Digital Painting Tutorials
Rendering form with value
A video tutorial by Scott Robertson explaining an effective technique for exploring and rendering forms using greyscale values and the Dodge Tool in Photoshop.
Colorizing and weathering a car greyscale sketch in Photoshop
A new video tutorial by Scott Robertson, who shares his techniques for colorizing and weathering a greyscale sketch in Photoshop. Includes a downloadable PSD file for reference.
Concept Car Sketch Jam – Making Of
A visual “making of” of a project by automotive designer Olivier Gamiette, where a single concept is rendered using a variety of techniques, both analogue and digital.
Using Photoshop custom brushes for concept design
A concept design video tutorial by Scott Robertson who shows how he uses custom brushes in Photoshop to explore new shapes and design directions and to quickly add details.
Introduction to Layers in Photoshop – Part 1
A 7-minutes video where Arvind Ramkrishna gives an introduction to using layers in Photoshop for digital painting.
Futuristic Sketch Tutorial
In this tutorial Bertone designer Giulio Partisani explains his technique for creating futuristic environments using custom brushes.
Dramatic Concept Art Tutorial
Concept artist David Levy explains how to paint a piece full of drama, using custom brushes to create a nuclear winter image.
Getting Your Painting to Read
A 1-hour video tutorial in five parts shot in real time that shows how to brainstorm ideas for digital paintings in a very fast way.
Digital Painting Tutorial by Noah Bradley
An awesome 1-hour video tutorial by concept artist Noah Bradley who shows the creation process of a full environment painting and shares some theory, tips and techniques on digital painting.
How to Create a Watercolor Painting in Photoshop
In this tutorial illustrator Dani Jones shows how to recreate the look and feel of a watercolor painting on Photoshop CS. Covered topics include how to create and select textures, brushes choice and settings.
Making of By the Sea
In this “making of”, Adrian Baluta shows the workflow process for creating a sci-fi image in Photoshop combining traditional painting and matte painting techniques.
Digital Painting Composition Tutorial
This article covers the most common principles on composition, applied to digital paintings.
Materials rendering in digital painting
In this tutorial digital artist Henning Ludvigsen gives an overview on how different materials can be rendered.
Speed Painting Alien Ships in Photoshop
A video time-lapse video that shows an original workflow process for creating new shapes such as alien spaceships in Photoshop using custom brushes extracted from photographic references.
Making of Transformer – Death Blow
A detailed explanation of the creation process of a sci-fi digital painting. Done in Photoshop by 2D digital illustrator Alon Chou.
The Science of Painting Space
Concept Art Director Gary Tonge explains how to balance the many facets and subjects of a scene set in space to create a galactic vista.
Environmental Concept Art Tutorial
In this pdf tutorial Thomas Scholes explores visualization methods, tricks of the trade and editing processes to create a fantasy landscape in Photoshop. Includes a zipped file with support files.
Making of Winter Blockade
This tutorial shows the creation process of a digital illustration in Photoshop from the first sketches to the final effects in the post processing.
