Erik Ryan-Digital Painting the head Part 1

Eric Ryan is a senior concept artist at Sony Computer Entertainment. He's been working as a concept artist for 7 years, and featured in a number of publications like Imaginefx, D'artiste, Blue Canvas and Advanced Photoshop User.

He also teaches creature design at Gnomon. This is a video explaing the basics of painting a head from start to finishi. Lighting and color principles as well as understanding form are explained. This is Part I

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Howto & Style

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• Santosh Oommen
• animation
• Erik Ryan
• Sony
• Digital painting
• concept art
• games
• God of War Prequel
• Tom Brillante

[jonbw12]

Omg loved this video and the tutorial is really well done. I am not at this stage yet to do tutorials like this, however this is a really great piece of artwork.

[TimeshipStudio]

Outstanding work, thanks for sharing these great tutorials!

[TimeshipStudio]

Thanks a million, this is fantastic. Godspeed!

[aztcqn]

Great look inside Eric's process. Clear steps and strong direction towards how to finish a piece. What I take away from this is there should be no boundaries to the editing of a design. Try everything. Regardless, a foundation in principles should be the first step in learning to create a realistic character.

Thanks for posting. I learned a few new tips such as adding random texture and color for interest in skin tone.