How To BLEND COLORS & RENDER Like A Pro (For Beginners) | Photoshop Digital Painting Tutorial

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00:00 - Pre-roll Intro
00:16 - Intro
01:16 - Color Blending Basics and Techniques
01:51 - Setting up
02:09 - Color Blocking Flats
03:05 - Lasso Selection
04:31 - Planning the Lighting Setup
05:35 - Rough Speed Painting for Light and Volume Reference
06:28 - Painting the Hard Shadows
07:15 - Blending Colors - Softening the Shadow Edges by Smudging
08:03 - Adding Soft Shadows
09:34 - Adding Highlights
10:15 - Hard Reflective Highlights
10:51 - Adding Darker Shadows and Creating Contrast
11:52 - Painting Veins
12:31 - Adding Rim Lights
13:00 - Rendering the Neck Area
13:29 - Final Color and Contrast Adjustment with Levels
13:53 - Final Output
14:02 - Outro
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[@danmurphy9056]

I click on three blending tutorials and get the Greek artists, who spends too much time in the opening and cannot understand. Just get to the point and work slowly. The problem with non-real teachers is they don't know how to teach. They just know how to do things, it's easy for them, and they rush along. This is MOST ever tutorial maker on YT!

[@TheGeekArtist]

@danmurphy9056 Hello Dan. Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate your feedback. It means a lot to me that you took the time to voice your concerns with this tutorial. I completely understand that you're dissatisfied with the opening intro being too long and the process feeling too fast or rushed. I completely agree with you that a long intro can truly get annoying sometimes when someone is in urgent search for a solution. And I apologize that this video couldn't meet your expectations. To make your experience a bit better, I'd like to suggest you to click on Chapters to skip to any particular segment in the video. All the key parts of the video are separated into several chapters with appropriate titles and time signature. By using the chapters, you can instantly skip the intro and get straight to the process. Of course, there's a chance that you might already know this. If not, I sincerely hope this helps. The intro sometimes helps the viewers get a clear picture of what they are in for before they invest over 10 minutes of their precious time to watch the full video. If they find from the intro that the video's content is not exactly what they are looking for, then it saves them a lot of time by clicking away and searching further for the right video . But I'll definitely try to incorporate your feedback in my future videos and try to improve my teaching methods. Once again, I honestly appreciate your valued feedback. 😊

[@lukescheller7216]

My guy, you're a GOD.... I'm gonna watch this many more times and learn how to shade. THANK YOU for making this tutorial!!!

[@TheGeekArtist]

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[@TheGeekArtist]

How many of you noticed the new intro sequence at the very start?

[@robertrainford6754]

What about illustrator? Can you do this on there as well.

[@florianfrey9258]

I did! And it’s awesome! Thanks for uploading! There aren‘t a lot of good educational art channels around anymore.

[@logaslandgaming574]

Now, this is a clear tutorial whose knowledge is not stingy even though I don't understand English, but with step by step I understand

[@byatch_]

Finally a well explained tutorial that isnt rushed, thanks a lot man

[@joser6th]

Finally a video that is easy and simple to understand! Cant wait to try it!

[@grimsonforce7504]

Easily the best blending and rendering on YT thank you for this.

[@KaiyoriaChi]

I'm not crazy about ripped characters but I instantly clicked your thumbnail showing such beautiful blending I just had to see! But your tutorial on all levels, incredibly explained things so well thanks! You've earned this like and subscribe even though I use Clip Studio I should be able to learn this with practice just from how well every step is so thoughtfully explained. I've been browsing tutorials on off for years but yours really clicked thanks so much

[@babycartoontv819]

Wow 😮

[@tendividedbysix4835]

It's a really nice tutorial, thanks :)

[@chalala1585]

Best explaination ever, I love the way you aren't shy about definying the veins, and how does it looks in the end. Et voilà!

[@TheGeekArtist]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! Do check out my other contents.

[@Imrankhan-kw8pu]

Awesome...........................

[@lokeshpatil4728]

After 2 days I got something useful....thanks🎉

[@poochyboi]

great techniques! i dont paint but i edit digital art and these techniques are going to come in handy!

[@torrentthom4734]

Really good. Thx for the easy to follow tutorial!

[@TheGeekArtist]

You're welcome! 😁

[@eunicecoutinho]

Excelente! Tudo muito bem explicado, parabéns!

[@oingo2]

Looks really sick!

[@TheGeekArtist]

Thanks. I hope you'll find the video helpful. See you at the premiere!

[@leonardothomax]

Thanks for the amazing content!!

[@TheGeekArtist]

Glad you liked it!

[@taqoo13]

wow 😲

[@ImNotGhostfacee]

Thank you for being one of the only good tutorial channels out there 12:54 PAUSE

[@mksstudioz]

Nice one bro

[@MH-lr6ue]

Love this tutorial.. Thanks for this❤

[@TheGeekArtist]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@tatlxtael2303]

Man this was a great resource even though I use csp myself

[@StudioMazOFFICIAL]

nah this was really helpful , as always loving the content .

[@TheGeekArtist]

Glad to hear! 😁

[@mickymonish058]

Bro egarly I am waiting for this video thanks make this video for🤝

[@gamingreality6532]

Simple tips to instantly improve your digital art, thanks for the video 👍

[@EchoYoutube]

I'll be here later to check this out. Trying to improve my critical eye to develop stronger compositions

[@TheGeekArtist]

Awesome. However this video will mostly help you achieve neater and cleaner outputs and render forms and volumes better. It doesn't have much to do with compositions.

[@TheGeekArtist]

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[@markozecevic1711]

good video thank you

[@blackhoundrise8431]

This awesome video is about 15 min long. But I know that when I go and try to apply the techniques wonderfully and oratorically announced here, I will be on it for 3 hours+ maybe more. Gonna save this and give it a go. Blending on digital or even with pencils and markers is hard. So thank you for putting in time to help noob-noob-noobs like me to learn and understand this hard stuff. 👊🏽👍🏽

[@TheGeekArtist]

This video may be 15 minutes long but the painting actually took around 2 hours. Many parts of the video are sped up to fit within the 15 minutes. So if you do end up taking 3 hours, that's completely fine!

[@blackhoundrise8431]

@@TheGeekArtist absolutely. I have no issues with how long it takes. I need to learn and also to fall in love with the process and continue developing. Otherwise I will never grow.

[@falcononthesax]

would love a tutorial on how to shade hair

[@TrueDark1]

so far i have watched a lot of rendering method and i can say so far this the best and the faster one plus i like how it keep your layer simple i will like to see how u render metalic or like diffrence material like adding set set of armour ect

[@TheGeekArtist]

I already have a video on rendering metal and metallic armor.

[@TrueDark1]

@@TheGeekArtist yes I know I watched I meant like a full piece with skin and multiple material ect

[@dalailarose1596]

It's so different from the way I shade, I like laying down all the shadows first before blending them, which means my paintings go thru an ugly phase that yours apparently don't.

[@0ddSoul]

This is actually really fucking helpful. You show how you do it and talk about the tools you're using, and where thry are located. Thanks man

[@TheGeekArtist]

You're welcome! I'm glad you found this helpful! 😊

[@SnozerCSS]

With "terminators" and some red subsurface scattering effect it would look perfect 💯 otherwise amazing tutorial, I will definitely give it a try!

[@TheGeekArtist]

I would definitely do that if I put this in a properly lit setup with a suitable background scene that justifies and resonates with the lighting. Maybe in my next video! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@trunks10k]

how do you get your smudge tool to paint like that? My current method is using the eraser and lightly erasing to give it a smooth blend. But when I try and use the smudge tool I get small lines as like its suppose to when you smudge something it runs along that line you paint. I don't know how you are able to smudge it and make it look so smooth.

[@javp6623]

Nice video uwu, what is the name of the brush you used in rough speed paint?

[@anshluz]

but how to make the realistic skin integument after final works? 🤔

[@Si2Si2Si3]

this is really great

[@cler1c]

nice! can you do a face example too?

[@TheGeekArtist]

I have something similar for that. Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iavZhZmebbKWndE

[@arh1315]

Blue made it so simple I understood it 💀

[@christiangiardina4541]

I know im late but i have a question: how do you pick color and change the primary color automatically? It changes the secondary to me and i Always have to pick, switch from primary to secondary, and its annoying as hell...

[@TheGeekArtist]

"I" Is the short cut for color picking or the eyedropper tool. When you have the brush tool selected, you can click "Alt" to toggle to the eyedropper tool to pick a certain color. Then release Alt to switch back to the brush tool. You can also switch between the background and foreground colors by clicking on the small 90° angle double arrow icon on the top right corner of the two color swatches at the bottom of the tool bar. I hope this helps.

[@reginaldturner1669]

Do you like fireAlpaca has the same settings like that of photoshop

[@TheGeekArtist]

I have seen a few of her videos where she uses smudge tool to render fur and hair. I really like that technique!

[@Atomic-toons00]

But how do you know exactly where you put the shadow because you shape them like you know the anatomy of that pose so do you have a reference imagie on second screen or sumthing?

[@TheGeekArtist]

I already created a reference by painting a rough painting and keep it open on one corner of my canvas. I use that as a reference to understand which parts will be in shadow and which parts will be in highlight. I further use my sense of anatomy to refine those rough sketches while translating them to the final rendered art. Alternatively you can also use real images of body builders as reference to understand the forms of the muscles better.

[@Atomic-toons00]

@@TheGeekArtist but did you use a real image of some bodybuilder as reference to sketch your own reference?

[@johannesbaptista6868]

just curious, why don't you use the pentool when you want to make the selection for the base color?

[@TheGeekArtist]

I guess it's a matter of preference? Personally I find pen tool very mechanical. If I were making a vector illustration or making something in Illustrator in general, I would of course use pen tool. But when it comes to painting, I always prefer the lasso tool. It just feels a lot more natural and intuitive. And I am way faster with lasso tool compared to pen tool.

[@marcelomacenalima7547]

You can do this technique with a mouse?

[@TheGeekArtist]

To answer you question, yes. The smudging and airbrush will be pretty easy with mouse. The tricky part will be making the selection with lasso tool. If you have a lot of patience and very steady hands, give it a shot!

[@Ocean-zj6vh]

Hi there great skills u have there..btw are u on fiverr or contra?

[@TheGeekArtist]

Hey there. I'm not on fiverr or contra. But I do accept commissions through email. You can mail me you requirements at: [e-mail].

[@jcc0166]

Its hurts so much when i have good lineart but terrible shading

[@syedshakaibanwar2698]

Can this apply to artstudio pro/Procreate?

[@virgilshelton8160]

*promo sm* 😍

[@babycartoontv819]

Bro is there any courses available in your KZbin channel for beginners? Colour arts

[@TheGeekArtist]

You can check out this playlist of beginner friendly digital art tutorials I've made: kzbin.info/aero/PLTQIniImNQf1D4PTS3mw3KpRt_dMYZcxI

[@Ohcanada28]

👏🏼🥲

[@Anselm_Young]

And why not a regular video, but a premiere?

[@TheGeekArtist]

It is still a regular video but with more people getting a chance to add it to their watchlist one day before it releases.

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[@elianelamoglia8260]

perfeito!