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Digital Painting Tutorial
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Published: 2008-01-12 22:57:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1396810; Favourites: 23012; Downloads: 47948
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ENGLISH VERSION FULLY REDONE. FRENCH VERSION COMING SOONJust for the record, this tutorial has already been online for two years.
Updated version now includes :
- tips about blending,
- a detailed schema about facial proportions,
- screenshots of the tools used and tips about these tools
- I fixed some typos.
About blending : NO, there's no specific tool used, I just used the paintbrush as mentionned clearly in the tutorial.
Pretty please guys, READ the tutorial before asking.
I've already received 4 notes about blending yesterday some seconds right after I reposed the tutorial, I know that part was somehow missing in the previous tutorial since I had not explained it in a very detailed way with painted examples (I thought that was clear enough but it apparently wasn't) but it's now fully explained.
Thank you!
I won't reply to any question about things already explained here unless someone has got real trouble figuring them out as I've got way too many other things to do so please read the tut carefully
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USEFUL STUFF VIDEOS Screen Capture Video Part 1 Screen Capture Video Part 2 Screen Capture Video Part 3 Screen Capture Video Part 4 Screen Capture Video Part 5 Screen Capture Video Part 6 Screen Capture Video Part 7 Screen Capture Video Part 8 PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES FINISHED ARTWORK Please take a look at it, there is a huge closeup showing all details on the skin, fan and hair!!!
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TECHNICAL STUFF I've used Photoshop CS3 to paint this, you can download a free trial version on Adobe's website if you don't have it yet! Older versions will work too of course. I'm not sure you can find the Liquify tool in versions older than Photoshop CS though....
Original painting resolution : 9000 x 6714px, 300 dpi. No need to paint such a big image though... I just wanted to be able to print it on a very large size
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CREDITS I would appreciate if you fav/credit it if you found it useful so it can reach more people. Thank you! I'd love to see what you can do with it, so don't hesitate to link me your creations, I'll take a look at them
You may translate it to share it if you want but PLEASE don't change it adding or removing things. Translation must be as accurate as possible to avoid things being hard to understand for the reader. THANK YOU
Β©Diane Γzdamar - 2008/2010
Not for commercial use.
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Comments: 2687
Wow!! This was a really detailed explanation, I love how you showed us off your techniques, it was really helpful ;w;
I am in anime/manga style drawing but recently I feel like I want to try digital painting, so I have searched tutorials. This is one of the most awesome tutorials 
(PS. I accidentally added it to favourites from my raishinplz account lol Sorry for that T.T)
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Hey, I found your tutorial very useful, and just dropped by to say thanks. Β As per your notes in the credit section, my attempt can be foundΒ here , and a gif showing the stages it went through can be foundΒ here .
I can imagine it was a large investment of time to create the tutorial materials, but it's really appreciated! Β
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amazing tutorial! really in-depth and covers a wide variety of topics
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feature:
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Coucou ! Finalement il y a une version française ?
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I cannot express how amazing this tutorial is! 
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Do you use a wacom tablet? or p.c mouse?
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Photoshop CS3
Wacom intuos 3A4
12 hours approximately
No reference used
you might want to read all the links she provided in the description
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I had reached my wits end I cant believe how much this exceeded expectations my success was effortless just wanted to share the wealth
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I had to prove that I could amount to something this picked me up when I was down this put me back in the swing of things I figured I should share the wealth
[link]
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dead link.. suspect spamΒ
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I can't seem to figure out how to download this and get to the tutorial parts...I must be inept. May I have a little help?
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click on the links? Β they are youtube videos..on youtube
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I liked this tutorial and found the videos helpful. This piece ([link] was made using your tutorial, although it's not finished yet (I'm struggling with the clothes).
Thank you for the brilliant guide!
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Wrong link, sorry [link]
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this is amazing! thank you! I didn't even know you could adjust the brush tool so much in terms of opacity jitters etc and its one of the things that has been driving me crazy! Then my partner goes double click on it and see the options! *mind blown* Im still reading but again thank you for clearing up some of my misunderstandings
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I know this is an older post but as a student aspiring to learn digital painting, I can't seem to find the written version of the tutorial. Is it still available, or has it been taken down? thank you so much!
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Your Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to Teach others with a well thought out tutorial
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This is absolutely fantastic! I have viewed several online tutorials. I'm not really looking for something that teaches you how to draw/paint/shade, I already know how to do that but how to use the tools & graphics tablet to do it. It is a new medium for me. I need step by step instructions on how to get started & comfortable using PS to do it. This was PERFECT!
I do have one basic question that I didn't find the answer to. What size canvas should I start out with? something that I can zoom in and get really close for details but zoom out for whole scene? Thanks so much! Would love to hear your recommendation.
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Thank you so much for creatng this tutorial. I still have a long way to go, but I think I'm finally getting a hand on the digital art.
Here's a link to a piece of work I have produced with tips from this tutorial: [link]
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Thank you for a wonderful tutorial! Easy to understand and learn from
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Doesn't it feels good to know that your efforts will keep make the difference on the work of other artists for lots of years to come? NamastΓͺ! Merci beaucoup, je sois trΓ¨s reconnaissant.
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Excellent Tutorial fantastic job. I can't wait to try these technics out Thankyou
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Thank you for this! It looks like it's going to be really useful!!
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maybe im a complete idiot but.... where can i read it?
i red the description and saw the videos but i cant find it...
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yeah, actually you're kind of an idiot
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xD i think im answering a little too late but...
thanks xD
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Very lovely tutorial, thank you for the help!
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Thank you for this really informative tutorial!
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Thanks for this awesome and super-helpful tutorial! I featured it here
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J'attends la version française avec impatience !!
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