To give you Photoshop software users to elaborate on the painting of the Six Swan fairy tale illustration of the tutorial.
Whether it is learning the painting process, or a complete creation of their own works, is not an easy thing. There are too many factors to consider: specific painting skills ah, creative ah, composition Ah, the works want to express ideas or stories ah, color ah, and so on, minutes of the beginner scared of the wood there.
Fortunately, this painting is inspired by a story in Grimm's Fairy Tales: "Six Swans," the story of the six young girl who saved her from being turned into a white swan by the Witch's spell.
It must be said that I do not have a complete set of tutorials or anything, only a few regular guidance. For example, first I will make a general plan, which often means doing a lot of research work. No accident, often encounter some I am unfamiliar with elements, this time how to do? Of course, painting (a lot) of the sketch, crying also want to finish drawing the Grass ~~o (>_<) o~~
(After all, I'm the one who prefers to solve all the problems at the beginning, not at the end, to worry.
Of course, the more important thing is: Even the first sketch is not good, do you want to continue to draw the wool ah ... )
Second, simply to design, color, tell stories ... It's simple and beautiful, it's finished! (I would often remind myself of that: because it's always easy to complicate things.) )
Finally, the digital media is the most lovely point: it is a mistake you make is infinite tolerance ah, so be sure to make good use of AH. For example, if the painting is wrong or half of the picture is stuck, it is easy to return to the "trial and error".
And the most important thing is not to forget to experience the fun of the whole painting process. In particular, this is a good opportunity to show the other side of the story that is not known: Perhaps not always happy, perhaps the original romantic love story will be filled with so many dull or gloomy breath.
Sketch out one or more of the thoughts in your mind, which is almost the only way to create the beginning of every piece of work. This time you are free to play and relatively limited. Because it is a sketch, so I only sketched the key elements, as far as possible to keep the simplicity of the same time, but also to ensure that the whole picture more rhythmic.
It can be said that this is a "adventure" on the use of color. Choose a different version of the sketch, by changing the color, choose your favorite one. These 2.0-color sketches will help you "peek" at the final effect of the work, compared to sketches made from lines alone. These three pictures, I finally selected the first one, but the picture of the moon is too large too conspicuous, may affect my use of other warm tones of play, so I can not afford the moon, goodbye.
3, determine the tone of the work
In other words, I want to make sure that the little girl in the picture is in a mood now, because it will directly affect the thoughts and emotions expressed in the whole work. The key to this step is to determine the shape and color, not to dwell on the details for the time being. Considering the environment, the atmosphere will also have a greater impact on color, I try to add some specific color in some places in order to form strong enough color contrast, the visual taste to the extreme.
4, the key description of the little girl
The little girl is the most crucial element of the whole picture, which must be. With a slightly tilted head, facial expression and standing posture, she began to "tell the story" to the reader. I am more inclined to express this feeling in the style of Raphael the front row painter. I don't want to make too much of a strong contrast in her, I hope she shows a warm, soft feeling, so you can see the rosy cheeks.
5, don't forget your tree.
I like to paint trees! If there are natural objects that are seemingly random but still have regular rules to follow, then trees are definitely one of them. Of course, these trees are to be part of the work to "help" the little girl to tell the story, is a supporting role, is supplemented, so they absolutely can not rob the thunder of the little girl, or honest stand.
This step, I decided to use some color patches to help the background "relax" a bit. Of course, I can also use other details to show this: such as the shadow of the tree silhouette and the position of the little girl standing. I found that using a set of cool tones would make these elements and backgrounds naturally integrated and show the best results.
This is simply the greatest feature of digital painting: by simply adjusting the layers, you can test the effects of changes. I often use hue/saturation and color balance because, in contrast, the two have less impact on the original and can be given large enough changes. In particular, color balance, you can easily adjust the screen between the warm and cold tones (although, mainly experimental ...) )。
Well, the Swan this creature, I have not painted before, so first to find a lot of information to see: After all, I want to draw six (why this little girl to have so many brothers ┑ (￣д￣) ┍). Finally, in the light color patch position, simply, rudely add a few swans up, while at the bottom of the screen to add some warm, hoping to highlight the shape of the swan.
9, once again, focus on the little girl.
The little girl looked a little short, mainly because my initial setup was that her ankles were submerged in the water. Just a little less obvious ... To solve this problem, I chose to extend her skirt length so that she didn't look so short. I want to make her look a little sad but very calm that feeling.
When sketching, I put two swans in the foreground, but realized that there was too much space (because it is a white swan), this is not to rob a little girl thunder?! So I moved one of them to the back. Of course, in spite of this, there is a bit of white in the foreground, so I dim the hue a little bit and try to reduce the contrast.
The water is so difficult to draw ... In fact, I do not think well now. Because all the other elements have been set up, the space left to the water is very limited, not to mention that it cannot be compared with other elements (such as Swan-June) to form too much. I think this is the most difficult step, because it will be the end of the screen, to ensure that the picture is neat and consistent. After drawing the water, the work is almost finished.
When I look at the work as a whole, I'm not sure what color the girl's hair is, and the trees seem a little messy ... So I looked at the original draft, and the trees there were "moved" over here, hoping to reduce some of the comparisons. In addition, the girl's head was added with a slight glow, and more color adjustments were made. Yes, and then it's over.
Well, the above information is small compiled for you photoshop This software users of the detailed drawing of the "six Swan" fairy tale illustration of the entire content of the tutorial to share, you see the users here, small knitting believe you now know how to draw the bar, Now, everyone, try to draw it yourself.
