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Posted on 02/04/07 10:40:21 PM |
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vicho
Ingenious Inca Posts: 248 Reply  |
how to paint a drawing
iīm interested about finding a good technique on how to paint drawings made with pencil, has anybody posted a tutorial about that? thanks |
Posted on 02/04/07 11:01:17 PM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply  |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Hi vicho, There is a tutorial on the Russell Brown Website for this. Here is a link. http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ComicPaintSM.mov rufus |
Posted on 03/04/07 1:46:35 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: how to paint a drawing
This works quite well. Open the photo that you'd like to turn into a pencil sketch. This technique works on just about any type of photo. Good candidates are landscapes, buildings, and portraits. First, duplicate the background layer by pressing Control + J. You should now see two copies of this layer in the Layers palette. Click once on the top copy of the layer to select it. Then, remove all of the color from it by choosing Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. Now, duplicate the desaturated layer by pressing Control + J again. Next, invert the top copy by going to the Image menu and choosing Adjustments > Invert. This gives the photo an almost digital negative look. Still working on the same layer (the inverted one), change the layer's blend mode from Normal to Color Dodge. At this point, you shouldn't be able to see much of the photo anymore. Everything should be almost white. Go to the Filter menu and choose Other > Minimum. Start dragging the slider until you see details of the sketch start to appear. The lowest setting of 1 pixel usually works well. |
Posted on 03/04/07 5:17:56 PM |
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vicho
Ingenious Inca Posts: 248 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
those were excellent tips from russell's tutorials, rufus thanks this picture here is what iīm working on and as you can see the character doesnīt have a defined light source..well i dont know how to achieve that! imean that the skin looks actually like fur or something... drawing |
Posted on 03/04/07 5:26:03 PM |
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vicho
Ingenious Inca Posts: 248 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
i think this is a pretty decent picture i got with the marquee masterīs technique, what do you think? i love the look of it, as it a mixture of pen and pencil sketch sketch |
Posted on 04/04/07 8:06:12 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: how to paint a drawing
thanks Dave, that was brilliant, I have set it up as an action. If you then reduce the opacity of the middle layer, you get a lovely pastel drawing. |
Posted on 06/04/07 1:36:50 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Good idea Vibeke. I'll have to try that!  |
Posted on 08/04/07 5:44:05 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Vibeke, Your idea of setting an action is a good idea. I've been trying to learn javascript for photoshop, so I decided to do it this way instead of an action. If you want to try it, here is a javascript that performs the entire procedure that I posted above. Unzip, and place it in the presets/scripts directory where you have your photoshop installed, and it will appear in your scripts list. Since it is javascript, it should work on both PC and Mac. Click Here to download |
Posted on 08/04/07 6:18:24 PM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Well done dave, the script works well on my PC. rufus |
Posted on 08/04/07 7:35:45 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Where do I find my scripts list? |
Posted on 08/04/07 7:54:01 PM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
vibeke, it's in File/Scripts/Pencil Drawing Conversion (on a PC) rufus |
Posted on 09/04/07 05:02:19 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Thanks, it works a treat. |
Posted on 09/04/07 06:48:20 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Vicho started of asking about painting a drawing. Here is a photograph I took in B/W in Spain in 1962. I used the 'script' to convert it into a drwaing, then coloured the background layer, with the brush set to 'color', used the burn tool on the black clothing. and then reduced the opacity layer in the middle layer to 72%  |
Posted on 10/04/07 00:09:59 AM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Now that really Cool, Vibeke. I Like it!  |
Posted on 10/04/07 00:38:18 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
Thanks, wish I could paint that well. |
Posted on 10/04/07 11:05:17 PM |
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vicho
Ingenious Inca Posts: 248 Reply |
Re: how to paint a drawing
thatīs very impressive vibeke! those subtle colors work really well.. what i was asking was actually about techniques to paint a drawing made by hand, my idea is to give my sketches some color once i master that, iīll be able to paint my comics myself |