Art of Caricature

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Digital Painting in Photoshop – Tools, Techniques, and Tips

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Digital Painting in Photoshop – Tools, Techniques, and Tips

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Court Jones

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So if you're following along at home, use your favorite digital painting program to do some monochromatic painted sketches. I prefer Photoshop, but some other great programs are Corel Painter, Clip Studio Paint or even apps on the iPad Pro like Procreate, or Tayasui Sketches. If you use an iPad though, make sure you use it with the Apple Pencil, not your finger, because you really need to have pressure sensitivity to work effectively. Most of the painted sketches I demonstrate here and in the premium videos were done between 30 to 60 minutes. Remember, you're not supposed to do a finished rendering. These are only rough sketch paintings. It's okay for them to have an unfinished look.

Peter Haller

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3yr

Hello, here I painted after Court's great paintings to get familiar with the process. I am still very uncomfortable without using lines if you just draw all the time. But it feels better every time I paint sketch. Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.

Samuel Lemons

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3yr

Here is my digital painting of Steven Seagal.

Sue Ahn

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3yr

Hi. this is my first time to use photoshop with your method. let me know if anything that I need to improve. thank you

Court Jones

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3yr

That's a great first piece doing digital paint sketching. But something to think about would be your values, first and foremost. It feels pretty low contrast right now and therefore not as three-dimensional and solid as it could be. It almost looks like a pastel drawing. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's a valid style choice. Perhaps choose a more simple subject for future exercises. Just stick to heads and shoulders for now and focus on sculpting the forms with light and shadow. And stick with black and white paintings for now and don't worry about color until you have more control of working with pure value.

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Court Jones

Freelance commercial illustrator and caricature entertainer. He’s done a lot of editorial and product illustration and concept work for film and TV.