Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

Overview

“In this lesson, we’ll paint the character’s hand. Although the hands aren't the main element of the piece, we don't want them to distract the viewer because they're not detailed enough by comparison. The focus here will then be on rendering light and shadow whilst trying to bring the painting of the hands to a similar level of detail as the face. ”

In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: The Hands 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 Hands In this lesson, we'll paint our character's hand. First and foremost, this is a study of light and shadow. Also bear in mind that because our portrait is our main focal point, we need the hand to be detailed enough so it doesn't detract by being looser. It's about getting that balance. I'll show you how to do it. I'll make a copy of just that part. Clip using the Marquee tool, copy and paste that. Add it to my reference folder. I'll just put these other references into here. Do a big group here, holding down Shift to go through everything. This will be Uma. I can hide my whole p...”

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Course summary for: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
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• 1124 students
• 4 units
• 25 lessons (5h 38m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Portrait Illustration