In-depth Photoshop Painting Tutorial - Daniel Craig as James Bond

[deepengrave]

Now i can dedicate my self to play video games.

[Locator3000]

ctrl @ just restores to the normal hue

[Locator3000]

THIS 35 MINUTE VIDEO TOOK ME 5 HOURES TO WATCH

[PedroPaulo744]

Link to original post not working.

And is there any problem selecting this brush if I have CS5?

I can't open it.

[69ingChipmunks100]

iv got cs3 on mac, how do u get a new window next to a another???

[ProjectRKA]

Hey there. Very nice tutorial.

I am having a problem with my photoshop, when I try to put the grid on, I can only see the grids on the reference picture. When I try to put the grid on the new file, it is only like an outline (I don't know how else to explain it). How do I fix this ? I want to get started very soon :P

[mabeklvista]

how long did it take you to draw this and color it?

[ThePhar0ah]

@zxcxcvxc I was in art school for four years. Grids are for beginners and should be used to learn. Also it should be dropped as soon as possible to gain a better understanding of proportion. All I'm saying is that tracing and grids falls under the same spectrum. I didnt say its tracing, I said you might as well trace. If you use grids, then good for you. however, you arent doing yourself a favour

[WeEatBrainz]

Awesome tutorial

[Nightfury49]

great lesson :-)

[USDAapprove]

My favorite part was the eye painting

[tuber123asd]

One small problem, doesn't look like Daniel Craig...

[anatete1]

This is actually an amazing tutorial you teached me some tricks on using the brush thank youuuu

[EngineerBlack]

YouTube channel: subscribed; Facebook page: liked;

you guys have a twitter account?

[Bethanie818]

This is amazing! The most helpful I've seen, and I've been searching for a good video like this forever!!

[ThePhar0ah]

Although this teaches you to reproduce a photo to paint, it is not quite painting. I recommend the viewers to go watch other channels where grids and eyedropper tools aren't used off a real photo. At least not as often. If you are going to use a grid, you might as well trace I say. This wont teach you how to draw or paint from reference, but rather hinder your ability to learn.

[zxcxcvxc]

@ThePhar0ah if youve ever taken a drawing class you know they teach students to use grids and other tricks to gain a better idea of proportions. this guy is using common techniques and tools for artists which isnt at all the same as tracing. I understand for some artists his methods may seem crude or unconventional but there really is no right and wrong way in art. next thing you know someone is gonna tell him to put down the computer and go get real canvas and paint.

[globi227]

@ThePhar0ah True... But, Chuck Close used a grid system to create his realism. I'm sure Leo used his own form of "guide" or grid as well. Do you feel he painted The Last Supper without any measurements in place? Painting landscape and painting a face is rather different, imo. The grids just help you paint in sections rather as a whole

[globi227]

@globi227 And I am not stating this to argue, just you can't say "hinders the ability to learn," because you are still learning :) Just a different fashion and a new technique for a lot of people.

[Derpface23]

@ThePhar0ah Actually you are wrong and right. Of course it does not teach you how to DRAW, this is not a drawing tutorial. If you can read, the title says PAINTING tutorial, there is a difference.

As for "hindering" ones ability to learn from this, you are wrong again. I've learned how to use a variety of colors, for highlighting, shadows, and blending colors for depth. This will help me when I learn to draw better. Great tutorial for beginners, there are plenty of techniques out there.

[GrlWhoLoves]

Hahahha I had this vid full screen and i paused it and kept trying to minimize. Then I was wondering why the vid kept playing and it wasn't minimizing....hahaha i was trying to click the buttons on your screen. xD

[picaticatara]

i need advice for good brushes that utilize pen pressure and tilt

[Sjaantje92]

That was absolutly very nice!

[ezjay87]

awesome tutorial! been looking for a total beginner lesson like this one and it helps a lot!

[erikatheviking]

Excellent video, thank you very much :) It taught me exactly what I was stuck on, and some things I didn't know I was missing! Again, thank you. Favourited.

[DetonatorDog]

Wow this isn't even impossible to do, thank you! :D

[TheFreedomhorses]

This is the best tutorial I've ever watched. Thank you so much for sharing. I learned more from this than dozens of others. It's wonderful!!

[Mantishka69]

Thanks!



[Neil97Br]

wow

THANK YOU VERY MUCH :)

[ZephyrZY]

How do you video and fast forward painting on photoshop?

[Pecheneg19]

what graphic tablet do you use?

[KVfilms]

Thanx A LOT!

[MultiMarecar]

OMG!!!

[lookyimonyoutubbitch]

I like your voice

[DW1014]

I could easly paint this with real paint but doing it digitally is a little bit of a pain in the butt did you use the smudge tool at all or was it all with a soft brush the whole time, also I'm getting a tablet soon does it feel more natural that way?

[thejesster1993]

I'm in love.

[Assimilate71]

This is an incredible technique! I have been struggling with masks and knockout layers trying to replicate these results for ages. Been playing with it all day and this is, hands down, the most valuable tutorial I have come across in a while. You're a freaking hero.

Thanks for this.

[reygood1]

thanks!

[slimeball23]

Cant say thanks enough for the guidance , this is the best tutorial ive seen so far

[DJBassEnergy]

Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial! I just got a wacom tablet and this helped me alot because its hard to know where to start painting something like this =)

[varnlestoff]

How long did it take you to make this OP?

[cyndialeeable]

Wow! You are awsome! I'm going to throw away my technique and try yours!

[aoomi]

Please help!

How do you retrace the picture?

[snowface27]

Nice work! But many layers! My pc would crash! :D Craig has a nice skin LOL

[Fredrock1982]

Good gawd I love this... Must take you hours. I admit I was skeptical at first. Especially when you started throwing in base skintones around the eye area and it came out looking kind of like mismatched puzzle pieces. I was like, "omg, can't wait to see how he fixes that mess..." But you did, and that's awesome.

[akosiyanex]

hey there mate! thnx for the amazing tutorial! this will help alot! :D thumbs up!

[RTagar]

Thanx for brushes ... ;)

[redo2011]

very well done tutorial. I'm so glad you are showing how to do this in a pace I can follow, plus you speak so clearly and explain well. Thanks so much!!

[Glock3500]

...and it doen't even look good at all.

[Glock3500]

seriously -.- ... if you you use the colour picker and work with a grind etc. why would you even do this painitn? you re doing nothing on your own ... the diffuculty of a portrait study lies in the choice of colour and value as well as the shape of the different parts of the face ... not at all impressiv or anything.

[bizonmaciej]

time to lock and load bitches

[tvandang]

why don't you trace over the image? no one knows;-) besides, why using the grid if we just trace it over... just curious...

[VasilijZx]

how you making in 8:30 a can't undarstand.whats buton jou selecting"out keydown on keybord".

[VasilijZx]

what is a "out keydown buton" ?

[C0zmo69]

... this is a very... gimmicky juvenile way of painting.

[samman183]

great tutorial, really helped me out

[GCErik]

i dont understand how you made the grid appear. I'm running CS3, Win7

but indeed good tutorial! it will help me alot as a beginner :)

[Karza00]

such a technical way to paint sheeesh. 

[SlaveExplosion]

@Karza00 The whole point of digital art is to get a good look in a shorter period of time.

[AjfromDamons]

This is wonderful, but how should a rookie draw a movie star! Haha, what should I start with using the grid technique?

[mccarthystuart]

You, sir, have my undying respect as a superb digital artist. I'd like to work to

this kind of quality. I'm going to study

This video a few times so it all sinks in.

[FroggyBre]

epic work mate :) i would like to point some things out however :) some tips that i personally found helpful :) 1. always use a textured brush 2. more attention to edges :) far from being critical just sharing :) you have yourself a sub :)

[xOlly40]

you just earned an another sub mate ! eventough i dont have a tablet this shit was insane !

[Lenfal]

Your entire process is quite long and tiring, but the result is amazing! really useful tutorial, thank you!

[eddarea14]

how do i make the grid?? i dont understand what button you're talking about :S

[HeyYashamaru]

@eddarea14 Go to 'View', 'Show' and then select 'Grid'

[JuanOfaKind88]

@eddarea14 ctrl+' or go to the Menu Bar>View>Show>Grid...it's been 4 months since you posted the comment, more than likely you found it but anyway.

[humzamehbub]

This tutorial is amazing! :D

I learned painting from this video (:

Thanks for the detailed tutorial ;)

[nealart]

Thanks - this was helpful.

[arixtainment]

just questioning, what the point of painting an image if you already had a great photos size of reference?

[lappujhannaa]

Ohh god you might have taken too much time to make Daniel..

[Alesita90]

great tutorial! it really helped me, thanks :)

[inSpeKKter]

Which creative suite do you have? cs3, cs4, etc.

[aytches]

His skin looks too soft and his hair looks too ashy... But overall it's very good.

[r0xmysox1]

Wow, this was amazing. Thank you so much!

[VenomsRage815]

right around 15:00 is where I usually give up :P

[The0voice0from0above]

@VenomsRage815 haha I was just thinking that and then I saw your comment

[TheCrystic]

That was REALLY helpful, especially the making your own texture brush thing. Thanks a lot.

[ditbori]

Great tutorial, thank you! Probably the best I've encountered so far on this level, not too basic but doesn't expect viewers to know everything either. I loved that you incorporated how to create brushes as well! Oh, and great art! :) Off to see the other we are design videos...

[connieuitsu]

really good tutorial! I'm wondering about something though - when I draw with the grids up, it's like it's dragging the pen towards it, if you know what I mean. Like.. it attracts the pencil lines towards the lines of the grid, so I get a lot of straight lines around there, messing with my sketch- can't get it smooth.

Urgh, it's so hard to explain. I hope you know what I mean, and know how to fix it? :P

[skinny3829]

@connieuitsu View > Snap To > Grid.... make sure its not checked

[mitchleritch]

very helpful! thank you.

[RainbowKatt]

Just THINKING of trying something this complicated makes my brain want to explode o__o There's NO way I can do something like that D:

[stepxunit]

exxelent.. im dutch.. this is easy to follow :D awesome

[MarcusKiner]

Wow! Amazing tutorial, helped immensley!

[PaladinBelenus]

Awesome tutorial. Great tips!

[BluSUBsound]

the neck is incredible



[BluSUBsound]

wow u said everything great tutorial

[flyt600rr]

This is the best tutorial I have ever seen... thanks for all the info its help me alot. I didn't know you could do all this detail with photoshop, I been using corel painter11 for my work but now im going to start using PS... thanks

[oiaqhewf]

woow.. i've been searching for a tutorial like this with explaination... amazing video!!

[jaxboss56]

you are genius!! ur painting inspired me a lot..and make my 1st digital painting...but can u tell me is there any special mouse u used?? coz its very hard to draw with my mouse...or may b i need a lot practice....

[WangunStyleways]

@jaxboss56 He used a graphic tablet. ;)

[xSlave2Lustx]

This is amazing! I can't believe it. I'm only 10 minutes in and have been working on my portrait of Eva Longoria. I actually sketched my picture and scanned it in, then started following this tutorial. Already my portrait looks great! Thank you so much for putting this video up! It is the most helpful one I've found on youtube!

[ianlacey]

Very helpful thank you very much

[Angyinlove91]

you are a f****** genius

[sazay1986]

Just wanted to say thanks . your helping me out alot

keep up the great work and tutorials

[xOXChimeraXOx]

Amazing job! really appreciate this tutorial.. Was wondering, do you guys have a tutorial that shows the painting process, for instance like the one that begins at 14:50 and so on? I know you guys showed it here, it's just that it was in fast speed and I understand that it takes too long to paint on normal speed, so can you guys post a tutorial on something a bit smaller to paint? just to show how painting is done with different lightning and shadows effects. Thank you again and much appreciated

[AveNoctis]

Whats the difference between opacity and flow????

[GuitarLuf]

are you using the cintiq 12wx ?

[wearedesign]

@GuitarLuf nope - I am using an Wacom Intros 3 - it's a pretty good tablet, although I do like the look of the Cintiq ones!

[GuitarLuf]

@wearedesign hehe, alright. Yeah, the Cintiq series looks really good!

Anyways good tutorial, really nice seeing someone uploading tutorials which goes in depth!

[wearedesign]

@GuitarLuf ah thanks! Yeah I am aiming to release a few more indepth tutorials, free ones seem to be fairly hard to come across so if I can help people out then thats a good thing.

If you have any ideas of tutorials you would like to see then drop me a comment!

[dothisdothat321]

@GuitarLuf cintiq is also 1 grand compared to a 200-300 tablet.............

[Cehennemhabercisi]

@wearedesign this is not best way to copy ..u can make a new layer and put it down to original pics and select it and draw it ...thats it!

[codeninja100]

@wearedesign i just got intros 4

[wrestaling]

amazing thanks for this wonderful tutorial it is indeed helpful