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The first of, what I hope will be, a series of tutorials focusing on various elements involved with digital painting.Any questions, feel free to ask.
Digital Painting - Black & White Portraits Paintings featured in this tutorial: Elisha Cuthbert , Bono & Megan Ewing
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You're welcome. Hope you find it helpful.
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haha glad it's useful to you!
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Thanks for do and upload that tutorial. Your works are quite amazing!
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You're welcome - glad you like it. And thanks.
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Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your tutorial it is much appreciated. I am learning digital painting it makes life easier to see how it's done from the beginning.
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If it helps you, then I achieved what I set out to do.
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Yes you have achieved what you've set out and more we all appreciated your generosity.
Your painting tutorials has made it less scary for me to try digital paint which I have a great interest of. I thought I never be able to digital paint when I look at the works of Professional Artist like yourself but you've made it possible for me to be able to try digital painting can't thank you enough.
Very helpful for newbies
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If you like the videos, they're on YouTube aswell with some music to help the time pass quicker! lol [link]
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Thank you so much you've made me very happy and know I can achieve the impossible because I am no artist at all in anyway.
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Awesome! There are so many ways of achieving similar effects, but sometimes one tends to click more than another. Glad you found it helpful!
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I figured that those tools were just for the real photo retouchers. And, because I didnt say it in my last message, thanks!
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It's easy to get mixed/unwanted results with Dodge & Burn but a bit of practice with the settings and you'll be golden.
And you're more than welcome.
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so there is not just 'one' texture color eh? i used to keep using one color for the whole skin and it doesnt turn out realistic. after i see this tutorial, i realize you need to use lighter color for lighter skin part and darker color for skin areas that are darker (mid tones and shadows)
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You can probably get by with one single colour, but the wonders of skin & light reflection mean that there's hardly ever just the one. There will be colours that are so subtle you wouldn't even think to use them. Experiment.
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either i don't have the patience or skills to use the correct colors, or i just suck period. i can't figure out how yours looks way better than mine.
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It's all about understanding lots of different things - colour is just one of them. Blending, tone, contrast, form - it takes a while to grasp them all effectively. Yes, patience is important. Computers help make things a lot easier, there's no doubt, but knowing how to control the computer and make it do what you want is key.
I'd recommend watching some of my painting videos, especially the Big Red Speedpaint, featuring Hellboy. From start to finish took 1 hour and the videos are slow enough to be able to follow. It might help you see the stages involved & a bit of my process. It makes explaining how I paint a lot easier too!
Hope that's useful to you & cheers for looking at my stuff.
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I'm sure you're already heard this a few times over the last few years, but you're awesome. Nice stuff.
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Cheers, fella. 
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Hey, thanks!
I'm finding it fairly smooth, and digital work is expanding my skills far faster than pencil ever did. Some people find learning the programs and techniques difficult from a traditional background, but I had no such issues. How about you?
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Same here really. 
Having that solid foundation of the understanding of lights & darks, working detail to the right level... it all came in so handy when I started to make the transition. Admittedly I don't draw with graphite anywhere as often as I should, but I like to keep my hand in.
My heart belongs to pencils, I think.
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I wish I had a greater pencil base in some areas, like anatomy and sketching, but I'm far too impatient to stick to them. I worked seriously in pencil for about a year before going digital.
Lately, I've been finding myself turning to more custom brushes when I need to detail, and the painstaking, hand-painting has faded into the background a bit, which I'm a bit uncomfortable with. I definitely need to be doing more pencil work as well.
Whenever I do get around to pencil work (I'm doing a montage of faces slowly right now) I remember how wonderful they are. I love pencils too haha.
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The best advice I can give, if you're looking to develop & maintain
your own style, is to limit your use of custom brushes - at least
other people's custom brushes. It just takes that individualism
out of your work.
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I aaalways build my own, and when people ask me for mine, I always encourage them to develop their own as well
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You're welcome! I hope it's useful.
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Hey, come help this group out!!
#HumanArtReference
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i had been wondering how to make a good skin texture for a long time
you have my thanks
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So glad you found it useful!
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No problem. Hope it comes in handy.
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should've found that muuuuch sooner! its a great help! (: awesome
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Glad you found it helpful.
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this is rly useful, thank you soooo much!!
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Cool - hope you find it helpful!
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Really good tutorial, and many simple but effective tips especially the duplicate display window, this is a much easier way rather than zooming every few seconds.
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It's so useful! Can't remember how I found out about the duplicate window thing but it's become something of a lifesaver. Glad you found it helpful!
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Just wow, reading this makes me need to go back to my digital paintings to apply these. I'm so happy to have run across this tutorial. Thanks.
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Thanks very much - glad you've found it helpful!
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You made my day, really this is awesome!
Although i tried it, but it won't work by me, cause it seems i suck at it.
can you make a vid tutorial of it ?
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I've made quite a few videos already. You can find them here --> [link] Big Red & Bigger Red both use this technique so hopefully they will help.
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Thnk you i sure will try it, thanks
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just the thing I was looking for! thank you so much for makin it.
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You're welcome. Hope it comes in handy.
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Thank YOU!
GOD!!!! I was so tired of looking at tutorials about skin texture that were just extremely very unhelpful in every way possible.
My painting was really making me unhappy, and I realized it needed some texture because my subject has distinctive skin marks and such. Thank yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou!!!!!
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