This is just my own way of doing things. Not the best, not the worst out there, just mine I’m hoping to help somebody perhaps through this tutorial

Today we’ll leave behind for a second all those shapes and filters and automated Photoshop stuff and focus on something else for a change: painting. Yes, that means taking a blank canvas and with your awesome..or not so awesome yet drawing skills express yourself in a new way, by taking those original characters and settings in your mind and forsaking all attachment to pre-defined values and precise filters let your fantasy flow

For this tutorial it is strongly recommended that you have a graphics tablet. It is not imporrible to do it with a mouse however it would take ages more. I am currently using a Genius Mousepen 6×8 tablet, but you can use any other, of course.

First, I want to mention that this is not a tutorial to teach you HOW to draw (anatomy/etc), but how to use colors to bring an existing rough sketch to life.
Second, a small word of wisdom: learning how to paint is more than splashing some colors here&there. You definitely won’t learn painting in this tutorial, you will learn some techniques only, which you can later improve and adapt to fit your own style as time goes by and you become better and better at this. It will take you months, perhaps years to be able to draw virtually anything you have in mind, so be patient and work with love
 

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