Digital portrait painting from scratch to finish

*ALL INCLUDED FILES ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. THIS IS NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

Lecture1: Portrait creation from scratch to finish

Complete demonstration of how to use photoshop default brush to paint a portrait from total start to finished!

package includes:

-50 mins HD video with vocal walk through

-2 brushes as tool presets

-multi layer PSD source file

Lecture2: Layer by layer short demonstration tutorial for digital painted character

This tutorial is for intermediate artists who already knew basic object lighting and rendering. There's no real time creation process but multiple layers explanation of how I achieved the result and how to make the image better with some photoshop tips. The best thing of this tutorial is that it doesn't require any special brush and complicated filter adjustment but just default photoshop brush and the basic knowledge. package includes:

-24 mins HD video with intense vocal walk through and some demonstration
-6 brushes used in the artwork
-multi layer PSD source file

Lecture3: Portrait creation from scratch to finish

A tutorial of how to paint a portrait in photshop. 14 mins video with vocal walk through from scratch to finish. First step lay down a general silhouette in color and apply mid tone value of color with final lighting using different brush and layer modes. package includes:

-14 mins HD video with vocal walk through

-2 brushes I use in this art as tool preset.

-multi layer PSD source file

Lecture4: Using photo to apply color for character painting

There's A LOT of explaination in this tutorial. There's no real time creating process but detail explanation and nearly full demonstration of how I archive the result. 

package includes:
-15 mins HD video with fully vocal walk through
-multi layer PSD source file

Lecture5: Portrait creation from scratch to finish in watercolor style

Complete demonstration of how to use photoshop default brush to paint a portrait with traditional watercolor feel and explanation of color choice. package includes:

-28 mins HD video with vocal walk through

-2 brushes as tool presets

-multi layer PSD source file

Lecture6: How to color a gray scale portrait in photoshop and adding visual effect

There's no real time creating process but explanation and demonstration of how I achieved the result.

package includes:

-13 mins HD video with vocal walk through and some demonstration

-multi layer PSD source file

I hope you’ll have fun exploring these tutorials and enjoy the process of learning something new! Nowadays, AI is becoming a big part of almost everything we do, and it can make many tasks faster and easier. Still, I believe there’s something truly special about creating things with your own hands, figuring things out through trial and error, and using your own imagination and creativity.

There’s a kind of satisfaction that comes from taking an idea in your mind and turning it into something real. You get to learn from your mistakes, develop your problem-solving skills, and discover things that you might never have learned by simply asking AI for an answer. Technology can certainly be a useful tool, but it shouldn’t take away the joy of experimenting, thinking independently, and making something yourself.

So have fun, take your time, and enjoy every step of the process. After all, nothing can beat the feeling of building something with your own hands and knowing that the ideas, effort, and creativity behind it came from you!