Guided Project: Create Traditional Style Digital Portraits in Photoshop

Overview

“In this lesson, we will use simple lines to find the large shapes of the face and head. Our goal is to keep the lines angular and minimal. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Start with Big Shapes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Project: Create Traditional Style Digital Portraits in Photoshop. Create expressive digital paintings in Photoshop using traditional art techniques for unique handmade-style artworks.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Start with Big Shapes Since you have your photo reference prepared, I'll show you how to use big shapes to sketch the complexities of the human face. Before we do that, let's talk about proportion a bit. Painting portraits is interesting as you need a lot more accuracy in your proportion and in your drawing skill than you would in doing a landscape or even architecture because if you mess up a bit, it will look like a person, but it won't look like that person. This is not a technical portrait class but more about feeling, texture, and brushwork. That said, we still don't want to miss ent...”

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Course summary for: Guided Project: Create Traditional Style Digital Portraits in Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
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• 214 students
• 1 unit
• 6 lessons (1h 12m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration