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Thanks to your amazing Feedback on my last speedpaint, i made this tutorial for you. Hope it helps and have fun ;D
Finished Picture here -> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10220468/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Programm used: PHOTOSHOP CS5
• First of all: I don't do speedpaints to create paintings to show off! I do it to LEARN something. This is my only goal. This is important to stay motivated and to not be mad at yourself in the end, when your painting doesn't turn out as good as you thought.
• Choosing reference-photos:
- Pictures with strong light and hard contrast are easier to paint! To level up by using picture with diffuse light source.
- Also think about the mood you want to paint. I love the rainy dark atmosphere of Jurassic Park, so i choose a picture of a T-Rex in that setting.
- Don't choose pictures with too much going on. It's hard to finish in time and focus if you have lot of things going on on your picture. (Portraits are best for start)
- If you use copyright protected pictures, DON'T sell your speedpaints (as prints or whatever) in the end! (I do draw from copyright protected pictures sometimes, because i do it for learning purpose only-and then post it eventually for critique)
• Set yourself a time-limit and stick to it.
• Start your sketch on a fitting background-color
• My speedpaints work mostly with colors and contrast, form is not that important.
• Keep your sketch loose, you will paint over it in the end anyway
• Don't zoom in!
• Compare the small view of the "navigator" with the reference while painting!
• Don't use the eraser - Paint over it if it's wrong!
• Don't use the eyedrop-tool on the reference image (but if you really stuck - use it and learn from it!)
• Turn your picture around while painting and paint from different angles (Photoshop-shortcut: "R")
• Avoid pure black and pure white in your painting
• Don't turn of your brain off while painting! Stay focused and try to memorize why you paint that color here and that light there...
• Trust your references. If something looks strange to you, paint it like you see it anyway and then try to improve it. See if you loose or win realism.
• Try different brushes if you like, but don't get lost in detail! (for the painting itself i only use one chalk brush and standard round brush)
• At the end it's time to add some small details - but just a few! (You may zoom in now~) Also use this to focus on important things on the picture (like the face -> Adding wrinkles and highlight to the eye and things like that)
• Add some spark in the end if you like. Like rain in this case. I used this (http://nathies-stock.deviantart.com/art/Pouring-Rain-Brush-206157644) brush for it (hey...it's a speedpaint remember ;D)
• When you are finished with painting, play with color-correction tools to see what happens (You can learn a lot from lighten your picture or increase saturation) try to compare to your original references
IMPORTANT:
Don't judge yourself too hard if your painting doesn't look much like the reference. Just keep on doing you will get better over time for sure - and also try to paint speedpaints from your imagination! Also - try to establish your goal. Do you want to come as close as possible to the reference? Or do you want to idealize it? Ask yourself questions why you do the things you do. Try a different approach when stuck in an artblock :)
And never stop aiming for a higher goal!
Finished Picture here -> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10220468/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Programm used: PHOTOSHOP CS5
• First of all: I don't do speedpaints to create paintings to show off! I do it to LEARN something. This is my only goal. This is important to stay motivated and to not be mad at yourself in the end, when your painting doesn't turn out as good as you thought.
• Choosing reference-photos:
- Pictures with strong light and hard contrast are easier to paint! To level up by using picture with diffuse light source.
- Also think about the mood you want to paint. I love the rainy dark atmosphere of Jurassic Park, so i choose a picture of a T-Rex in that setting.
- Don't choose pictures with too much going on. It's hard to finish in time and focus if you have lot of things going on on your picture. (Portraits are best for start)
- If you use copyright protected pictures, DON'T sell your speedpaints (as prints or whatever) in the end! (I do draw from copyright protected pictures sometimes, because i do it for learning purpose only-and then post it eventually for critique)
• Set yourself a time-limit and stick to it.
• Start your sketch on a fitting background-color
• My speedpaints work mostly with colors and contrast, form is not that important.
• Keep your sketch loose, you will paint over it in the end anyway
• Don't zoom in!
• Compare the small view of the "navigator" with the reference while painting!
• Don't use the eraser - Paint over it if it's wrong!
• Don't use the eyedrop-tool on the reference image (but if you really stuck - use it and learn from it!)
• Turn your picture around while painting and paint from different angles (Photoshop-shortcut: "R")
• Avoid pure black and pure white in your painting
• Don't turn of your brain off while painting! Stay focused and try to memorize why you paint that color here and that light there...
• Trust your references. If something looks strange to you, paint it like you see it anyway and then try to improve it. See if you loose or win realism.
• Try different brushes if you like, but don't get lost in detail! (for the painting itself i only use one chalk brush and standard round brush)
• At the end it's time to add some small details - but just a few! (You may zoom in now~) Also use this to focus on important things on the picture (like the face -> Adding wrinkles and highlight to the eye and things like that)
• Add some spark in the end if you like. Like rain in this case. I used this (http://nathies-stock.deviantart.com/art/Pouring-Rain-Brush-206157644) brush for it (hey...it's a speedpaint remember ;D)
• When you are finished with painting, play with color-correction tools to see what happens (You can learn a lot from lighten your picture or increase saturation) try to compare to your original references
IMPORTANT:
Don't judge yourself too hard if your painting doesn't look much like the reference. Just keep on doing you will get better over time for sure - and also try to paint speedpaints from your imagination! Also - try to establish your goal. Do you want to come as close as possible to the reference? Or do you want to idealize it? Ask yourself questions why you do the things you do. Try a different approach when stuck in an artblock :)
And never stop aiming for a higher goal!
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Dinosaur
Size 600 x 2402px
File Size 877.7 kB
It definitely requires some basic skill in Photoshop (Layers, Brushes usw.)
But basically you can work like that with low drawing skill too - it's more about color observing then drawing. (that's why i made this tutorial, to show that sometimes the right color is more important then the right form)
Just practice and practice and you will be there in no time.
Promise.
But basically you can work like that with low drawing skill too - it's more about color observing then drawing. (that's why i made this tutorial, to show that sometimes the right color is more important then the right form)
Just practice and practice and you will be there in no time.
Promise.
Ein Tutorial. Wie cool. :3 Die Tips notier ich mir im Hinterkopf, sehr nützlich und ich freue mich, dass du sowas hoch lädst.
Die letzten beiden Speedpaints sahen nach super Übungen aus. Ich glaube, ich wage mich auch mal an solche Warm-ups.
Deine letzten Uploads habe ich bisher zwar nicht kommentiert, finde sie aber alle übrigens super. xD
Die letzten beiden Speedpaints sahen nach super Übungen aus. Ich glaube, ich wage mich auch mal an solche Warm-ups.
Deine letzten Uploads habe ich bisher zwar nicht kommentiert, finde sie aber alle übrigens super. xD
Yeah, i mean don't use the eyedrop tool on the reference and choose colors with your own eyes (and the HSB colors-slider).
In the painting itself i use the eyedrop-tool too, it would slow you don't big times if you have to pick existing colors all new again and again. Also i like to mix paint on the painting itself and then eyedrop the result and continue painting with that color.
I will edit my artist comment to make it more clear, thanks for the hint :)
In the painting itself i use the eyedrop-tool too, it would slow you don't big times if you have to pick existing colors all new again and again. Also i like to mix paint on the painting itself and then eyedrop the result and continue painting with that color.
I will edit my artist comment to make it more clear, thanks for the hint :)
It's a different approach. I do this too sometimes, but with this speedpaints i want to study color and understand it better (this also helps with traditional painting)
Greyscale to Color Paintings are cool when the subject and scene is very complicated (so it's good for pictures you plan to spend lot's of hours on) and you can concentrate on values first before you add color on top. With this technique you separate the color from value - so it's not good for learning and studying colors directly. Also if you understand color correctly it also helps a lot with greyscale paintings. That's my opinion at least. So...yeah. I just do both, depending on what result i want.
Greyscale to Color Paintings are cool when the subject and scene is very complicated (so it's good for pictures you plan to spend lot's of hours on) and you can concentrate on values first before you add color on top. With this technique you separate the color from value - so it's not good for learning and studying colors directly. Also if you understand color correctly it also helps a lot with greyscale paintings. That's my opinion at least. So...yeah. I just do both, depending on what result i want.
I can give you the brush :)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14055258/c....._brush.abr.zip
(download it now, i will not keep it in the box forever ^^; )
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14055258/c....._brush.abr.zip
(download it now, i will not keep it in the box forever ^^; )
Looks great, and solid advice for anyone with a basic understanding of their tools.
I use the same process for my pictures, though I'm not quite as accurate as more skillful folks like you yet :)
The only extra thing I like to do is use temporary layers to test out an idea before committing to it.
A lot of the techniques I've learned came from ctrlPaint actually. Great site if you haven't seen it yet! Professional concept artist with a lot of free tutorial and advice videos.
I highly recommend his premium content too (I've gotten the Vehicle Design lesson myself).
I use the same process for my pictures, though I'm not quite as accurate as more skillful folks like you yet :)
The only extra thing I like to do is use temporary layers to test out an idea before committing to it.
A lot of the techniques I've learned came from ctrlPaint actually. Great site if you haven't seen it yet! Professional concept artist with a lot of free tutorial and advice videos.
I highly recommend his premium content too (I've gotten the Vehicle Design lesson myself).
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