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PROCESS VIDEO // mushrooms - screen capture
🕑 Added 2023-11-27 13:49:51 +0000 UTCI put together a process video for my mushrooms painting! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to film the full process from beginning to end, but this is a large chunk of it - from prepping the initial scanned sketch to doing the majority of the paint work. The reason why I wanted to share this process it’s because I’m using a new technique where I combine the lasso tool with a grainy soft airbrush. It allows me to build up color and texture in a gradual way and I feel like the end result looks a lot like traditional painting, which is why I like it!
This is a screen recording of the process, but I also filmed a large portion of it with my phone. I’ll be uploading that version in a minute!
Some resources that could help explain this process:
Some things to keep in mind while watching this video:
- I used a pre-existing image as a reference for the color scheme. It’s a gouache painting of mine that I edited in Photoshop to turn into a thumbnail for Instagram. The edited version is way more vibrant than the original painting that I made because of how I edited it. I really liked how those colors turned out and I knew that I wanted to use that same color scheme in a digital work. I had it open to the side as a visual reference for the painting process. Here's that image:
- The reason I use both the lasso tool and the airbrush is because the lasso tool gives concise edge control, while the airbrush gives me texture and smooth gradients. I feel like this gives me the best of both worlds: I’m able to add softness, while also maintaining the crispness of my shapes.
- When using this technique, the main tip I can give is to keep a good eye on how the colors blend together. If you layer a really dark color on top of a light base, you can get really muddy midtones and it’s easy to lose sight of that if you’re using a textured brush to blend. This was very much trial and error for me during this process, and I definitely had to backtrack on my color choices a couple of times when I found that they were resulting in some muddy hues! For more information about avoiding muddy colors, especially when it comes to skintones, check out my tutorial on creating vibrant skintones.
I hope you enjoy this process video! And keep an eye out for the phone version that’s coming up in a minute!
Comments
Loish
hey grant! definitely using textured brushes is a great start. adding some textures by copy/pasting them on and setting the layer mode to 'soft light' can also do a lot for a traditional look! this might be an interesting tutorial topic actually!
Grant
Hey loish! I love this piece so much! One thing that stood out to me was the grainy texture of the selections. They made me feel like it was a traditional piece. I know you can achieve this with a soft brush or a speckled brush but do you have any other suggestions of how to make digital work look more like traditional on canvas? Thanks so much for these beautiful pieces hope to see more in the future!
Loish
Thank you!
JASON WILLIAMS
Such a beautiful painting! It's fascinating to watch you slowly build up all the little chunks of shape and color into such a stunning result.
