Expressing The Expressions

Art is all about materialising your expressions. Vishnu PR takes us through his tutorial of how he transforms the expressions in his mind or even the expressions visible in a piece of art into his style and statement by creating a portrait.

Creating from imagination and references is one thing, adding your personal touch to these references and imaginative thinking completely changes the structure of the artwork for the good, defining the artists’ style.

For the creation of a portrait, inspired from an oil painting, in his own style, Vishnu has represented his personal touch in various forms of detailing like managing the light, shadow and highlights and addition of textures in just the right amount.

Follow the step by step guidance to know the secrets of making a portrait look real and surprise yourself with your own creation!

Step 1: Start by making an outline of the image that you want to create.

Step 2: A suitable base colour needs to be added to the created outline. Base colour is an important factor to create a digital art or portrait.

Step 3: The next step is to add different tones of colours in order to achieve the desired light and shadow effects. To give the skin a realistic look, use texture brushes to create a textured effect on the skin.