Getting Started with Digital Painting in Photoshop CS5
In this collection of lessons we will learn how an artist can get started painting digitally inside of Photoshop.
What you'll learn
In this collection of lessons we will learn how an artist can get started painting digitally inside of Photoshop. We will begin by taking a quick tour around the user interface learning the location of important tools and panels. Next, we will learn how we can create and manage layers in Photoshop. From here we will dive into some of the most commonly used tools for digital painting, learning where they are and how they work. After spending some time learning how to select and store colors, we will jump right into setting up a composition with a sketch where we will discover the difference between resizing and resampling our artwork. Next we will take a glimpse into the painting process by first blocking in some color and then blending it together. Along the way, we will learn how to create custom brushes and patterns as well as how we can utilize these to paint textures. We will wrap things up by learning about layer masks and what we can be on the look out for to make our textures more believable. Software Required: Photoshop CS5 and up.
Table of contents
- Creating a New File and User Interface Overview 11m
- Understanding Photoshop Layers 13m
- Overview of Commonly Used Digital Painting Tools 13m
- Choosing and Managing Colors in Photoshop 11m
- Sketching in Photoshop 12m
- Creating a Custom Brush to Paint Background Texture 11m
- Beginning to Block in Color 10m
- Continuing to Block in Color 11m
- Transitioning from Blocking in Color to Blending Colors 13m
- Creating Custom Brushes Based on Real World Textures 14m
- Using Layer Styles to Create Texture 11m
- Creating Custom Patterns to Use for Texturing 9m
- Painting with Custom Patterns 7m
- Texture Touch-up and Final Details 9m
About the author
Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more