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vinegar — TUTORIAL - digital painting.
Published: 2005-02-18 13:03:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 84095; Favourites: 696; Downloads: 10028
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Sorry for the high compression of this picter, but a higher quality pic would took ages to download..this is a tutorial showing how to paint on the computer. I've been asked a lot how I'm doing this or that, so I used my lady of the swan pic to explain how it was done.
It contains few tips about colours and creative use of references. It also contains few close-up's at the bottom.
Mind 2 things:
1. This is a PAINTING tutorial and tips picture. I might add drawing and colouring tutorial later.
2. This is also the way how I'm painting. It doesn't mean it's obligatory to everyone, okay?
and also - FULL VIEW if you wan't to read it. And it has some tips written there so looking at the small pics won't help you at all
hope some of you will find it useful..
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This is amazing. Thank you for taking the time to create this. I'm not sure if I am advanced enough to attempt this. I'm more or less in the very beginner stages of drawing actually, But I really get a great insight into the process of how beautiful digital work is done, such as this !
Thank you
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Great tutorial! Will definitely save this for later use.
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read the tutorial maybe? it's all there. Although it's an old one i still use the same - standard, hard edged photoshop brush.
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Thank you for your superb tutorials, they really help. I mainly do pencil drawings but want to try digital art, but wasn't sure where to start, so these are great.
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This is absolutely wonderful, vinegar.
You're very talented and have taught me a lot with this tutorial!
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This has helped me more than you could imagine... I'm watching you now...
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You give some great advice here. I learned a lot. Thank you very much!
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you're welcome! but this one is pretty old, some new ones coming soon
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Oh cool! I'll keep an eye out then.
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very nice tutorial! i will definitely have to try your style of painting.
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great way for designers, and fast results
but
to be honest... this is bad way to learn how to draw and paint
just copy objects and put together
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err, I don't really say your point, where do i write anything about copying objects and putting them together? i think you must've read another tutorial..
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This seems very helpful, especially the black/white/NEVER! thing.
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just one question... what program do you use?
could you please answer....
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it's been said in the tutorial..
anyway, for this old painting here i used opencanvas. but i also stated very clearly the method is the same in all other programs, and all the tips work both in traditional and digital media.
right now i use photoshop 7 and painter 7 most often.
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sorry for commenting ages after this was submitted, but I'm also trying to go digital and your tutorial is of great help! Thanks!
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not a problem, thanks a lot!
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Hey there! That was really a useful tutorial. But I got a question to ask, if you don't mind answering them. 
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thanks
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Very nice, thank you. I often have a hard time coming up with a complete composition, so your method of looking at several reference pics is very helpful. I also find that my pictures often don't combine well--the different elements don't mesh. So your emphasis on correct color combinations is very helpful--I'll have to try again soon!
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good luck! glad that i've been helpful to you in some way
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A very insightful tutorial. :3 Thanks for putting it up!
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Um... Vinegar, czy mogę mieć kilka pytań?
1) cienie/światła nakładasz na tej samej warstwie co kolor otoczenia?
2) używając watercoloura - jak wysokie opacity ustawiasz? Denerwuje mnie strasznie to narzędzie, bo nie miesza różnych kolorów ze sobą. > < W ogóle nie potrafię zrobić gładkich przejść między jednym a drugim odcieniem, nie mam pojęcia jak Ty czy Maudt to robicie. T^T
3) znasz program Shi Animated z oekaki, prawda? Czy w oC da się uzyskać taki efekt malowania jak penem z Shi? Żeby tak się gładko prowadziło, "nieinwazyjnie"?
Jeśli nie sprawi Ci to kłopotu, udziel mi odpowiedzi, proszę serdecznie. 
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Alez sie biedaku naczekales na moja odpowiedz.. przepraszam, ale przez te rozjazdy, wyjazdy i prace nie mialam kiedy odpisac..
1. tak, oczywiscie. na pewno zauwazysz, ze wraz z doswiadczeniem bedziesz ograniczac liczbe warstw.. jak zaczynalam (i juz odkrylam co to sa warstwy, lol) to robilam wszystko na osobnych.. co zdecydowanie przeszkadza w spojnosci calosci i nie jest do niczego potrzebne.. teraz ograniczam sie do jakis 5-6 max, a i tak zazwyczaj mniej..
2. teraz juz wlasciwie w ogole nie maluje w opencanvas, ale jak malowalam to mialam jakos tak na 3/4.. chyba.. ale generalnie bawie sie tam ustawieniami, nie korzystam tylko z jednego..
3. tak, pobaw sie wlasnie opacity i suwakami.. nie jestem w stanie Ci bardziej pomoc, bo musialabym widziec w jaki sposob malujesz w jednym i drugim programie, by zobaczyc jak Ci wychodza przejscia walorowe..
raz jeszcze przepraszam za tego laga >_< daj znac jakbys potrzebowal czegos jeszcze!
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Dzięki serdeczne! Skorzystam z rad na pewno. ^^
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ha, ha, i know! 
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Haha, I know, right? It's cool to see how both our works turned out
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och i kolejny świetny tutorialek, extra bedzie się z czego uczyc
ale do jakiego programu graf. on jest?
bardzo fajnie, że niejesteś samolubna jak niektórzy, extra rysujący i kolorujący artyści
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I have a VERY important question. (at least I think it is.) How do you get the smaller picture(for the reference) on a new layer?
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