For the final installment of Digital Painting 101, concept artist Matt Kohr showcases each of the previously explained techniques in an illustration demo. The speed of this video is different than the previous four installments: It’s a time lapse covering more ground.
In today’s lesson of our continuing Lifehacker Night School series, digital artist Matt Kohr explains how to make better use of layers in your digital works of art.
As one colour approaches another there’s always a blended transition. Even if your subject is painted a single colour it will have lighter and darker areas. Because colour is affected by light and form, it has a huge amount of variation. Even a sheet of white paper seen on a cloudy day contains a gradation subtle colours.
In lesson one of our Digital Painting 101 series, we got comfortable drawing digitally. In today’s lesson, we’re going to dig into the meat of Photoshop painting: the brush and eraser tools.
Want to learn to make concept art but don’t know where to start? This next entry in the Lifehacker night school series will help you get your feet wet.
Rare is the person who finishes a project with a perfectly empty paint can. Rather resign the paint to life on a basement shelf, use the leftovers to provide interesting colour accents in unexpected places.
If you’re looking for a distressed and weather-beaten look, a little elbow grease and some milk paint and give any piece of furniture a vintage look.
If you’ve avoided buying high-quality paint brushes because you can never get them clean enough for consistent reuse, this DIY three-stage brush cleaner will help give your brushes a long and productive life.
