Design Center - Atelier vidéo. 3D Total - The cg artists home page - 2D and 3D graphics resource site // Tutorials. Step 1: Line art I've always been fascinated by realism, and because of this it is really important to me that the base line-art sketch has got proper proportions. I usually use the old trick by putting a grid on top of a reference photo I've shot, and then I copy the same grid onto a blank canvas and start drawing grid by grid from what I see on the reference photo. I make sure to keep the grid on a separate layer so that I easily can remove the grid at a later stage, and also keep the drawing on a separate layer underneath the grid. Step 2: Blocking in, and grey scale shading Once I have the line art version ready, I delete the layer with the grid, and then I make another layer behind the line art drawing which I fill with one grey scale colour using a hard brush.
Now I start shading with grey scale tones only by looking closely at the reference photo. Step 3: Brush usage next page > Painting Tutorial - Basics by ~Klyph on deviantART. Tutorials | Farlow Studios. 70+ Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials.