Art Preview from Tome of Monsters - impressive video
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The commentary on the video from Juan Diego:
Illustratiion done for /4windsfantasygaming.com/ href="http://4windsfantasygaming.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://4windsfantasygaming.com/
Grisaille Video Tutorial - 117 Minutes.
0:01 - Use paint tool SAI to fill in the entire area I'm gonna paint. If you want a distinction between elements, you fill in each one with a different shade of grey on a different layer.
0:23 - Go into photoshop to do some cleanup. I flatten lineart and shading into one layer.
0:35 - Go into Painter
0:40 - I use a wet acrylic brush to paint in with lighter shades, bringing up volume. I do one pass with a slightly lighter grey and then a second pass with an even lighter shade.
1:00 - Don't worry about smudging over your lineart.
1:15 - Use black to make dark areas darker.
1:50 - I use pure white only for highlights.
4:26 - I go back into photoshop.
4:28 - I do a basic Levels adjustment.
4:30 - I create a new layer, set it to Overlay and plop a color gradient on it to give me the general tone of the pic. Then I experiment with the opacity of the gradient layer until i'm happy with it.
4:32 - I create a new layer, also set it to overlay, and paint on it using a custom brush from Adonihs's Brush Pack (/adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Br href="http://adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Br" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Brush-Pack-118954791) set to 30% opacity.
4:45 - I color very loosely using that brush.
4:55 - If the color is too washed out, I create a copy of the color layer and also set it to overlay, with a lower opacity, to build up color.
4:57 - I do some cleanup aaand... done.
Here is the finished pic - /dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Pathfinder/ziburinusmall.jpg href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Pathfinder/ziburinusmall.jpg" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Path...
You can visit me at /0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/ href="http://0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/
I'm a starving artist and always open for commissions ;3
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So that's 2 hours compressed into 5 minutes. I'm still hugely impressed.
Illustratiion done for /4windsfantasygaming.com/ href="http://4windsfantasygaming.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://4windsfantasygaming.com/
Grisaille Video Tutorial - 117 Minutes.
0:01 - Use paint tool SAI to fill in the entire area I'm gonna paint. If you want a distinction between elements, you fill in each one with a different shade of grey on a different layer.
0:23 - Go into photoshop to do some cleanup. I flatten lineart and shading into one layer.
0:35 - Go into Painter
0:40 - I use a wet acrylic brush to paint in with lighter shades, bringing up volume. I do one pass with a slightly lighter grey and then a second pass with an even lighter shade.
1:00 - Don't worry about smudging over your lineart.
1:15 - Use black to make dark areas darker.
1:50 - I use pure white only for highlights.
4:26 - I go back into photoshop.
4:28 - I do a basic Levels adjustment.
4:30 - I create a new layer, set it to Overlay and plop a color gradient on it to give me the general tone of the pic. Then I experiment with the opacity of the gradient layer until i'm happy with it.
4:32 - I create a new layer, also set it to overlay, and paint on it using a custom brush from Adonihs's Brush Pack (/adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Br href="http://adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Br" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://adonihs.deviantart.com/art/My-Brush-Pack-118954791) set to 30% opacity.
4:45 - I color very loosely using that brush.
4:55 - If the color is too washed out, I create a copy of the color layer and also set it to overlay, with a lower opacity, to build up color.
4:57 - I do some cleanup aaand... done.
Here is the finished pic - /dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Pathfinder/ziburinusmall.jpg href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Pathfinder/ziburinusmall.jpg" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11358122/Path...
You can visit me at /0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/ href="http://0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://0-duredhel-0.deviantart.com/
I'm a starving artist and always open for commissions ;3
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So that's 2 hours compressed into 5 minutes. I'm still hugely impressed.
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