Drawing and Painting Tutorials

Are you looking to take your Adobe Photoshop skills up a notch? Do you struggle with translating your vision to the digital canvas? This course is designed to help! You'll go through a quick chapter on learning some advanced techniques, and then work on applying them to a project blending photo manipulation and digital illustration into a single fantasy scene. | Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Photo Manipulation

"In this tutorial, I will show you how to create an address book icon using Adobe Photoshop. I will begin by explaining how to set up a simple grid, and how to take full advantage of the Snap to Grid feature. Next, I will explain how to create a set of simple vector shapes and how to color them using basic Layer Style attributes and some Photoshop pattern presets. Finally, I will show you how to add subtle shading and highlights using basic blending techniques and simple effects. Let's get started! | Difficulty: Beginner; Length: Medium"

"With the right knowledge, the brush tool in Photoshop can be extremely powerful. In this tutorial, we will use digital painting techniques to create a photo realistic illustration of a swan inside a wine glass. This concept will begin as a sketch and then slowly build up to the final result. Let's get started!"

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"Your initial sketch is one of the most important elements of a digital illustration or painting. Your initial sketch will set the tone of the rest of your artwork so it is important to get it right. Every artist has their own method of producing a sketch. Some artists sketch from memory, some sketch from a reference. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use a grid to help you sketch from a reference image."

Learn how to create this windy photo manipulation of a woman leaning on columns with deteriorated flags. You’ll learn how to combine images, manipulate them to fir the windy scene, and work with lighting and shadows.

Drawing in Photoshop can be a scary learning curve to start with. Beyond the basic shape tools there are a host of more complex features that can make the difference between an intermediate and an advanced user.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a 3D ice text effect using Modo to sculpt the 3D models and Photoshop for texturing and post-production.

"There are a ton of reasons Photoshop is one of the most preferred drawing programs out there for graphic designers. The program is powerful, allowing you to create and manipulate however you see fit, not to mention the various effects and filters available.

Photoshop can be used for many things which include making your portraits stand out. Vector and vexel portraits are so popular that there are even apps that quickly do the job for you. You can do the same thing in Photoshop however and even create a cool color combination to give your portrait its own unique feel."

"In this tutorial, I’ll lead you through the process of creating a detailed stereo receiver from scratch using Photoshop’s vector-drawing capabilities. We’ll use fundamental Photoshop tools and techniques such as shapes, layer styles and filters (just to name a few). So fire up Photoshop and let’s get started!"

Discover how the accomplished use of shadows and textures can give depth to your work.

By strengthening your understanding of expressions you can breathe a lot of personality and emotion into your own characters. You can convey what they are feeling and how they might be reacting to other characters and situations.

In this article, we will explain 5 ways that you can improve your matte paintings.

In this collection of lessons we will focus on creating billboard artwork in Photoshop. We will get started by taking a peek into the printing process and learning how to setup our document for this type of printing.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a Christmas card using digital illustration and digital painting techniques. I will begin, by first, showing you how to draw the card’s main character, and typography. Then, I will show you how to add color, lighting, and final details. Let’s get started!