Painting a Dynamic Dragon in Photoshop
During these lessons, we'll paint a dragon with a real sense of power, speed, and action. We'll also explore and develop focus points and details, such as scales and fire. Software required: Photoshop CS5.
What you'll learn
During these lessons, we'll paint a dragon with a real sense of power, speed, and action. We'll also explore and develop focus points and details, such as scales and fire. Together, we'll look at simple lighting techniques that will add a real sense of atmosphere to our fantasy beast. By the end of the course, you'll have picked up a solid grounding in digital painting as well some great new tips and tricks that will help you create a new masterpiece for your portfolio. Software required: Photoshop CS5.
Table of contents
- Exploring and Developing Composition 10m
- Blocking in Color 13m
- Highlighting Key Focal Points 10m
- Creating the Horns 10m
- Developing Facial Features 10m
- Painting the Scales 11m
- Adding Our Scales to the Dragon 10m
- Forming the Wing Details 10m
- Remastering a Sense of Atmosphere 10m
- Refining the Outline Details 11m
- Detailing the Head 10m
- Changing Color Tones and Detail 10m
- Implementing Depth in the Background 11m
- Creating the Wings 10m
- Defining the Face and Arm 10m
- Using the Scale Brush 12m
- Producing Rubble in the Background 13m
- Applying a Sense of Speed 11m
- Finishing the Wings 10m
- Touching up the Fine Details 10m
- Checking the Details from the Original Sketch 9m
- Retouching the Foreground Elements 10m
About the author
UK based Illustrator Lawrence Mann has enjoyed a career spanning over 15 years. He has been fortunate enough to have created work for the likes of Sony, Nokia, Mattel, the BBC, Channel 4, Yamaha, Marvel, as well as creating covers for many great novels and young-adult books. Most recently, he was very honored to be asked to create the cover image for Corel Painter Essential 5. Lawrence is a firm believer that all illustrations should tell a good story. Especially when those illustrations adorn b... more