I did this as an excercise for the purpose of, quite simply, practice. It’s been a while since I attempted anything photo-real… It’s very good to do this kind of thing because it strengthens your freehand drawing abilities, as well as developing an eye for detail.
Freehand drawn in photoshop cs2 (from a reference photo off to the side) with a wacom tablet.
time-lapsed… real time was about 3 and a half hours.
UPDATE:
For the people that think this is fake– simply do a little research. It’s as easy as clicking on my username to see the list of all of my other videos. There you will find an array of different subjects and different mediums… Including photo real techniques with real paint. It it’s a pretty reasonable conclusion that if I can do the things I do with real paint– why would I feel the need or insecurity to fake it with the “less impressive” digital mediums? Why waste my time?
You could also consider the efforts it would take to fake such a thing- consider the layering of the shadows and gradients… Look at how carefully it is done in these vids. There is a visible build-up of LAYERS of tones shadows and colors. To fake something like that would take so much effort, why would a guy who can do all of the other OBVIOUS traditional medium paintings on the same channel waste his time?
TO MANY PEOPLE ASK:
Why “photorealism”?
Why not just use a camera?
The answer is simple. I’ve made the point many times in my replies, comments and descriptions. But I’ll make it clearer here for those who do not understand:
It’s for practice. It is the same as a musician practicing scales, so that he can write better songs…Or even a musician who plays a song from another famous musician on a CD– also to make himself better… To inspire/aspire to become better at the craft/skill.
It’s the same with the art. Sure I am just acting like a human camera and re-creating every detail and color I see– but that’s where the conditioning is. Same as that musician that is replicating the sounds of a scale or someone else’s song. (Why not just say to the musician, “why bother playing that song? Just put in the CD?” )
The fact that it is all freehand and controlled by my judgement makes it so valuable to attempt…. I have to be able to see and recognize exact tones of color, and be able to recreate it with extreme accuracy from scratch. I must be able to recognize every detail and the consistency that makes that detail REAL. It strengthens my abilities to be able to create works of art that come from my imagination.
Aside from practice, it is also a very commonly sought skill in the commercial trades to be able to mimic real-life with art. In addition to that, it does entertain the majority.
So there you go.
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im good at drawing …
im good at drawing and i want 2 draw in photoshop but i dont know any of the tools to make it more realistic plz help
fav completly pro …
fav completly pro keep up the good work =)
dammmmmmmm pro ^^ u …
dammmmmmmm pro ^^ u gotta give me some tips on how you do it lol so pro omg loveee it!
I have painted/ …
I have painted/drawn as long as I can remember, if that is what you mean. I started digital in 2000. It was all traditional before that. Then computers took over, and it was either go digital, or let my family starve. If you are asking the time it took to do the piece– The time length of these piece was (I think) between 3 and 4 hours.
Wacom Intuos 3 …
Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.
How long you have …
How long you have painted at it ?
I’m sorry this …
I’m sorry this video offends you to the point of calling names. However, if you do research you will find that it does require talent. The technique is completely freehand and the computer does nothing to aid in drawing proportion and balancing out color and depth. The artist must already be able to draw this on paper in order to do it digitally. Some may argue that it requires MORE skill as when you draw with the digital pen, the art shows up on a screen- not beneath the pen. Coordination.
Painting is done …
Painting is done with a paint brush by hand. Digital painting does not display talent. Dumbass
did you do this …
did you do this using a mouse?
Holy Cow that’s …
Holy Cow that’s amazing! I’m going to have to give this a try!
just kidding xD …
just kidding xD amazing job!
80′s hair!! XPPPPP
80′s hair!! XPPPPP
for the fucktards …
for the fucktards who actually thought this was fake…
go die
that is awesome..
that is awesome..
Thank you for the …
Thank you for the tips I will try to use them.
Keep the good work!
no.. it’s a friend.
no.. it’s a friend.
i think this …
i think this picture is him..
I’ve be a loyal fan …
I’ve be a loyal fan for a while and im constantly inspired by your flawless art but i just like to know two things if you don’t mind me asking, when your painting do you keep the opacity at a 100 percent the whole time? aAnd if so then how do you create a believeable skin tone without making the skin color cartoonish looking?
Thanks for the kind …
Thanks for the kind words. I tend to use the default brushes that come with the program (the same ones that I show in my tutorial vid for hair on my channel- the “spatter” brushes. Only I turn on the “scatter” box. It’s important to vary the color you are painting by a slight degree– whether darker or lighter– when painting it on there in scatter, it gives a rougher “skin pore” effect.
Im with no words to …
Im with no words to express your amazing skills. Im strarting in digital painting. If you dont mind, I like to know which brushes do you use… because in my works always the skin looks like plastic. So if you can give me some tips maybe I can improve my skills.Thank you and once again congratulations for your amazing art work!
complimenti!!!! …
complimenti!!!!mazza se รจ realistico!
this is …
this is amazing!
Yeah… A lot of …
Yeah… A lot of people tend to think that. So I put an answer to you doubters in my video info to address this. Have a nice day.
very doubtfull…. …
very doubtfull…. its looks like u took a photo and make photoshot operations on it , its fake
OMFG! :O this …
OMFG! :O this really looks like a picture!