Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop
Details of the Hair 2
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 2
Overview
“As I continue with the hair, I'll show you how to use blender brushes to smudge lines and give the hair an extra sheen. We'll also see how to soften the edges and use the colours of the background to hone light and shadows.”
In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: Details of the Hair 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
“ Details of the Hair Then here on this side, in this image, the greens are in here. Let's say, rather than the green, we're using the blue. Let's bring it in a bit here. You might go back and forth a bit on how strong to make that, and that's fine. You don't always know straight away. You want it to feel not like the hair is blue, but the light on the hair is blue. I'll need to work into it. The Oil Flat Wonky is a pretty smooth brush. What else could be useful here? Just a bit of the Glide Sketch Pencil again. It's got a bit more toothiness. I do really love painting and especially a styl...”
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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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