, so we want to bring the hair up to a level where it matches and complements that. We want to have volume and atmosphere, but the crucial thing is we also don't want to go too far where we feel like we'll paint every strand. Let's get started. Let's just hide this face reference and the additional one. Actually, I'll zoom out because if you remember, I love the colours that are in this reference, which aren't so much in the main one we're using. If you haven't got this, I have my Mo...”
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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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- 25 lessons (5h 38m)
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- Audio: English
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- Level: Beginner
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