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Hey guys :waves: long time no post! I'm supposed to be doing an oil painting right now, but i'm slacking off ..
This is my first time making a tutorial -___- so suggestions are welcome..! Hope you guys find this helpful in some way.
Done in Photoshop 7
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this really helped me a lot thanks
i'm gonna use this in future protraits
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Cracking tutorial, I literally didint have a clue though now I realise applying the basic fundamentals of real painting can really help.
Thanks a lot.
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This is awesome!!! I'm trying to figure out how the heck realistic paintings work, so I've looked up like seven billion tutorials.... Yours looks really good, though! I like the variation in the colors you work with, too. Your character has a lot of expression. She looks so disdainful, glaring at me...
Thank you for making such a great skin tutorial! Faces are so hard........
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juhuuu, the first time i understand the 1/2 to 1/2 and this proportions
THX a lot, as i know from other tutorials, mine will not look as perfect as the one from the tutorial^^ (not perfect = bad^^)
but you gave me the understanding of this, again THX very much
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Whoot!!! Love it ! 
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good job mine looked nothing like yours so i gave up but good tut
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This is wonderful. There is a shortage of tutorials out there for digital painting that keep things in a painterly look even while doing realism (you know... not airbrushing everything blended together). Thank you for this valuable resource!
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Great tutorial
Thanks!
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loved the tutorial
but im having a hard time with the nose
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Wow, that's going to be extremely helpful. Thanks. ^___^
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Great Tut... 100% Opacity scares the bejesus outta me but I'm going to trust the teacher
Peace
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Very instructive! Thanks! (She looks a little like Egwene in Wheel of Time)
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awesome tutorial, i get to learn a new technique. my problem though is always in the color choosing. ive got to get the hang of choosing the colors you choose.
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Oh wow, thanks so much, this was a really helpful tutorial!!!
If I ever make a masterpiece oh photoshop I will credit you for your awesome teachings ^_____^
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Awesome tutorial!
I'm only beginning in learing how to paint digitally...
Wait...That's digital, right?
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Mighty nice painting...thanks for taking the time to show us your technique!
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wow. i want to start digital painting and have been looking for guides and this one by far is the most comprehensive one iv come accross from what i've read so far. good stuff.
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Does the same concept work as well with tradital painting.. because either way I am hopeless at faces....???
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it'd work similarly well on oils and perhaps acrylic(i haven't used it in ages..i hate acrylics!)...if you want to do watercolour then it's not a good idea. for watercolour, draw the outline with pencil first then colour
I suggest, until you find your confidence, to use photo references when painting faces(or anything that you're not sure how to paint). Copying photographs is a great way to learn, too..
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Yeah that is true... I specialise in mainly landscapes with oils and acrylics... I have always stayed a fair distance from faces... because I just seem to munt them bug time... So I am going to give it an atempt in oils... Thanks for the advice... nice gallery btw... Much impressed in your tallent
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thanks!!! i looked at your gallery and you're not bad yourself either! though you do need to crop the photographs of your painting and photograph them in a brighter place..
and we all have our niches...i am not much good at landscapes either
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Thanks... Not yet sure how to do all that but I am a willing learner.... Hence the reason I wouldn't mind trying somehting new like faces.... Nect time I take a pic of my paintings I will take it out side.. I actually have three lanscapes on the go at the moment.... Will post them up once I have finished them.... Thankyou for your compliments...
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Thank you Kay! The most in-depth and helpful tutorial I've ever come across.
Now I will ignore it and not draw anything.
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what a great tutorial! Really easy to follow! I'm with you, I hate the soft edged brush with a passion xD
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Somehow I cannot even imagine drawing anything that even resembles that no matter how much time and practice I devote to it. In 23 years of my life I still draw stick figures. Most likely I'll just stick to photography and leave the painting up to experts like yourself.
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Great tut. A very different method than I've seen so far. I'll have to give this a shot.
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It's a great idea helping other artists! The tutorial looks complete and well-done. If only I could paint...
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Thank you Chris! I always look forward to seeing your comments, they make me happy
well, everyone has their own niche, I wish I could do photographs like you
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You are right, of course. But I imagine it nice to be able to put to paper the images inside your head for a change, instead of having to rely on objects that pass by your camera lens.
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Hi, Kay. I got your art attack comment. To get your tutorial put in the AA learning center, you have to send it by email to Zombie. You can't put it in yourself -- he has to do it, and it takes him forever.
P.S.: Did you get the camera I sent? I put an awful lot of work into that and I never heard anything back from you about it.
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Hey Chalres..that was an awfully prompt reply! thanks for the comment btw..and for the camera..I think I have relocated before the camera reached me ..I had to move because I didn't continue with the course and came back to sg ..
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HI Xiaomeimei....exceptional painting and a wonderful first tutorial!! Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how you paint... Sure wish you had a copy of Painter, would love to see the brushes you might use... Thanks again
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HEY! it's ok, and thanks for the comment and fav as well....I wish I know where I could get painter from! is there anywhere I could dl it for free?
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Sure don't ...would love to Painter 9 ...the digital artist oil are heavenly. But give these two a try both are free... each has merit and super paint brushes.
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The other is ArtRage
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let me know if you do another tutorial...Coin
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wow thank you!!! superb stuff
..yup..will do!
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Nice- is there a specific brush size and flow you use for it?
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hey, thanks for the comment...the flow is set to 100% all the way, no specific brush size, just used [ and ] key to increase/decrease the brush size.
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