HOME | DD
MatesLaurentiu β Armor tutorial
Published: 2011-07-12 19:16:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 46115; Favourites: 1745; Downloads: 768
Redirect to original
Description
I made this quick tutorial to help along friend over at the Threedy forums but I thought of sharing here too in hopes it might help people. If you use it, maybe post a link to it under your work and I would surely enjoy a link to your image to see how you adapted it to your needs.Related content
Comments: 201
I take you found it helpful. 
π: 0 β©: 0
Glad you find it useful. I'd do more like this but I kind of lack the ideas. Most of tutorials have been made and maybe in a better way than I can do it.Β
π: 0 β©: 0
hank you, I hope you'll find it helpful.
π: 0 β©: 0
I also have a scratch tutorial in my tutorial folder in my gallery. Feel free to check it.
π: 0 β©: 0
Thank you, I'm glad you find it useful.
π: 0 β©: 1
Yes it is, for digital painting and photomanipulations: reflections are always so hard to do.
π: 0 β©: 1
Actually, not very hard unless you try to do chrome. There are so many details and angles you need to distort according to the complexity of your metal object in a chrome object, its easier to try and build your own flying device.
π: 0 β©: 1
Thank you. I used your tutorial for lixos.deviantart.com/art/Gnomeβ¦
Maybe you could write a bit more about the chalk brush settings. The standard settings did'nt work for me, i had to rise the distance to 30% to achieve that look.
π: 0 β©: 1
I used the default setting with opacity on. Thats pretty much all I did. I like to leave a bit of texture on my images. Very nicely work done on your gnome. Keep up the good work.
π: 0 β©: 0
My bad, I usually don't forget to comment if I favorite a tutorial.Β
I'm definitely no expert at digital painting, but I do love to do speed paints and otherwise.Β Having a lot of armored and/or robotic characters, is one thing, so I was hoping to do more justice on their metal and armor.Β I have a method to use for really shiny metal like bullets, but I was looking for something that would help with more "worn" metal.Β Your tutorial seems like one of the more promising ones, at least for reference, even though I haven't tried it yet.Β Starting with a silhouette tends to also be my off and on starting method in digital painting, so that was a bonus for me.Β Overall, even without the rust and/or scratch effects, this looks like a good "worn" metal tutorial for digital painting.Β
I finally figured out how to do the "lock layer" thing that you mentioned in a previous comment to someone else.Β It definitely helps when you try to keep the coloring in one layer.Β Rather than a previous method I used which would involve two or more layers and clipping masks.
However, I think you needed to be specific or worded those instructions better, because it took me a while to figure it out.Β After you get the shape in, you have to press only the "lock transparent pixels" or "checkerboard" icon in the lock options for layers for it to work.Β Then you could do all of your painting in one layer.Β Although if you want to still work on your painting, but keep a certain finished section, you would have to unlock and relock the layer to keep the 1st painted area used over the initial silhouette color and still be able to paint. Β
I imagine I'm going to take a while to find my own advantages/applications with this tutorial, but if I do find something worthy to show you through the application of this tutorial, I'll let you know.Β Thank you again for sharing this tutorial!
π: 0 β©: 1
Honestly when I started the tutorial I only thought to present a technique, assuming that people knew their tool of choice. I also thought that although I made the tutorial in Photoshop, it could be applied in all painting software and even in classical mediums. So my aim wasn't to give an in depth description of software use, but rather to guide. As Bruce Lee so wisely said: "Don't think, feel! It is like aΒ fingerΒ pointing a way to the moon.Β Don't concentrate onΒ theΒ finger or you will missΒ all that heavenly glory."Β Likewise, my tutorial was a guide more than a lesson.Β
Be it as it may, I'm glad so many people found it useful. I never aimed it to make it perfect and in all honesty I never hoped it would be as popular as it proved to be. I'm glad it helps people nonetheless.
π: 0 β©: 0
This tutorial is very helpful! I've finally managed to paint some good looking armor. Can't wait to use what I've learned! Thanks for posting it
π: 0 β©: 1
I'm very glad to hear that. Do link me to your result, I'd love to see how you applied the tutorial.
π: 0 β©: 2
Here it is! vinyamare.deviantart.com/art/Fβ¦
π: 0 β©: 1
Looks very nice but you have to pay attention to your light source because its kind of random. Keep up the great work!
π: 0 β©: 1
Thank you! I will pay more attention to the light source on my next paintings
π: 0 β©: 1
Feel free to do as you wish, I just wanted to point something that seemed out of place for me. Plus, the more you work, the more experience you get.
π: 0 β©: 0
Sure, as soon as I'm finished, I'll comment the link
π: 0 β©: 0
Ohhh this will help a lot, do you think you could do something with different types of metal?
π: 0 β©: 1
Its a good idea. As soon as I'll have some time on my hands I'll try that.Β
π: 0 β©: 1
Yay! I kinda get my way! xD but yeah it's interesting how different metals react to different lighting and environment, which I'm having problems with and am sure others are too...
π: 0 β©: 1
Actually they are not that different when polished but when they are rusted or painted, thats when it gets interesting.
π: 0 β©: 0
Very glad to know that.
π: 0 β©: 0
Glad to hear that. Good luck!
π: 0 β©: 0
Amazing tutorial
Here's the link to the finished product
fatneyspears.deviantart.com/arβ¦
Thanks for the tutorial
π: 0 β©: 1
Looking quite good. You seem to have traced your edges with the lasso tools and they ended up a bit jagged. If you do try it again sometime, maybe just use a hard brush for the overall shape then use the "lock layer" option so you could paint over it without going outside the edges. Keep up the good work!
π: 0 β©: 0
I;m glad you like it. I hope you'll find it useful too.
π: 0 β©: 1
well my art is not as realistic as the tutorial shows.... somehow im stuck to an anime'ish style -.- whever i try to get into realism it ends up horrible
π: 0 β©: 1
I wouldn't say my style is realistic, rather semi-realistic. Plus, the tutorial can be adapted to suit your own needs and style. I never thought people will actually take it and try to reproduce it on their own work.
π: 0 β©: 1
well it is always a good practice to use a tutorial. ofcourse with the own motive. trying to copy somethign is pointless ^^
gawd... there was a guy on my art livestream today =_= the first thing he did was insulting my art and they giving out information that it looks wrong.... (i made the body a bit too short and it looks like a teen now...) totaly ruined my mood =_=
π: 0 β©: 1
During my learning process I had to find out the hard way that there are two types of criticism: constructive and destructive. Its constructive criticism when it tells you what you did wrong, where and how you might correct it and that is the type of criticism you should read or listen to twice. And there are the usual arrogant idiots who will bash you just because they don't like it but don't know what's wrong with it and don't tell you how you could make it better. Those one you simply ignore and never reply to. Art trolls I call them. Β
π: 0 β©: 1
ehehe yes i know but that one was right, i made her too short and that way she looked like a teen instead of an adult :/ but before that he was simply mean.
thats why it got so to me -.-
π: 0 β©: 1
Don't worry, you'll learn to deal with that in time. It will never go away completely, we are too personally involved in our work. But you will learn to detach from it enough to take the good out of that and reject the bad and useless comments.
π: 0 β©: 1
i will try
maybe someday i will get as good as you or atleast near that ^^
π: 0 β©: 1
Oh, you're too kind to say that. You're very talented and you're chibies are very cute. I'm sure you will achieve whatever you want with enough practice.
π: 0 β©: 1
yeh but im soooo lazy ^^
π: 0 β©: 1
I used this tutorial and many others to help me but alas my metal colouring is terrible. If you have time could you check it out? I'm very sorry for the watermarks but I hope you can see enough of the detail.
π: 0 β©: 1
Your colors are way to strong to read as metal, I suggest you try and find some flat surface metal reference to draw inspiration from. It would be a good thing if you could work on volumes and establishing a light source because otherwise your work will look flat. Just keep at it.
π: 0 β©: 2
I totally forgot to ask which colours were too strong? XD The highlights?
π: 0 β©: 1
Actually you would need a bit more highlights, especially around the edges on such flat metal plates. The purple 'tho seemed a bit too strong in my opinion.
π: 0 β©: 1
| Next =>