Hi everyone, From what I have heard was a more detailed tutorial necessary for those who were trying my portrait painting tutorial. So, here I made a tutorial with loads of pictures, hoping you will be able to do these portraits as well..
Because it takes me about 20 hours to do one portrait, which is a bit toooo long for a tutorial and I don't have that much of time, I just show you a part of it, I made a hand as example. All my portraits are done in the same way as I show you here with just one hand.
If you like it more difficult, or, if you think you are ready for a more difficult tutorial like this, CLICK HERE
tools used in this image:
black paint
white paint
black and white
pencil sketch
pencil tool
brush tool
gaussian blur
add noise
transperancy
(clouds for the background)
line tool
selection tools
1-2-3
Open a picture - duplicate - black and white - pencil sketch OR ink sketch (whatever you prefer) - remove background - add new layer under the sketch - make it black or grey or so - Add a new layer between the black/grey background and the sketch - Paint the hand in middle tones (tones between the highlights and lowlights) - delete OR make the original invisible - add a new layer - use the line tool to create small lines around the hand
The sketch and the lines are only a GUIDE, to see if you are on track
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
Basic hand
Black background
Original
4-5-6
Add a new layer called shadows on top of the basic middle tones hand - add a new layer on top of shadows - paint a black line where shadow is needed - Gaussian blur - remove black shadow from places it doesn't need to be ( as seen with the highlights at step 15/16 - merge layer down to shadows
Every time you want to add a shadow or a highlight, do it on a new layer and merge it down when you are satisfied about that highlight or shadow!
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
7-8-9
Add a new layer called Highlights - add a new layer on top of highlights - paint some white where the highlights should be - gaussian blur - remove where needed as seen in steps 15/16 - merge layer down to highlights - add a new layer on top of Shadows and paint some more black for shadows
If the shadows are too dark OR the highlights are too light, use the transparency!
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
Highlights
New layer
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
10-11-12
Gaussian Blur - add new layer - paint more black for shadow - Gaussian blur again - merge layers down to the shadow layer - use transparency if needed
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
Highlights
New layer
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
13-14-15
add a new layer - paint white for highlights - Gaussian blur - transparency if needed - erase highlight where needed (look closely at the pictures 15 and 16)
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
New Layer
Highlights
New layer
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
16-17-18
Gaussian blur at low level between 1 and 10 or so - make the Lines layer invisible - add a new layer called black lines - use the line tool to create black lines at the dark sides of the hand as seen in image 17 - some lines are selected and used transparency on as seen on image 18
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
black lines
Highlights
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
19-20-21
Add a new layer called white lines - create some white lines with the line tool on the highlighted edges- create some more shadow and highlights as in step 11 to 17
Layers:Sketch
Lines
white lines
black lines
Highlights
Shadows
Basic hand
Black background
Original
22-23-24
Add a new layer called Nails - paint the nails in a lightgrey and white-ish color as seen on the pic when enlarged - Add a new layer on top of it and paint a little black on the bottom of each nail for some shadow - blur and transparency - Merge layer down to Nails - add a new layer and paint a little white, also blur, transparency and merge down - add a new layer on top of black lines - create some black lines with the line tool at the shadowy places of the nails - use transparency - merge layer down
Layers:
Sketch
Lines
white lines
black lines
Highlights
Shadows
Nails
Basic hand
Black background
Original
25-finished
Paint with a very thin tip some black lines for the wrinkles - high transparency level - flatten -
Done
Edited by Aislin, 06 November 2011 - 06:04 PM.
