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Published: 2011-07-23 02:31:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 111802; Favourites: 3970; Downloads: 2458
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This is how I draw rocks and soil in both Corel Painter and traditional media (mostly oil, acrylic, watercolor or oil pastel). There are no special brushes, filters, tricks, etc specific to Painter. Though I've never used photoshop, I assume these techniques would work there too. They're not difficult and take little drawing skill--just a lot of tedious practice. This tutorial assumes you already know how to handle basic light and shadow on an object; if not, there are other tutorials on dA for that.You can see more of my references here [link] but this is the first tutorial I've made and I would appreciate some feedback--is it useful, does the format work for you, is there some information you feel is missing?
Some examples of how I've used these techniques for rocks and soil in digital paintings:
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I usually find that tutorials are more inspiring than actually helpful, but this is fantastic. I did some practice rocks and then applied the techniques to a painting, and it actually works! It's obvious that a lot of skill goes into everything you do, but I love that these techniques can be grasped quickly!
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wow this is incredibly helpful!
thanks for sharing your technique!
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awesome tutorial, thank you
I will try the crosshatching, I think that will solve my flat looking rock terrain shading
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Thank you for posting this! I'm terrible with dirt, rock, and transparent water, so this is just really helpful for me! 
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Thank you for this tutorial..... i love it !
You save my first rocks ( and my first background ) in digital
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial, it is easy to understand and extremely helpful!
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This is so helpful. I plan on attempting some of these techniques for a piece I'm about to work on! 
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Hello, I used your tutorial to make this picture , thank you so much!
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Wow, the first tutorial on rocks that really look realistic! I will definitly try this out, I'm having big problems with backgrounds and one of the things that I just can't do is stones. Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'm sure this will help a lot of people!
By the way, I'd love to see tutorials on your trees and other things like that. You're really talented.
And sorry for my bad english.
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Glad it helps (and your English is great, by the way)! I am hoping to find time to make a trees/grass/shrubs tutorial by the end of the summer.
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I'm looking forward to see it then!
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Great! Thanks a lot!! 
I almost went crazy on trying to draw a fresh soil
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Someone linked me this after I'd moaned about drawing rocks. this is GREAT and and I particularly appreciated the brief water tutorial, and also the wide variety of examples you put on the end. This is EXTREMELY useful.
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Thank you! I'm glad so many people are finding the tutorial useful; it's the first one I've made.
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Thanks a ton~ Used on the dirt in this: [link]
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Wow...this is amazingly helpful!!!!
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This is a great tutorial. It answers everything I've ever wanted to know about getting natural looking textures in traditional and digital media! I bow before the master!
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Haha, thanks. I'm glad it's useful!
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This is great. Which version of Corel Painter are you using?
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Essentials 4; I totally couldn't afford X.
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If I ever do anything digitally, I'll totally use this.
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would you happen to have this hosted elsewhere? DA isn't letting me view a majority of full-view pictures :S
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DA is the only place I post my stuff. I'm not sure why it isn't letting you view it. Hopefully it's a temporary note.
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This is so extremely helpful!! I struggle with painting rocks and textures like that! I'm so grateful for people who take the time to make quality tutorials!!! Thank you so much!!! :'D
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This is fantastic reference thank you for sharing!
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btw do you have any advice for someone who is sort of new to this, iv only bin drawing for a month or two.
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Practice a lot. When I first started drawing years ago, my stuff didn't look very good, but I kept drawing at least a little bit everyday, and I didn't just draw "exciting" stuff like fantasy creatures and action scenes; I mostly drew from pictures or things that I saw around me and tried to make my version as close to the real thing as possible. I still use a lot of references when I draw. And for practicing working in color, I recommend something easy to blend and cover-up mistakes with, but cheap--like oil pastels. I drew with a pencil all the time when I was a kid, and that helped me get the basic outline of stuff right, but left me really out of practice when it came to coloring things--the lighting and texture especially. I think I really improved when I moved onto pastels, because they forced me to think about color and lighting just as much as form. Hope that helps!
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im realy strugling and this looks pritty awesome, thanks for making
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And yet again another deviant saves my ass ^_^
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WOW this is really good, and extremely helpful thanks! i love the detail put into it
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Ciameth;
You've long since won my undying respect and admiration, but this tutorial just doubled it.
You are supremely awesome.
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You just won an internet.
Since I don't like using textures (makes me feel cheap...) this will help out tremendously.
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