Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

Overview

“As your portrait evolves, it's a good thing to go back to your initial reference and double-check that the features and shadows haven't moved too much. We'll see here how to hone details as much as possible.”

In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: The Main Portrait: Finessing 2, 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 The portrait is really coming together now, but it's worth looking at our initial reference again and seeing how things are moved and how we can hone it down a little bit more. When you're working nice and close up, look at the details every now and again. It's always worth zooming out. It just gives you a fresh look at it. You start to see the progress you're making. Then I'll go back in. Bring my reference back. Let's start sharpening things up. I want to make the most of the lighting here. I really like the angles we're getting from the shadows here. When y...”

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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