Realistic character illustration in Photoshop

[zigzapmarek22]

if his hair would be red, he would be looking Like Young Akuma from Street Fighter. Who think so?

[tygahstyle718]

thumbs up bro!!!!!!!!

[allisondevin]

If you don't mind, I need easy steps I can remember. In my learning process so far, I'm guessing that the steps to draw should be: Sketch, then outlines, then inking, then base colors, then gradients, then highlights and shadows. Is that an acceptable format?

Also, how do you go about layers? I have 1 layer for sketch, 1 layer for outlines, 1 layer for inking, 1 layer for all gradients, 1 layer for shadows and highlights. What would be best? How do you do it?

Thank you so much for your time!

[00SOSNewbie00]

@allisondevin It's just a personal preference but this is my process: Sketch, inking, flat colors, shadows, medium light, highlights and reflected lights and effects.

I usually create one layer per shading and finally I merge them and blend the colors when needed (with dodge and burn tool).

I hope it helps :)

[allisondevin]

I was trying to learn watching this video but, after seeing this, I`m completely depressed :D

You must have been doing this for many years?

[00SOSNewbie00]

@allisondevin Yes buddy, I have been doing it for around 8 years. Keep it up!

[SamHain1031666]

Love your work, do you have any slowed down tutorials?

[00SOSNewbie00]

@SamHain1031666 Check my blog (SOSFactory Blog), I think I have some videos on real time.

[stigbell]

That is truly amazing!!! Just inspirational!

Fantastic skills, which is something to aspire to!!

totally blown away by the quality of this! i can only dream of one day being near this level!! Excellent work x

[24okay]

Holy shit! So this was drawn on paper and then you did the rest on photoshop? I am wondering because I have photoshop, and I suck at drawing on the computer. So please let me know. that is awesome though.

[d123s404]

what resolution is that image?

[sasukepr6]

what is up with this dumb videos, i want to learn damn it lol

[Budzich]

The thing is you dont want to help others and teach something.all you did was showing what are you capable of.so this video is useless for me

[00SOSNewbie00]

@Budzich Maybe if you research on your own you will discover that I own a blog with lot of tutorials and resources. I also have a Facebook page where I share work in progress images and maybe a Deviantart page, where I'm an active member.

[MonsterVideoMaker]

What in the hell, that is the best work i have ever seen into an illustration! How long did t take?

[00SOSNewbie00]

@MonsterVideoMaker Thanks! I spent around 15 hours os so.

[Earthlady1990]

This is so realistic, how do you do it? O.o

[Stoewarius]

He looks like Jonny Bravo

[TuveuxduP1]

awesome R u a boy or a girl ?

[damafiafz]

hey wana ask question did u used any other device instead of a mouse ??? and awsm work :)

[00SOSNewbie00]

@damafiafz Thanks, I use a Wacom Cintiq 21 UX

[damafiafz]

@00SOSNewbie00 oh ok and again nice job !

[ryofulance]

cool and i like the speedy, but do you still need a web cam for that or does the camtasia software capture the screen. sorry for such a silly question

[ryofulance]

what did you usec to capture the screen

[00SOSNewbie00]

@ryofulance Camtasi Studio by Techsmith

[00SOSNewbie00]

@ryofulance I use Camtasia Studio fr screen capturing.

[EmpireOneMedia]

You know if you could to the same coloring and lighting on photos you would be rich. Look at Robert Alvarado's work. Alot of pin up photographers search all the time for this technique.... me being one of em. I decided to look at illustrators to see their methods.... Great Job.

[00SOSNewbie00]

@EmpireOneMedia Actually I can do hiperrealistic paintings and photoretouch, but I enjoy illustration much more, and being honest I can't complain about my rates.

[bboysloth]

how much time did this actually take from start to finish (not sped up)?? amazing

[00SOSNewbie00]

@bboysloth Thanks :) I spend around 10-15 hours.

[Davisrullzs]

Wow That's awesome

[Blabla3777]

Wow i only wish i dominated illustrator like you.

[TheBeachrain]

@Blabla3777 this is done in Photoshop I believe :)

[sirmateo75]

the attention to detail on the color and lighting is insane. nicely done. So I gotta ask.... What's the final layer count?

[00SOSNewbie00]

@sirmateo75 I have no idea how many layers, but not that much, I usually flat them when I paint like this. Thanks!

[delisgh]

SUPER EXTRA MAGNIFICO VIDEO SOBRE PASADO DE DOTES PERFECTOS ME ENCANTO. MUY BUENO TE FELICITO!!! HE QUEDADO LOCO...

[cavalars]

as always amaizing paints,please can you share your brush setting?thank you

[00SOSNewbie00]

@cavalars Thanks a lot, I just use default settings on my brushes, just play with the opacity.

[MasterGouken]

Hey there, nice work =]. What exactly did you do to make the black outline match the skin tone (around 0:12)? It happened too fast for me to see what happened.

[00SOSNewbie00]

@MasterGouken Hi there, I just decrease the opacity of the layer.

Click on the link in the description, there is a tutorial covering the basic steps, also you can download a 60 min video.

[MasterGouken]

@00SOSNewbie00 Ah, I see. Thank you very much.

[undrgfilms]

Holly @%**&! AWSOME!!!

[marlinlawson]

is this a game or a tv show? cuz if not it need to be.!

[1nglewattz1]

Damn! How much ram do you have? All that it didn't freeze up you. Whoa! Nice.

[00SOSNewbie00]

@1nglewattz1 Just need a couple of Gb to work on high resolution like this. I have 4gb but I´m on Vista 32bits so just 3gb is used.

[EriCLopEzSavEllanO]

are you using a tablet to paint?..;)) nice work though.

[00SOSNewbie00]

@EriCLopEzSavEllanO Yes, I have a Wacom Cintiq 21"

[GoddaM777]

it's still cartoon style AND I like it

[xaviahz]

wtf.......thats insane man..........

awwwwwsuuuuuuuummmmmmmm :D

[swatski87]

Nice Work :D see you on deviantart best regards Swatski

[swatski87]

Nice Work Dude :D love your art :) see you on deviantart :D regards from Swatski :D

[tikvun]

AMAZING!REally helpful keep it up :) I reaally want a few videos with normal speed so i can get the basics :)

[ooProduction]

1 word amazing!!!

[DeathNotice87]

Lo hacer ver tan facil. jajaja realmente me encantaría poder hacer trabajos como los tuyos.

Buen video amigo, sigue así.

Saludos

[DoughFingerboarding]

That is amazing, great job! Are you using a wacom for this?

[00SOSNewbie00]

Yep.

[Ekhymosis]

Excelente, sos un mago... toda mi admiración para vos.

[altitron]

When adding the logos to the gloves, how did you get the transformation controls to allow you to warp the logo inward and outward like that? IM DYING TO KNOW - Alty

[00SOSNewbie00]

Just CTRL+T and then right click and choose Warp.

This feature is just on Photosop CS4, I don´t rememer if CS3 too have it.

[aznfairydoll]

hi, im sorry..i recently downloaded the illustration photoshop from adobe and i don't know how to set it up. The only thing that pops up are all folders and they confuse me :'( Can u help me please? :"(

[aznfairydoll]

thanks for the quick response. You rock :)

[aznfairydoll]

hi, you did a great job on this. I am planning to turn my sketches into a cartoon but what kind of photoshop software should i get for my macbook and where should i go get them? I really need an advice because i've been stuck on project for a very long time now

[00SOSNewbie00]

Just need Photoshop and you could download a trial version from Adobe´s website or buy the extended one.

[danielharrylew]

Beautiful work!

[mygothikheart]

pregunta: ¿lo has dibujado directo con la cintiq?

[00SOSNewbie00]

La mayor parte del dibujo, sí.

[DvdRom87]

hope we like it? I LOVE IT!

Can we see the Final outcome somewere?

[00SOSNewbie00]

You can see a sneak peak in my deviantart account .

I can´t post links, but Google for "temper tamtrum sergitosuanez", it´s the first result.

Cheers.

[ra2yuri4]

looks more 4D than realistic. Great as always no doubt!

[spleetus]

awesome as usual ;)