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dypsomaniart — photoshop airbrush tutorial
Published: 2007-02-01 02:55:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 23872; Favourites: 245; Downloads: 1567
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EDIT!!! in the painting figures tips, second method, i said fill the layer behind with solid white. that should have read 'fill in your figure or object on the layer behind your linework!" sorry for any confusion.painting tutorial, for photoshop artists using graphics tablets.
did'nt have much time to do this but i keep getting asked. hope it helps a few people out there. it's a bit rough, and it assumes you know the very basics of using photoshop cs already. if any points need clarifying let me know.
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Exactly what I was looking for. I'll work through it tomorrow and then try out the method for a my first digital painting... thing. I have a lot to learn and you've just helped. I'll link it to you when I'm done? Or just hide in some distant corner of DA and say that the method was learned from you.
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Did it help at all? I tend to use so many different techniques these days, but they are mostly expansions on this basic airbrush method.
Yeah credits/links are always appreciated on here, the more people who get to see/enjoy your work the better I reckon.
Don't hide, you'll be right 
Have fun
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It did help, thank you. I'll be sure to link it to you AND hide, since there's no harm in it. And I suppose I won't die if I wander to a forum or two.
I will indeed have fun!
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crap. no tablet. i'm think of asking for one for xmas, though
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ah that sucks. you definitely need a tablet.
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Simpely a very usefull tutorial. Good to make me skills better.
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Nice guide...but might be easier using layer masks or create clipping masks instead of using the magic wand tool
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Thank you
This helped me a lot! ^^ Now i need only instructions to ... nose, mouth, hair, head, body, clothes and, and, and
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Thanks for the tut. I did something in photoshop based on this and another brushing tutorial here in devianART
[link]
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It's incredible how simple this is, and what it returns is something really pleasing to the eye
Though there is one part I need a little help on
In the last step, you added some glare to the eye
Is that just with a normal brush on bm_normal
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yep, just the normal soft airbrush at a smaller diameter (the smallest white line in the sample dots to the right of the last pic) and a bit higher opacity (70-90%).
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lovely
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Cool! I always find it a great help to see a tutorial on air brushing techniques! Thanks for sharing.
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no worries
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Nice quick tutorial. I shall have to give it a try when I get some free time. Haven't used soft brushes in a looong time now, so it'll be fun to see if I can make something with them.
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thanks mate
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thanks mate
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that's fantastic! Thanks heaps for sharing this with us. Do you have any photos of your RL airbrushing? would love to see them
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yeah they're all just portraits and animals pretty much. i won't be posting any on here. although i'm proud of them, they don't represent what i do anymore. if ya really want to see some i can email you a few.
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Wow very useful!!!! Great tutorial
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just thought i'd share, it's always interesting to see other peoples techniques, and it might be useful to people out there
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Thanx man, i think this will help a lot...
I just got a tablet for xmas, so ill def be using this.
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cheers mate
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Thanks jesse, this is gonna be some fun trying it out
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Oh great! Thanks a bunch! 
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excellent
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Yoink...
Very interesting technique, something I am going to have to try. I have a commission that is a little more realism than I have been doing in a while, so it may come in handy to try out.
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it's basically how i used to airbrush, just converted to photoshop. hope it comes in handy
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Thanks Jesse, I only have Paint Shop Pro 6 however I'm sure I can make the translation. Careful giving away all those trade secrets, you just may put yourself out of business. 
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hehe, the thought did cross my mind
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very nicely done.. kudos... mind if i pimp it in #photoshoptechniques ?
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nah mate, the more people who get use out of it the better.
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awesome.. thanks alot (i'm channel staff in there btw) i've already shown a few people a link to it.
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makes it more worth while if more people get to see it
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