Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
A course by Samuel Smith , Visual Development Artist
Learn how to adapt your digital illustrations to a series of natural and artificial lighting conditions on Photoshop
Learn how to adapt your digital illustrations to a series of natural and artificial lighting conditions on Photoshop
Mastering light is a skill that has fascinated artists and illustrators throughout history, for its unparalleled capacity to infuse an art piece with realism and define its atmosphere. Samuel Smith describes his fascination with light as more of an obsession, constantly analyzing his surroundings to understand how it works and apply it to his art. He has worked as a visual development artist for animations on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films, including Klaus at SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film from Illumination Studios.
In this course, Samuel shows you how to stimulate light into your work using a logical methodology that he developed over the last two years and Adobe Photoshop to apply his simple process to five different light settings. Understand how light behaves and how it affects the elements in your work to quickly resolve any light situation.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 18 downloads
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- 15 lessons (2h 22m)
- 18 additional resources (7 files)
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Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create five illustrations of different lighting conditions using Adobe Photoshop.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for illustrators, animators, and creatives with a beginner’s level in digital painting on Adobe Photoshop, who want to learn how to paint different lighting situations. Experienced digital painters who are interested in learning a fast and effective methodology to paint light in their work will also enjoy the course.
Requirements and materials
To take this course, you will need basic knowledge of how to work on Photoshop, as well as basic digital drawing skills.
You will need a drawing tablet and a computer with Adobe Photoshop installed.
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A course by Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith is a freelance visual development artist for animation, with a passion for igniting animation projects with light. After studying 3D animation, he started painting digitally without ever thinking he could achieve a professional level. However, after some years of hard work and dedication, continuously researching and observing his surroundings, he started to work on important animation projects and was hired by SPA, Spain, as a color artist.
He has worked on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films: Klaus for SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film for Illumination Studios.
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U1
Introduction
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About me
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Influences
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What we will do in the course?
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U2
Preparation and Theory
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Workspace and brushes
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Soft light Vs Hard light
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Exposure, reflections and translucency
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Preparing the drawing
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U3
Let’s Paint!
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A Sunny Day - Part 1
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A Sunny Day - Part 2
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A Cloudy Day
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A Starry Night
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A Room Under Colored Light
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A Sunny Room
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U4
Details, Reflections and Translucency
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Wrapping up the sunny scene
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Wrapping up the artificial light scene
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FP
Final project
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Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
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mrsmirwildoodle
Sigo a Sam desde hace tiempo, apreciando su trabajo como extraordinario artista. En este curso logra condensar de manera muy exitosa las pautas iniciales para que aprender a entender la luz y el color en el entorno digital.
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kranjit33
Very good course.
adineh
Brilliant 😍
bartholemewkuma051
Very clear explanations!
trit_rocha
PlusMuito bom!
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