Realistic Portrait

This is my latest attempt at realistic portrait painting. Done in Photoshop. 

Still Life Painting Tutorial

This painting can be broken down into Hue, Shadows and Highlights.

First I drew an outline of the fruits and filled it with colour, then using the smudge tool with scattering turned on, blended between hues to create smooth transitions. Next I added in some more details in the Hue like spots and patches. I place every new addition on a different layer as that will allow me to make changes later on. Then I added the surface of the table and the background.

Next I added the light and shadow or the Value. On a new layer, I started painting the dark areas of the object in black and then decreased opacity of the layer till I achieved the desired level of darkness.  Keeping this layer separate is good practice for beginners so that it does not interfere with the previously painted colours. To paint the value I used a brush that is set to medium hardness.  Then I used the Smudge brush with medium hardness and scattering turned on to smoothen out the brush strokes.  You can increase hardness of the brush if the painting is too blurry.

Next I added the fine roughness on the surface. This is nothing but a combination of light and dark values, painted with a default speckled brush.

Next I added highlights by painting them in white, then added some noise filter for graininess and to maintain the rough look of the surface and then blurred it slightly.

Then I painted the light that is reflected back from the table onto the fruit

I also added a slight reflection of the fruit on the table.

Next I added the cast shadow. I have painted it in dark grey with a hard round brush, then blurred it slightly with gaussian blur and then reduced opacity of the layer.

Digital Painting- Portrait

This portrait is painted in Photoshop. I tried to keep the skin and hair realistic. Towards the end I wanted to add an element of fantasy to the image so I added the flower wreath around her head.

Digital Painting- Still Life

This is my attempt at still life painting in Photoshop. I experimented with a realistic style in these paintings. This process helped me learn Photoshop as a software as well as develop my painting skills. Since I am a 3d artist, not trained in traditional art, I have used my understanding of 3d rendering in trying to make these paintings. I hope to do a tutorial soon, explaining this process.

In the above image, the pear is painted while the leaves and background are taken from the original photograph.

Female Portrait in 3d

This character was modeled and rendered in Maya, and textured in Photoshop. I have rendered it as a portrait as it is not rigged and posed. Hoping to pose it sometime soon.