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Grayscale Assignment Example 1

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Jon Neimeister

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Trying with provided ref. Very tough.

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In this full demo, I'll paint a figure in grayscale using a more painterly, traditional approach. You'll see how I use specific digital oil brushes and an underpainting to get a less digital look.

I'll show you how to make creative decisions and simplify complex forms, rather than just copying the reference. You'll learn to control your values, separate light and shadow, and choose where to add detail to create a more atmospheric and intentional painting.

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This demo shows you how to complete a digital grayscale painting from reference in a traditional, painterly style. Jon shows you how to achieve this by using traditional techniques and traditionally-inspired brushes with additional advice to help you avoid getting stuck in the details. Interested in learning more about digital painting? Check out the entire digital painting course.

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COMMENTS

Proko

In this demo, I will be using the one of the references images I provided during the grayscale painting lesson and demonstrating a different method I use when painting in grayscale.

daniel

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27d

i love your videos, it would be very helpfull if you mantion what kind of brushes you use, its hard to find a good brush

Richard Goetz

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2mo

First Assignment try. RG

Ellyce Morgan

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3mo

My first two attempts. Then I left the assignment for a week to do some basic rendering practice (light on simple forms and practicing blending) and did the third version. Last image is my reference. All three attempts took around 4-6 hrs each.

@aouenich

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3mo

Hello first assignement try

Marius Silvester Kauer

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3mo

A wonderful day to anyone reading! I started drawing about 5 months ago and really wanted to learn digital painting, so I got this course during the black friday sale! I found this exercise really difficult, but I don't know if that is due to my lacking fundamentals of the digital painting process. BUT I found the second half of the process really really fun (as soon as the lights and darks were established and I could build up from there). But my learning is that my values in desperate need of improvement! So I will be working on that on the side 🙏 Any kind of feedback would be welcome! Have a great day!

เจษฎากร อินต๊ะวิชา

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3mo

I will try to do better.

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3mo

Nathan Rosquist

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4mo

Jose Carvalho

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7mo

@nekki

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8mo

Jose Carvalho

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7mo

Muito bom seu trabalho

@phill_beans

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9mo

@lindslu

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9mo

Surprisingly, I feel like I have improved since last assignment. I took a bit more time on this one and spent more time honing details. I like how the underpainting shows through :))

Natalie Castro

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11mo

This was very difficult for me to do. I would love some critique/help.

Šimon Lánský

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1yr

Not super happy with this one, I will rather move onto another ref lol

Ash

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1yr

amazing!

Robert Edwards

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1yr

Trying with provided ref. Very tough.

Robert Edwards

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1yr

I’m still learning to be comfortable with values. Might have overworked this one a bit. I wanted to let the legs fall into shadow but fell into a terrible middle ground that resulted in underbaked feet. Looking forward to more grayscale paintings though. This brown tone process was very fun.

Lauri Panopoulos

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1yr

Lovely work

Martin Defensor

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1yr

Emphasizing the hips and twisting the forearm is the difficult part for me. I had to cut and free transform.

Attila

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1yr

My complete lack of anatomy knowledge is starting to really embarrass me

Sokolowski Clément

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1yr

Second assignement. I really enjoyed the exercise with a more traditional approach. As advised I tried to stylize and get rid of excessive details. I'm not sure about the light values i chose...

Kong Vue

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1yr