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How To Paint Cactus

July 15, 2007 in Digital Painting, Tutorials by Vyoma | 30 comments

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  • Software: GIMP (or any raster graphics editor)
  • Level: Beginner
  • Subject: Cactus

In this tutorial, you can have an in depth walk through of creating a digital painting of a cactus.

The final artwork would be as follows.

Cactus Final Artwork

Without waiting further, let us start the editor with a large enough canvas size – a little larger than 480×640 pixels. Always start with a canvas larger than the final required resolution.

Draw a sketch of the basic shape of the cactus in a new layer. Use reference images if required.

Cactus WIP Step 00

Do not bother to add details. Just get the basic shape roughly. You do not need to have a clean line art either.
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How To Paint A Leaf

July 8, 2007 in Digital Painting, Tutorials by Vyoma | 9 comments

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  • Software: GIMP (or any raster graphics editor)
  • Level: Beginner
  • Subject: Leaf

A leaf can be quite complex to draw if you want to mark out all the details. But it is usually not required – as most of the times, the leaves would be in background. In such cases, few notches with varying tones of green is sufficient to indicate foliage. Most of the times, it is desirable not to put in a lot of details.

But in cases were you need to show the leaf in the foreground, it would be required to put in some details.

And also, painting a leaf is a good practice that can help you improve your digital painting skills.

Paint A Leaf - Sketch

As with any other painting, start of with drawing a simple sketch. There is no need to go over board and fill it up with details like the minute veins. A faint indication of the stem should be sufficient. I have put the sketch in a separate layer.
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10 Step Crystal Orb Tutorial

February 18, 2007 in Tutorials, Vector by Vyoma | 20 comments

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  • Software: Inkscape (or any other software with vector tools)
  • Level: Beginner
  • Subject: Crystal Orb

This is the first of the tutorials that would be put up at KalaaLog. I had put up graphics tutorials earlier at Splat (see shiny ball and eyeball tutorial) and have got good response – with the readers and on-line friends asking for more. It was one of the driving forces behind the creation of KalaaLog.

Enough with the history. Let us start our vector programs – Inkscape in my case, but you should be able to walk through this tutorial quite easily. I will try to make it as generic as possible.
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