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Painting Glowing Objects – Effects

December 18, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials by Vyoma | 1 comment

  • Software: GIMP or Photoshop
  • Level: Advanced
  • Subject: Glowing Objects – Effects

Earlier, we saw how to paint glowing objects by taking lightning as an example. That technique can be used for other things like sparkles, energy beams and flames – not just for lightning.

In this article, we will discuss how to further integrate these glowing objects with the rest of the painting. We might put in a lot of detail into painting them, but if we do not consider the effect they have on their surroundings, the glowing object will seem to stand out. It would seem like it was just pasted over after doing the rest of the painting.

Fire Sorceress - With glowing fireball

Here is a quick concept sketch I made of a Fire Sorceress. Notice how I painted the fireball in her hand – I used the same principle as I did with the lightning in the earlier exercise. But it still seems a bit odd, in spite of having the fireball show through her fingers – it is sort of detached.

To fix this, we have to consider how the fireball would effect the rest of the scene. In this case, we need to consider the light hitting the form of her body.
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Phoenix – Painting

December 14, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting by Vyoma | 6 comments

After drawing the Phoenix, I just felt like doing a digital painting from it.

Phoenix - Digital Painting

The digital painting is done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3.

See a larger view, and print,  see Phoenix – Painting at devaintART.

For those interested, I had take a couple of intermediate screenshots. Head over to CGPainting.com thread to read through it – Phoenix – Painting thread.

For a wide screen wallpaper version, download it from ClipArtLog.com.

Painting Glowing Objects – Lightning

November 30, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials by Vyoma | 4 comments

  • Software: GIMP or Adobe Photoshop
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Subject: Glowing Objects – Lightning

This tutorial is a short one, but would be explaining an intermediate level of digital painting technique. It is a walkthrough of painting a lightning against a moderately dark plain sky. Once you understand the technique, you should be able to apply the same technique for painting variations in the subject – sparkles, energy beams, or light sabers.

When painting a glowing energy streak – remember to choose a color palette that is contrasting in terms of value. You may want to choose contrasting color too to help in composition of the piece but may not be always possible (it would be weird to draw a blue colored flame).

Painting Glowing Object - Lightning - 1

For this example, I used a moderately dark blue for the sky. It is just not possible to get the right effect of a lightning against a white background.

Painting Glowing Object - Lightning - 2

This step might seem a bit counter-intutive. Use a soft edged round brush, take a color even darker than the background and paint over the area roughly where you would be painting the lightning. Even it the lighting seems to glow, to achieve a bright effect, putting an even darker background helps achieve the contrast.

Painting Glowing Object - Lightning - 3
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Mumbai Firemen

November 27, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting by Vyoma | No comments

Mumbai Firemen

Dedicated to the lives lost, those of the civilians and the public service personnel like policemen, firemen and armed forces of India, in the Mumbai attacks of 26 November.

An A4 size painting at 300 dpi in portrait layout, done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3. Check out the deviantART entry – Mumbai Firemen – for a larger view.

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