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Workshops<br />
paint with the<br />
eyedropper<br />
Once I have my colours<br />
down, I can paint<br />
intuitively using the<br />
Eyedropper shortcut.<br />
When I’m using a brush,<br />
all I have to do is press<br />
Alt and click, which<br />
temporarily activates the<br />
Eyedropper tool.<br />
Working like this feels<br />
like I’m sculpting with<br />
colour: there’s very little<br />
distraction because I can<br />
keep painting without<br />
having to change tools<br />
or open dialogs.<br />
Drawing the line work<br />
3<br />
I flip the image because this works better, and then start drawing the line work. This will form the basis for the<br />
final painting, but it can stay fairly sketchy because I’ll be painting over many of these lines. For the hair, I avoid<br />
drawing individual strands, instead focusing on bigger clumps of hair and their shape, direction and movement.<br />
resources<br />
photoshop<br />
custom brushes:<br />
Loish_oiL pasteL<br />
This brush is great for<br />
line work and more<br />
chunky painting style.<br />
Loish_hard round<br />
This one is soft when<br />
pressing lightly, sharp<br />
when pressing hard.<br />
Loish_spLattername<br />
This brush is from Jonas<br />
de Ro’s free brush set<br />
(http://ifxm.ag/jonasdr).<br />
It’s meant for snow, but it<br />
works for glitter effects.<br />
Establishing the base colours<br />
4<br />
On separate layers, I block in the colours for the background, hair, body and clothing. I also change the colour of<br />
the line work. During this phase, I use a lot of gradients to blend colours and bring variety to the colour scheme. I also<br />
use colour editing tools such as Selective Color and Color Balance to tweak the colours until they feel right to me.<br />
62 August 2017
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