How to paint Dexter Caricature Part1---Sketching

Tonal Studies

DRAGULA Steps



FINAL



Influences and inspirations

Stanley Lau aka Artgerm

Serge Birault aka PapaNinja

Mucha

1950's Pin Ups

Erik Jones aka Theirison

Leonardo Da Vinci

Dimebag Steps

Below follows the Wips of my Dimebag painting

The whole process was done in Photoshop CS5.

I used 2 brushes for the whole painting: 1: Soft edged airbrush for shading and creating form and 2: round hard edged brush for detail and creating texture.

Refrence image



Step 1: Basic Quick Sketch





Step 2: Fill background colour and started blocking in base colours underneath line art layer
(Using soft airbrush, flow set to 100%)





Step 3: Started adding shadow and light to the face. I Lightened the line art
 layer at this stage.
(Still using soft airbrush but flow is set to under 25%) 






Step 4: Block in hair on a new layer
Here I start painting above the line art layer




Step 5: Render hair and start working on hands and clothing
The hair is first blocked in with a large airbrush and then detail
is added with smaller hard edged brushes with shape dynamics selected





Step 6: I did the guitar on a seperate layer and used the pen tool for the strings.




Step 7: Added some text and painted his tattoo as well as a few final touches with
a hard edged brush.



Final Image :http://nightshadeberry.deviantart.com/art/DimebagDarrell-Tribute-257662398

Valentine's Day Tutorial and FREE image to share for VDay!

Improving Everyday!

Well, this is my first blog post, welcome to anyone that is reading it.

The one thing I love more than anything is art and illustration and I strive everyday to get better.
There isn't a greater feeling than looking back at some of your old work and comparing it with something you recently done and seeing your improvement!

Then:13/07/2010

Now: 22/05/2011



Makes me think how good I will be in a year from now (if I keep practising that is) :)
The moral of the story, I guess, is if you never stop drawing/painting (or whatever it is you love doing) you will always keep learning.

If you are feeling down about a painting or drawing you just can't seem to get right, look back on some work you did a year ago....See how far you've come?

Feel free to link some "Then and Now" pics of your own, I would love to see them!