1.Get you a good sketch of what your going to be painting, it doesn't have to be super detailed just enough to outline where the forms you would like to paint are. Then scan this guy into your computer, for those of you without the luxury of a scanner a digital camera works as well but requires some more cleanup afterwards.
2.Remove as much white as you can with color selection or curves. Then set that layer as Darken, over a gradient of what ever lighting scheme you would like. Let's keep it simple and use a super neutral gradient to tone our canvas.
3.Now we can start adding in base colors, I tend to use pretty hard blobby brushes for this step but as my Painting Proff once told me everyone paints differently. Now during this step you should keep in mind that there is no wet to wet blending in digital like real paint unless you are using Corel Painter so be mindful of where you will be either burning or dodgeing later to add light and shadow, or manual adding new colors afterwards.
4.Now it starting to look like something anyways lol. At this point it feels alien to its surroundings though. Lets attach this Hoplite to its ground and establish some depth at the same time. Using a big soft brush lay in some shadows with a warm dark color.
5. Now go through with your clean up and detailing tools. Burn, dodge, smudge, add some detail splash colors think about your light source and you should be on your way to a Digital Painting. I realize that this seems like a difficult step but its also the most personal. This is where style in a painting is determined so stick with your Digital Canvas until it looks complete to you.
And in true cooking form fashion we are done far before anyone feels we should be. Keep voting on the side and I'll talk about what ever gets the most votes. I hope you enjoyed this super quick digital painting tutorial if you have any questions or comments feel free to email or comment on the post and we'll see you again tomorrow.
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