Drawing Tutorials

Hi! In this video I share my digital painting process with you. You will see how I usually make my digital artworks.

Girl in a snowy park 

This tutorial is for newcomers to digital art or Photoshop, is a basic tutorial with 4 different ways on how to fast fill a sketch or drawing for base color so you can start painting right away.

As requested by anon, who wanted a tutorial on AOS!Bones but I figured just Karl Urban would suffice :)

Please note that I won’t be going into basic anatomy, and this tutorial works on the assumption you already know and understand it.

I cannot stress enough the importance of references! The reason why I’m so familiar and comfortable with drawing Karl’s face is not just because he’s my favourite actor in existence, but also because when I first started drawing him I used a lot of references.

Another thing to note is that you’re going to have to memorise just how certain features look like on him. Not everyone has the same shaped eye, nose, mouth, etc. So anon, this may be one of the reasons why when you try to draw AOS!Bones he looks a little too generic.

Here are some little things I’ve memorised about his face that bring me a step closer to capturing his likeness.

Basically, draw things angrily. Angry nose, angry mouth, angry eyes, etc. And when I say angry, I mean they’re more angular than they are flowing lines, because you can still draw angry eyes while conveying sadness/happiness/etc.

Of course, knowing these won’t matter in the end if you can’t place them on his face correctly. One of the most important things to remember is that he has both a short nose and a smaller top lip, so this means the upper lip area is larger than the ‘average’ person. Other than that, his proportions are like the average person.

His hairline is pretty unique to him. He doesn’t just have a widow’s peak, but he also has an extra curve on each side. This can easily been seen when he plays Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (you can refer to the bottom left image I’ve included, or watch the film. I highly suggest watching the movie because I didn’t know I needed Karl speaking Russian until I heard it).

Something you can add, but don’t have to, is his cheekbones. You’ll see in all of the photos I’ve compiled that his are rather prominent.

One of the things I love about Karl is his ability to be expressive when he’s in character. He’s not like Twilight’s Bella Swan, who is known to be rather… subdued. Don’t be afraid to exaggerate his brows or his mouth. Don’t be afraid to exaggerate anything to convey the emotion you’re trying to portray. Chances are, it’ll look like just how Karl would if he was acting your given scene out.

Or, if you’re still not sure, you can also watch some movies of his and really pay attention to his expressions. I would suggest taking a look at Almost Human, The Truth About Demons, and Hangman for more expressions outside of the Star Trek films.

I also, personally, like to refer to Russell Crowe in Gladiator, because there are some good expressions (like grief) in that film that I like to apply to AOS!Bones or any of Karl’s characters.

mixer brush cloud painting mini tutorial

not a replacement for actual painting!!!

      @aonemanarmy​ and some others have requested a digital colouring tutorial, and so after a millennia of not doing one, I sat down and did this from start to end in one sitting… In between doing other things like Bloodborne.

    This tutorial covers the basics. There’s nothing fancy here. This is done in Photoshop, but will work for any art program worth its salt. Ask questions if you have any, my ask box is open~.

a little hair painting tutorial!! people have asked me abt how i do hair for a very long time & i finally feel like i’m… actually good enough to give proper advice??

hope this helped and remember! art doesn’t have any set rules!!!!!!!!!! i still have absolutely no idea what i’m doing, ever

Waffle Tutorial

Oh boy

That’s a big question, and I don’t think I necessarily have the right tools and expertise to answer it, for I myself am still learning each and everyday. I could talk about my personal experience, but I should mention first that much of what I’ve learned I owe it to the school I’ve attended for three years (2013-2016), in which I haven’t just acquired the fundamental skills for digital colourization and comic design, but have also received  a heck of a lot of useful tips and advices. And one thing I’ve learned is that there’s no magic secret knowledge to uncover to start learning digital art, the best way to start is to just draw and experiment with the tools: tutorials are a great resource and I recommend you to gather as many as possible, but remember that there isn’t JUST THE ONE RIGHT WAY TO DIGITAL ART, IF YOU DON’T DO IT LIKE THIS YOU’LL NEVER BE A TRUE ARTIST, this is simply not true and it’s the most harmful mindset.

This said, I can show you my method for digital colourization with this old illustration of Jester Lavorre, from Critical Role. I use PhotoshopCS6 as program and I have a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet as tools.

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Of course, I’ll start with the sketch. I usually sketch on paper, upload the design on Ps, do the lineart and then delete the sketch level so that I don’t keep too many levels on my file (bc the program will slow down considerably if the file is too heavy)

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Then, with the Lasso tool I slowly outline the lineart, covering the whole figure, and then I fill the outline with a shade of gray. I will use this level so I can easily select the whole figure with the Wand tool if I need to later.

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Helping myself with the grey outline and the Lasso tool, I gradually put in colour. I have my own set of palettes which I use for almost every piece I do, so that the colours will be more armonized

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I add blush on the skin, decorations and textures. For textures, I have a ton of saved images, from paper textures, to watercolour stains, to whool, to steel etc. etc. and I usually apply them in the Overlay method and by selecting the specific areas I need with the Wand tool, and cutting the excess away with a Mask.

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Then, the shadows. Here, I used two levels because I needed a stronger contrast in certain points of Jester’s figure. These levels are specifically Hue/Saturation, from the Adjustment Layers section. I insert some specific parameters for the hue (dark blue or purple, usually) and saturation of the shadow, and then set the method to Multiply. I tend to use a mix of hard brushes, soft brushes and the tool Gradient.

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For lighting, I copy the Colour level and then set the method to Overlay, then adjust the luminosity as needed and add a Mask to put the colour in the areas I need.

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