Artist PROFILE
Daniel Ibanez LOCATION: US A traditional and digital artist, Daniel uses the same techniques found in his oil paintings for his ArtRage portraits, creating textured and lively art with a nod to the Old Masters. www.danielibanez.net
This month's ArtRage tutorial will show you how I create and use custom brushes to give my ArtRage sketchbook an original aesthetic.
I will also detail how almost every Photoshop painting I do gets finished in ArtRage. It is an essential part of my digital painting workflow, even when I am using other software to get the job done.
I also demonstrate how to paint with the selection tool - a great way to force yourself to paint through seeing shapes of value.
1 FINISH A PHOTOSHOP SKETCH IN ARTRAGE
As you know from Issue 210's tutorial, the default Oil brush is great for adding the illusion of paint strokes into an already finished Photoshop painting. The question is, what else can be done to a painting when imported to ArtRage? Well, in my opinion, a lot! I often finish both quick sketches and full Photoshop paintings in ArtRage. Here is a quick look at some of my go-to techniques:
A The initial image
Here is a raw Photoshop sketch. This was a fast and loose painting with no focus on finish. It is a pure sketchbook practice.
В Tweak the paint strokes
I have imported the painting into ArtRage and added a new layer. I get pure white paint and the Oil brush, then! add white paint strokes over the entire canvas. When done, I change the layer's blend mode to Multiply and see the realistic paint strokes emerge.
C The best tools
Here you can see the tool icons for each of the techniques like to take advantage of.
Denne historien er fra May 2022-utgaven av ImagineFX.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra May 2022-utgaven av ImagineFX.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Jan Wessbecher
Dominic Carter talks to the visual artist about creating his own comic and why sketchbooks are great for creative experiments
Kyounghwan Kim
The Korean character concept artist speaks to Dominic Carter about staying open to ideas and the value of drawing regularly
Slawek Fedorczuk
Dominic Carter talks to the concept artist about what keeps him motivated and the advantages of using physical sketchbooks.
Raquel M. Varela
Raquel is inspired by magic, fantasy and fairy tales. She loves designing female characters from distant worlds. \"My greatest reference is Loish's art, thanks to her I learned to draw the movement and fluidity I like to convey.\"
Estrela Lourenço
Estrela is a children's book author and illustrator. Her work is influenced by her background in character animation and storyboards for clients such as Cartoon Network, and she channels comic strips like Calvin and Hobbes.
Daria Widermanska
Daria, also known as Anako, has been drawing for as long as she can remember. Inspired by Disney and classic anime, she loves creating new characters and often finds that a single sketch can spark a unique story.
Allen Douglas
Allen has been painting professionally since 1994 for the publishing and gaming industries. Inspired by folklore, he distorts the size, relationships and environments of animals, and calls his paintings 'unusual wildlife'.
Thaddeus Robeck
Thaddeus has been drawing from the moment he could hold a pencil, but it was the 2020 lockdowns that gave him the time to focus on honing his skills.
DRAW FASCINATING SYMBOLIC ARTWORK
Learn how JULIÁN DE LA MOTA creates a composition from his imagination with a focus on crafting figures, volumetric modelling, and light and shadow
First Impressions
The artist talks about his journey into the mythological world