Lightwyrm tutorials
These tutorials are mostly on digital painting using Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter. They are designed for both beginners and intermediate artists that want to speed up their learning process. That being said, advanced artists might find them entertaining or, they might contain helpful reminders. If you want to get more in depth help from the authors, visit our discussion forums. Please post any tutorial suggestions on the forums aswell.
We attempt to update these tutorials once a week, on a Wednesday. But that doesn't always happen. If you have a tutorial you wish to submit, contact us.
Golem Creature: Assassin Devil
Written by Chenthooran N
A new walk through by Chen. As usual I will say 'as usual use this for inspiration and as a possible work flow.' This image was done for an Art Order contest that had a very specific character theme.
This type of image is called a vignette because it is painted with printing in mind. WotC use this in their books and manuals very often to make the illustrations fit the pages more seamlessly.
Chen started the image in gray scale but found that it was much more effective to work in colour rather then using multiple layers set to color on top of the Gray value layer.
Digital Painting Tutorial Creating a Portrait
Written by Artamari
A neat tutorial on creating a portrait in Adobe Photoshop. It is done by a member of Deviant art, you can find her account here: Artamari on DA. This tutorial is in two parts, and it goes through the steps for starting a portrait in grey scale then finalizing it with colour. You can find the original submissions here and here. Don't forget to say thanks to Artamari!
Golem Character: Cu Chulainn Digital Painting
Written by Chenthooran N
How is everyone doing this fine monday morning? As, somewhat, usual here are some process steps for another image by Chen. Hopefully some inspiration and ideas for the coming week. Chen creates his digital paintings almost exclusively in Corel Painter but lately he has joined the trend of starting his sketches in Photoshop. If you want to know where this character is from take a look at this Wiki entry: Cu Chulainn. As always feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions. He will be happy to answer them!
Golem character: the Morrigan illustration
Written by Chenthooran N
A new character walkthrough by Chen. Here he is testing a much faster and more direct work flow. Look over the steps and feel free to discuss it when you want to.
As always this is just meant as a brain teaser and to get inspired or notice a new way of approaching a piece.
Sakura in autumn digital painting tutorial
Written by Angeline M
A new tutorial by Angeline! Here she shows her steps for a unique digital painting design.
In this tutorial she works in Manga Studio and Photoshop together to create the final result.
You will learn which brushes she uses, how she decides her colours and how to create a realistic watercolour effect using Photoshop.
Digital Painting Tutorial - Zhang Ziyi
Written by 9095
A great tutorial of Zhang Ziyi by 9095 on Deviant Art. Big thanks to her for sharing it with us.
Here you will get a good idea of how to paint a female figure from reference in Photoshop. This tutorial can be applied to most other programs that support pen pressure.
The author does a very good job of describing how they create this image, and you will get a good idea on how to use blending effectively to create believable form. If you like this tutorial do the artist a favour and favourite it here: Original DA Submission.
Golem Character: First Warrior
Written by Chenthooran N
Another one of Chen's characters. Here he designs pseudo concept art for a bulkier individual. As usual this is for you to see the way he works and what steps he takes to complete a piece. This is not meant to be an illustration tutorial, rather a concept art tutorial because the character is rough and conveys only the important aspects instead of a fancy rendering. This is a good process to work through when you have to get a set of characters completed by a deadline. As it allows you to develop a routine when working with them.
Golem Creature: Seaman
Written by Chenthooran N
Here is another step by step walk-through tutorial by Chen, here he creates an illustration of an underwater creature. As always this is intended to help you visualize the process that he takes when creating a piece of art. Notice that he creates numerous sketch versions of the creature before starting his render, and even when he has the final sketch he still redraws it one more time editing the pose to fit the theme. Yes for most of us thats basic practice, but it is important to remember that you should never settle until you truly like one of your sketches.
Golem Creature: Birdo
Written by Chenthooran N
Here are some process steps for another one of Chen's paintings. Here you can see what steps he has taken to creating a unique creature. How can you use this tutorial? I would recommend looking over the steps he took and using them as a process for your next image. Also take a look at the final result and try to think of a variation of this creature maybe the next step in its mutation or evolution. Paint that in a simmilar style and setting.
How to create Perspective Grids in Photoshop
Written by Boris Kourtoukov
Ah yet another video tutorial from me. Enjoy the monotone! Here I will cover another rather common question, and something that comes up quite a bit in discussion. How do you create perspective grids in Photoshop. Well it is a fairly simple process as you will see, and the results are very flexible. Here I just provide you with simple two point perspective, but don't forget that you can stretch the lines as far or as close as you want them. Adding a third point would be as easy as duplicating on of the line layers and flipping it 90 degrees. So just play around with this.
Seamless Textures in Photoshop
Written by Boris Kourtoukov
This tutorial will give you an easy way to tile textures in photoshop. You can duplicate it in any program that supports a tool like the lasso tool or the healing brush, since you can reproduce the offset filter manually.
I am working with a fairly small texture here but normally you would be working with a much larger size. In that case don't forget to use a bigger brush size and to use the lasso tool to make larger 'patches' as well.
Pt 1: Character design – From sketch to Digital Greyscale
Written by Ciro Correia
Hi there, this is my first tutorial ever. I hope it will add to your skill set and help on your journey as an artist. We learn throughout our career as artists;this is, in my opinion, what makes being an artist fantastically fulfilling and never ever boring. So if you have anything to add at any point, message me cause I'm sure I can learn from you too.
Using Textures Part 3
Written by Boris Kourtoukov
Ah the third and last part of this video tutorial 'chain'. Just finishing up adding the texture, checking to see what fits where and what stands out too much. Removing larger patterns that do not really fit the shape of the object the texture is on. Also looking at, and removing, straight lines that cross over different shapes making the image look flat.
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