Painting from Photo Reference in Photoshop

[quinnforeverafter]

That's really good!

[chrissis111]

Fantastic painting! 

[SuperGamer87]

Thanks!

[TrainetteTrainiac]

I use gimp and i like your brush. Is there any way i can download that brush or something similar?

[TimeshipStudio]

Well done, bravo, and thanks for sharing your technique with us. Godspeed!

[Peanutsunderdog]

you can use the smudge tool (I think) is you want to make more detailed and intertwined hairs

[SpoonYourself]

I think the smudge tool sucks.

[richieNJ]

Use a hard brush first!

[artpro91]

that is really nice. you said you cant draw that good from a photo but it turned out good. thats better than i can do.

[LOVELIKEHEROS]

i laughed at the "teh noob" part :)

very nice drawing

[cornflash]

the face and the hair have got less red. just sayin'. other than that it's quiet amazing

[desiroomsdotcom]

you are truly gifted..i'm amazed......

[emobunny945]

Really really good! 5/5*

[drawer6]

is that the girl from veronica mars?

great that you have instructions now

awsome

[baldmanwithBIGlegs]

good tutorial basically...

[Pegasus5555555]

Wonder! I like it too much!

[ResponsLive]

The finished painting look like something my grandmothers grandfather could paint. He was truly and original artist!

[abcgefp]

D8... that sounds awesome...

[TimeBreaker1987]

this mirroring is so true, whenever I draw something on a single paper, I turn it around against the light to see all the mistakes I did. Somewhat scary =)

Thanks for the useful comments in the video, sycra i surely learned a lot once more !

the beautiful model was iunbeatable, but I like your drawing in a different way, in general i like these slightly unsharp drawings, and the music was really nice to listen to

I only think that her back was a little bit flat

but hey, I enjoyed to watch it :)

[C00ki3M0nsst3r]

uh-MAIZ-ing!!! 5 star! well done! i wish i could draw like that on photo shop!!!

[mizu0ai]

amaznig, but not perfect

[abcgefp]

Yeah but does it reallly have to be...?

[zenzybar]

What would count as perfect. If people want photorealism, then they might as well just get a camera and get a direct photo.

[catgodess71]

that looks totally realistic

[iDylanTheGeek]

veronica mars!!! ashe took part in it

[fvennefan]

can yo vome home to me and give me private lessons? :)

[takeadvantage225]

Is that Kristen Bell?

[mtsai6]

who's Kristen Bell?

[takeadvantage225]

An american actress. Super hot

[tlbtlbtlbtlbtlbtlb]

i have learned more from your videos then i ever did taking any classes, you r a master of your craft

[sk8terz989]

breathe taking

[Carnoraptor69]

WOW! You're an amazing artist!

[john40pl]

at 7:31 the eyes are great

[hardcoredd12]

youre amazing dood

[Skyrodude]

Ur talented! This deserves more views. 5/5

[XxYOSHYCATRACHOxX]

WOOOW.....awesome :)

[xbrixrawrx]

:|] wow. -chrip chirp- Oh my...

-randomly stands up and claps like crazy- WOOOOOO awesomely amazingly bravoishly fantastic :P Dont mind me, I just had alot of pixxi stixxxxxx

[RRRMiketheKnifeRRR]

Great job, please, make more of these! Your uber skill and choice of soundtrack totally did a number on me, yo!

[Maxandrea]

u have a very bright future... ^_^

[BiliousTrumpstaine]

that was brilliant and very informative, a lot of the speed painters dont give the slightest clue as to what they're doing, but yours was excellent!! i cant wait to have a go, 5 stars, and a new subbie!!

[muuaath]

WOOOW.....awesome :)

[Vachelandanim]

Wow! You've so good technic...

This girl looks like a guy I know O_O

[AnOnlinePersona]

"This girl looks like a guy..."

Wait, what?

[jflg1]

so fucking talented

[o0berific]

wow thats amazing

[hymen2]

2/5 keep trying

[AznCLuo123]

BRAVO~!

[AGWDanimations]

Id love to have a go with tablet drawing, for now i am stuck with Flash & paint skills..

[jtlegends]

GOD! this is nice!

[sevamanga]

good job, excelente felicitaciones

[fullfist]

In the end you couldn't beat the photo... but that's not what art is about

it wasn't about beating the photo it was about the photo inspiring you to do a new girl painting

Sycra what can you tell me about brightness - saturation relationship

lower saturated colors always have higher luminosity

Does that mean that if i lower the saturation i have to lower the brightness too in order to keep the value?

PS

That girl is sooooo adorable!

[hoode215]

so good you are,great video

[joevanosa]

whew

bow down..hope i could be that talented

[Shinsou10]

i don't get what you were doing when you said

"this is called noodling" around 10:56...

[Sukichi]

This is... just amazing. You're one of the best ones I've ever seen.

[DorothyFan1]

Sycra...I would love to know if you use Corel Painter? Or is that a little too rich for computer work?

BTW..as good as Photoshop is...I don't have enough money to afford a new computer to get CS4 Suite. But I did get CorelDraw X3. it has a great Bezier curve tool...far superior to Adobe Illustrator's.

[Sycra]

I have Painter, and it's a great program, I just use Photoshop more... Maybe because I'm comfortable with it, I'm not sure. But you can't go wrong with Painter.

[KillaTequilla83]

awesome painting,all that tinkering payed off in the end, it looks phenomenal.

[DorothyFan1]

Sycra...thank you for changing the background music to this video! This is so much nicer to listen to while watching the clip. Haunting melody. I love it.

[GaryTheMoomau]

wow, i googled your suplies and their really expensive. would there be anything cheaper that you might recomend to some what of a begginer-intermideate artist?

[DorothyFan1]

Those things Sycra use are very expensive. I draw by hand and then scan it onto the computer and do the work from there. It's cheaper and, more energy efficient to draw by hand before editing by computer. At least it would make Al Gore happy.

[Sycra]

Use whatever you can get your hands on. I paint with a tablet and photoshop about 10% of the time, but 85% of the time I'm using a pencil and paper, and the other 5% would be spent on using real oil paints so... The medium and tools don't need to be expensive. It's just easiest to use digital tools for the purpose of these videos.

[GaryTheMoomau]

cool. i usually draw with paper and pencil too. i was just wondering about the tools you use to add all those efects to the picture. And thank you DorothyFan1 for the tip about the scanner.

[GaryTheMoomau]

that was truely amazing.

[xarity]

Nice job.... Ur work is so beatiful...

[Snuzzlekin]

Welcome back sycra :3

[MonsterMo44]

beautifully done

[DorothyFan1]

Sycra, can you do another one similar to this one and post it? We need to see more just like this one. As for music...classical would be better. Thanks.

[tiagoinka]

Good to see you are back Sycra. We missed your talent here. And this time you even care to post dozens of tips and pieces of advice no less. We are all proud to have you as a tutor.

Wonderful as usual.

[christianshounen101]

That is sssoooooo cool!!!!Sycra you are like one of the best artists!howdo you know all this stuff to do on photoshop?all the places you had to go to looks really complexO_O....any way cool drawing!!!

[sanferrera]

It is very generous of you to share your tips and techniques. Thank you very much.

[Genoharaden]

just would recommend altering the nose. other than that good

[xdasxefilx]

awesome ima try that angle thecnique. thanx!!

[thehollowman2]

Cool Man Awesome

[impressor]

impressive!

[AshleyKScott]

The only thing I see wrong with it is the face and some of the body doesn't look wide enough. Great job. Thanks for this.

[DorothyFan1]

I wonder what the pen tilt angle you're able to get with the Wacom Intuos tablet Sycra is using?

[lennyhipp]

thought he said he doesn't use a tablet?

[DorothyFan1]

Read the info in the description box. He clearly lists the Wacon Intuos tablet. I checked the price on this thing...about 500 bucks. I can't afford that.

[xdasxefilx]

i got the bamboo fun its from wacom too, and its awesome for beginners. it was only like less than 100 dollars or around there hahah i dont remember.

[treocin]

I can measure it today I have intuos 6x8 and cintiq and I have all the wacom pens. classis, 6d, airbrush and 2 of the standard pens that come with intuos. guys check the tablo here on UT NCIXcom made yesterday review on that

[treocin]

on 64 vistas psCS4 64 ver  more than 50 degrees all directions. Tested on cintiq and intuos 6x8 The PS CS4 need the update released in February there were some issues with 6D pen rotation Naturally PS never support 6D pen like Painter X but it can be adjusted in Brush control F5 Hope this helped

[mittenzfibah]

You drew well!

[mittenzfibah]

That's 95% exact because of the lips and the strand of the hair.

[vofff]

very good painting but the face could be little bit smaller.

[qu4zu000]

this makes me want to draw something

gonna go on photoshop right now

[gotahc]

wow amazing!

[MattyGaarder]

wow truly incredible. I have a wacom myself but all the fiddly application bits infuriate me so i tend just to give up and draw in pencil again, drawing on paper also helps because on the tablet i have a bad habit of zooming in and drawing details too soon. I am a big fan keep up the good work

[thegallery]

Well done. How long was the actual time?

[maypictures]

Not that im professional, but I drawn some portraits and figures and if u want you can try this advice:

try constructing figure, not drawing it line by line.. same to face

it helps alot trust me. I'll show you what I mean soon if you want. (waves hand)

[matthew0keating]

great its a 5/5 but you missed ONE TINY LITTLE THING! the har on the left side, a strand was closer the the mouth, AWESOME OTHER THAN THAT :)

[DorothyFan1]

sanskarans...have you tried drawing from the imagination? It's extremely hard. I know. I've done this myself. Drawing from life is best...but to cut corners because of time constraints drawing from a photo reference is okay.

Sycra...looks like you upgraded your copy of Photoshop. Quick tip...deactivate it when you finish using it. Why? Because if your computer crashes...you'll be able to reinstall it and reactivate without any problems. Otherwise you'll have to beg Adobe for permission.

[sanskarans]

Great.This is really helpful.But as you said it is nice to draw from imaginary than drawing it from a photo.Drawing fro imagination is something a real artist should do.

[treocin]

nice work thx for sharing. I paint in Painter and since I have cintiq and regular display I have photo open on one and cintig is just painting so I can use the whole space wacom rocks. Anyway I like PS for prep work trace etc and then work in Painter is more natural. I also like the 6D pan which in painter is the best thing thank you for sharing very nice job

[regamom3]

Unbelievable!!! You are amazing!!!

[sally72349217]

amazing

[0YuriS0]

i am planning on buying a tablet but most of them are too expensive, so what kind of tablet would you recommend me to buy?

[Sycra]

Since it's your first tablet, why not buy a Wacom Bamboo? You can probably find some online for under $100.

[treocin]

the music is good. It reminds me Robert Miles

[j1836]

Good video. I noticed you painted in more contrast than the reference.

[kidwiththeguitar]

Thanks alot! I really needed help with this kind of thing.

And usually when I paint from a reference photo in CS4, I use the Eyedropper tool to get the color i need from the original photo. Is that good or is it cheating? Kinda like tracing?

[Sycra]

I would try guessing the colour yourself with the palette, then you can use the eyedropper tool to see how close you were to the real colour. That way you'll learn a lot about colour. Just using the eyedropper won't teach you anything and so I can't recommend it.

[Kyoso250]

Nice!

[ALICENA15]

Amazing!!!

[awells88]

Excellent job. As others have asked, what brush(es) do you use?

[wannabe1491]

Gosh, what a pretty model! She vaguely reminds me of Kristen Bell, but, you know, softer. :)

I can see what you mean about it being hard to transfer that to your painting, though it was also very lovely.

This was a lot of fun. A great view of how an artist uses photoshop, especially the so-called "cheats" I don't see so often on other videos.

[MASTERofGAMING]

Wow, this is great. What brushes do you use in Photoshop? I'm curious...yours look completely different then mine. =(

[JaySkuh]

Good job!Always a good choice in music too doest distract from your art

[SuperAtheistBrothers]

Just out of curiosity what brush were you using for most of that drawing and does have a 12x9 tablet really help?

[supertimaaay]

wow amazingness i love it!!!!!!

[LDNLeon]

Nice video but terribly corny music

[inlavako08]

looks amazing!

[SidraWing]

How long did it take to do out of curiosity?

[heyyou7000]

Nicely done!

[mcasual]

i followed a hair drawing tutorial video recently , so i'll re-check yours too ! :)

[wickedsickmikeh]

back in business, nice .. and with good music as usual!

[xLolWhut]

so pretty and realistic !

[oxsketchaox]

first!