Digital Painting Tutorials

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.    

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.  

This article covers the most common principles on composition, applied to digital paintings.

In this tutorial digital artist Henning Ludvigsen gives an overview on how different materials can be rendered.

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.

A detailed explanation of the creation process of a sci-fi digital painting. Done in Photoshop by 2D digital illustrator Alon Chou.

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.

This tutorial shows the creation process of a digital illustration in Photoshop from the first sketches to the final effects in the post processing.

A tutorial that shows the steps involved in creating a sci-fi digital painting starting from an abstract sketch.

How to customize the workspace in Alias Studio in order to optimize the digital 2D painting workflow process.

Unveiled in 1991, the Audi Avus can be considered one of the most stunning concept vehicles in the modern history of the automobile. Its body made of polished aluminium pioneered the recent researches in light alloys technologies.

This in-depth walkthrough offers some insight into the creation process of a futuristic environment/cityscape digital painting, including some general tips on environmental digital painting.