Need help With digital painting
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Jonas Gezels
I have been having issues with digital in general but now and then I attempt to make something decent where I can be proud of and as a way of getting into it. However I hit a wall after adding the main colors and don't really know how to progress on it as it varies a lot with other artists. If you have the time please give me some feedback and thanks for doing so
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Steve Lenze
Hey Jonas, I like your drawing, its pretty well done. I have suggestions that I hope will help you going forward. Remember, when painting, always be aware of your planes. There is always a side, top and bottom plane. Just think about how the light is going to hit these planes. Also, there are also cast shadows, so think how one form overlaps another and how that creates cast shadows. I did a very rough, I mean very rough paint over to show you what I'm talking about, I hope it helps. Keep going :)
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Serena Marenco
Hi Jonas! If you are just starting out, I would advise against working on a single level. There is no single way to colour digitally, practically every digital artist develops their own method over time, but I'll try to explain a very simple one to you, to start with. Start by drawing the figure on a separate layer (below the drawing layer) apply flat colours (no shadows!). Try to be as accurate as possible with the borders because if you decide not to keep the drawing layer, you will need well-defined margins. Above this layer insert a layer set to linear multiply or burn, here, using a neutral colour (a light grey, usually, but you can play with the colour temperature) you will paint the shadows. They can be flat like in a cartoon or more realistic, this depends on what you want to achieve. On a subsequent layer set to soft light you will outline the lights. After that you can add a new layer with details (e.g. single strands of hair). This is the most basic way, there are many others. You can also insert textures, more layers of light and shadow, gradients, etc. but to get familiar with the process this is a good method.
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Jonas Gezels
thanks for the explenation, I put a screenshot on how my layers work where I already kinda follow your first paragraph tho I used color on the multipy layer and not grey
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Sonja Müller
That is a really good base I think. I find the motive and the angle really interesting. To be able to give best advice it would maybe help it you could post a drawing with a style you were going for. Should it be more lose and painterly? Or do you want a Manga/Comic style? If you wnat to go painterly, I would recommend just work further into shadow and light. That would also mean look up references how these behave on different textures (skin, cloth, hair, blood, metal). I think when you work through that it will already lookmuch more polished.
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Jonas Gezels
I really like the loose painterly style as I feel its more free since I really hate being very precise
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Mengu Gungor
Looks good so far, looks like you have your ideas down. You now probably just need reference, and keep painting. I threw together a few ideas for you without knowing exactly what you have in mind as an example. I'd suggest creating a board like this, be sure to include a few images for mood, color, style, etc from artists you like. These references will inform your painting. Feel free to modify them right on your board as needed (I did that for the crop top). And you may want a few refs for lighting as well, so you can have an idea of the light/shadow contrast you want for rendering. Hope this helps ^_^
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Jonas Gezels
oh thanks a lot for the refs, I mostly use refs as I go, like when I was working on the blindfold I searched for a ref cause most of the time I don't know where it'll go.
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