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Artgerm β Pepper Portrait - Process
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Final image can be viewed here > [link]These are the steps I take for this style:
1) Start off Simple construction lines for her face and overall composition. 10-15 mins
2) Once the sketch is done, set it to 10% opacity and add a new layer on top of it for the clean lineart. 30 mins
3) Remove the sketch layer, add a new one underneath the lineart and throw in some flat colours, usually 60-70% dark of the local colours.
4) After deciding the light direction, start adding values to her face without focusing too much on the details. Pay great attention to the tonal values.
5) Continue to expand the value range of her face, add in the cast shadows and highlights.
6) Move on to her clothings
7) Define the reflective surface of her helmet with reflection to the affected areas.
8) Finish her bra top and complete most of the details.
9) Set the lineart in multiply mode and tint it with the surrounding local colour.
Flatten the layers and blend some harsh lines with Painter's blender - Just Add Water tool.
Add the secondary light source from the left.
Final cleanup and minor adjustments of her face - I shrinked her eyes a little with Photoshop's liquify tool.
Total time - 4 hours. No reference.
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Artgerm, which brush do you prefer for your sketch and line art? Thank you. Love your work, especially the SFV characters.
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What brush setting do you use for the clean lineart? I want to know!
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Flatten the layer and blend harsh line with painter blender?
Is that in corel?
#sorry #noobs
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Sir, you are legendary! Thanks for the tutorial!
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what does "60-70% dark of the local colours " mean?
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thank you for this tutorial, your work is amazing, you should do more tutorials Β like this!
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how do you get your line art so clean and precise? I assume you did this in photoshop.
did you use multiply as a blending option for any of the layers or use the smudge tool? thanks
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can you explain me more about value? I thought it can only be done by gray colors only, please explaen it to me~ Thank you for the great tutorial XDb
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thanks for the nice explanation... I love your work
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So glad you added step by step info as well! It really helps. I was looking at the outline and then read and saw just how you did it.
How do you tint it with the surrounding colour?
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Just came across this pic and thought I'd read a few comments and saw this. You might be a while waiting for a reply from artgerm as this is an old post.
However... I would bet that after setting the line-art to multiply, you would freeze the transparency of the line-art layer ("lock transparent pixels" in photoshop for instance) and then you can paint over the top of the lines, picking darker/lighter colours, as appropriate, from the surrounding picture using the colour picker to get the right tint.
Hope that helps.
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Hmm. Okay! Thanks, I'm pretty sure I get what you are saying.
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There was an article in ImagineFX issue 82 with the method. Pages 98 to 103, tutorial by Lois van Baarle.
Hope that helps.
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I'm so sorry.. i still dont get it 
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I love your step-by-step process. I've learned alot just by observing your work, and this tutorial is just what I was looking for. Thank you for making it.
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would hope to know which painter brushes to paint up skin and hair .
An the way you paint up the hilarious hair .
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The lighting at the end really completed the artwork!
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I love your art!!!! When I grow up I want to be able to do things like this *u*
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I drew an image of my OC using this tutorial and that Pepper image as a reference. I hope you don't mind, but if you do, I can remove it!
The image: [link]
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I'm guessing Artgerm does all his lineart by freehand (he is a master after all) but for those wanting to get them as smooth in Painter, here's one way how how:
1. Select the pen tool with a 1px brush in a different colour you want the lineart to be, i.e. red.
2. Then create the line using the pen (Painter will create a shape layer).
3. When you're finished, create a layer above the shape layer and select the brush tool changing the colour to black. I prefer the Scratchboard Brush.
4. Then on the tool bar at the top you'll see a brush icon with a semi-circle around it. This is the Align-To-Path tool. Click this! And voila! You can draw over your shape line/layer perfectly! Increase the brush size gradually so you can get it to have various thicknesses and tapering.
5. Delete the shape layer!
In Photoshop you can do the same by choosing the brush size you want, then selecting the pen tool, draw your path, then right-click, select stroke path and check the box saying simulate pressure
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Artgerm, Pleeeeease tell me how you tinted your lineart?
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Thank you for this tutorial. I hope I can follow it completely and start to improve my own way of painting. Are you using just Photoshop or another program?
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He said 'painter,' so I'm assuming he used Corel
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I see what u did there. ^this is why I like drawing, it's so much simpler. But I wish I was pro at making digital art like you.
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Muito massa, curti pra caramba, parabΓ©ns cara
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