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Sarky-Sparky — Basic Digital Painting Part 1

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Hi people ^^

I'm not expecting this to particularly take off XD But for a couple of friends who wanted to learn (including one who refuses to get a dA account <.<)) and because I was bored, I decided to make a tutorial/guide!

It's not very good, I'm bad at explaining things. But if it is any help to you, please let me know. I included the tools at the side to start off with just to make things a bit clearer and leave it up to you later on.

Here's the finished pic:


And here's some other art I've used this method on:
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Comments: 99

DisturbYourFriends [2017-01-23 00:59:51 +0000 UTC]

I have been trying to find a good method for lines / coloring and I really like this tutorial. I want to try it on my next piece. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills!

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sharingmyknowledge [2014-07-05 23:20:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the info.

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kathrynslee [2013-05-21 14:35:05 +0000 UTC]

WOW. THANK YOU. I AM NEW TO THE world of Digital Painting. hope I will carry the lessons when I am doing my art.

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NebetSeta [2013-05-17 16:08:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Nutellieu [2013-01-30 20:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Are you using a graphic tablet?

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NAK11x77 [2012-12-31 01:45:06 +0000 UTC]

Very cool ... ran across this surfing for beginner tutorials that i can understand.... appreciate it much.. gonna go give it a go now

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Pepsism [2012-06-28 21:33:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial, it basicly tells everything what beginner needs (only my opinion for this being so great for beginners, because im beginner ) and this guide really helps, since you tell every single detail what the 'student' needs, keep going with amazing job!

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R31k4 [2012-05-27 11:59:34 +0000 UTC]

thank you i will try it XD

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KyokoChan882 [2012-02-24 17:40:41 +0000 UTC]

this is cool!!..thanks for the tutorial and btw..you are great at explaining things!

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DragonHuntress [2011-12-07 00:17:28 +0000 UTC]

Hi there, I just came across your tutorial a few weeks ago, and I must say this has absolutely covered almost all questions I had on digital painting. Thank you so much!




I used the technique for the skin and lips on this image here. I you wanted to take a look!

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EndlessSecrets [2011-12-03 08:02:11 +0000 UTC]

This... this is so utterly, stunningly helpful. THANK YOU!

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l-LiaN-l [2011-11-20 11:00:52 +0000 UTC]

Up until this point, I still can't fully grasp color mixing. orz

You have it down to pat pretty nicely though!

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dreamadvertising [2011-11-20 04:20:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow!

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FrostBo [2011-07-30 16:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you to share your experience with great tutorial

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to FrostBo [2011-08-02 09:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your comment ^^

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FrostBo In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-08-02 15:22:20 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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DeathInTheReaper [2011-05-25 03:59:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again for making these! ^^

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to DeathInTheReaper [2011-06-10 14:53:45 +0000 UTC]

No problem ^^

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Valentina80 [2011-05-23 19:49:39 +0000 UTC]

Hi! I've tried your tutorial here [link]

thank you!

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Valentina80 [2011-06-10 14:59:57 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, yay! Thank you! ^^

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Angel-Prower [2011-05-12 22:36:10 +0000 UTC]

FINALLY! I'm not the only one that knows how to lock a layer! XDDD

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Angel-Prower [2011-05-22 15:09:51 +0000 UTC]

Right?! It's pretty useful/crucial for painting.

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Angel-Prower In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-05-22 15:19:39 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I thought I was th only one who actually knew what locking a layer even did

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Angel-Prower [2011-05-22 15:43:30 +0000 UTC]

Uh... no XD No, it's a common painting technique.

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Angel-Prower In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-05-22 15:46:55 +0000 UTC]

XD My friends never lock layers, so, I always feel like I'm the only one that knows how

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TruthOfOmega [2011-04-14 14:19:05 +0000 UTC]

Very wonderful tutorial! You helped me a lot. Tried painting with photoshop before, and it looked alright, but nothing to how the new one turned out. Unfortunately I don't get a lot of free time to sit down and play with the Bamboo pad.
So thank you for the help!
[link]

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to TruthOfOmega [2011-06-10 14:58:30 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I'm really glad I could help you ^^ Thanks for the link!

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rahulvyas [2011-04-11 17:55:03 +0000 UTC]

very nice
interesting!

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to rahulvyas [2011-06-10 14:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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SwaggerCanon [2011-04-08 02:55:38 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for this did you use a tablet for this tutorial?

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to SwaggerCanon [2011-06-10 14:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it says so at the top

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SilentDreamer01 [2011-03-02 11:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Love your teachings but I don't have a photoshop like yours but I'll try to attach your teachings to my Photoshop even if my father has uploaded an old version: ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2000.... old right~! But even so, at least I have one right~!

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to SilentDreamer01 [2011-03-02 11:16:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow XD Well the earliest I've used is Photoshop 7 and this works on that. Good luck anyway ^^ Link me if you use it so that I can see ^^

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Meii-Pyon [2011-02-19 19:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Thx 4 the toturial, it really was helpful. Now I've learn a few new trix in photoshop ^-^

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Meii-Pyon [2011-02-20 12:48:37 +0000 UTC]

No problem ^^

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AliYaqooob [2011-02-04 08:48:58 +0000 UTC]

wow.,
really nice piece. and of course it's helpful
thanks a lot

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to AliYaqooob [2011-02-05 12:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you right back XD

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Spikyleaf31 [2011-01-23 05:09:15 +0000 UTC]

I WUV YOU FOR DIS.

It's so detailed but it makes sense at the same time~ 'tis one of the best tutes I've seen so far!

I used it here...[link] It kinda sucks, because this is the first time I've done this, but yeah. You have no idea how much this helped me. THANK YOU.

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Spikyleaf31 [2011-03-09 15:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, well thank YOU ^^ I'm really happy to hear that!

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Dragonwarrior-kyna [2011-01-14 03:39:35 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I'll have to try this with my drawing program and learn.

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to Dragonwarrior-kyna [2011-01-14 08:28:18 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, please link back ^^ I'd love to see.

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Dragonwarrior-kyna In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-01-14 22:43:44 +0000 UTC]

Alrighty!

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pearlshatz [2011-01-13 22:55:20 +0000 UTC]

Very nice tutorial I just got into coloring digitally myself. I like that its detailed, but simple to follow.

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to pearlshatz [2011-01-13 23:31:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh good, thank you!

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pearlshatz In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-01-13 23:37:29 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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LeviathanDy [2011-01-13 22:23:16 +0000 UTC]

this tutorial is so far the detailed one I have ever seen thank you

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to LeviathanDy [2011-01-13 23:31:52 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thank you! I hope it helps you.

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LeviathanDy In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-01-13 23:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Hopefully because I am new to cs3 and shadowing and blending stuff.
this is what I drew today but as you can see skin is not done that well..
[link]

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Sarky-Sparky In reply to LeviathanDy [2011-01-14 07:10:56 +0000 UTC]

The colours chosen all look great! It just needs some defining.

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LeviathanDy In reply to Sarky-Sparky [2011-01-14 09:34:00 +0000 UTC]

what do you mean by defining

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