7 common hand drawing skills! Each can double the efficiency!-v2tn

Hello ~ Hello, we are the lecturers of Youshi hand-painted employment bridging class, orange and Arsene

Today, we'll share some painting tips. It seems very simple, but learning it can save a lot of time!

Fade function Ctrl, shift, f

The PS fade command can change the opacity and blending mode of any filter, brush, eraser. In some cases, there is no need to undo and redraw.

However, it should be noted that the fade function is only for the operation just performed, and is invalid for the previous operation.

Fade function - brush

Fade function - Filter - Gaussian blur

Fancy gradient mapping

Gradient mapping is actually to remove the color of the picture itself first, and then color it.

In general, when using gradient mapping, we need to adjust the opacity of the layer and use it with the layer mode. Sometimes there will be unexpected effects!

Note: gradient mapping is to adjust the layer. It decolores and then colors the layer itself, and produces an effect based on the layer below. Remember to "Ctrl, shift, alt, e" before using gradient mapping!

Gradient mapper

The following is the effect of my work using gradient mapping. I use gradient mapping on the capping layer. I must not make an effect on the original image or merged layer, but the capping layer!!!

Gradient mapping effect - 1

Gradient mapping effect - 2

Texture the brush and paint flexibly

If you want to add paper texture to a painting, in addition to directly dragging the texture material into it, you can also use PS's pattern stamp tool to turn the brush into texture, which has higher flexibility and draw wherever you want!

Select "pattern stamp tool";
Select the appropriate brush and texture;
Remember to change the mode of the layer and adjust the opacity according to the picture.

Note: the foreground color of the brush in the pattern stamp tool has no effect. The color of the brush is covered by the texture, but the texture, opacity and flow properties of the brush itself are still retained.

In addition, when adding texture to the picture, pay attention not to be too, and appropriately reduce the opacity, otherwise it will dominate.

Dissolving mode makes noise wind skillfully

As we all know, noise is often used to add detail texture to flat style illustrations. In addition to airbrush brushes, there is another way to quickly make noise texture, which is the "dissolution" of "brush mode / layer mode".

Note: when selecting a brush, your brush should be able to draw the change of color weight (translucent area), and the dissolution mode is effective. For example, the dissolution mode of hard edge brush does not show noise effect.

See the hard edge brush in the second vertical line in the figure:

Dissolution mode - Comparison of hot spot effect

The noise of the leaves below is the "dissolve" I used in "brush mode / layer mode".

Fast lighting using layer mode

In the flat illustration style, we can use different modes of layers to simply add light effect to the picture, which will immediately improve the overall effect. Let's first understand the difference between layer modes:

Subtraction mode: darkening / positive overlay / color deepening / linear deepening / dark color is similar to the mixing of ink, which makes the picture darker and darker. The positive overlay shields white, so I often use it for projection.

Add color mode: brighten / filter color / color fade / linear fade (add) / light color. Similar to the mixing of light, it makes the picture brighter and brighter. The filter color shields black, which I often use to make light.

Overlay mode: overlay / soft light / strong light / bright light / linear light / point light / solid color mixing. Overlay: overlay the two layers together and keep their respective textures. The color will change, and light effect is often done.

Soft light: the effect is similar to that of superposition mode, but the effect is slightly weak. Other modes: similar to the above two modes, some changes can be selected according to the picture.

Common layer modes

After painting, create a positive overlay layer on the whole and fill it with a low saturation color;
Use an eraser to wipe out the bright area. You can also use a mask;
Create a "overlay / filter layer", use a large brush on the soft edge, choose a high brightness color to draw "light", and you can draw several more layers;
According to the overall picture, darken the darkened and brighten the brightened.

Light and dark

Polish - brighten

Polishing - overall adjustment

Arsene - work steps

However, although this lighting operation is very simple, it is best to master some knowledge of light and shadow in order to add appropriate light in the right place.

Special effects of channel separation method

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After painting, seal one layer and copy another layer (ensure the upper and lower layers);
Double click the blank space of the layer to call up the layer style dialog box;
Mixed mode - channel, check R / g / B;
The layer displacement is copied.

This is the different effect after treatment.

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3 tips to teach you to solve the dirty color

Most beginners will encounter a color matching problem: dirty color. I will provide you with some color matching tips, from the most basic black-and-white gray to analyzing common color matching problems to help you improve the big problem of dirty picture.

1. Color matching basis - black, white and gray

If you want to solve the problem of dirty color matching of the picture, you must first understand the underlying logic of color matching - the relationship between black and white and gray.

The black, white and gray of the picture is the most basic color level. As we all know, the traditional art teaching will learn sketch, pay attention to the black-and-white gray relationship of sketch, and open the hierarchical relationship between black-and-white and gray, so that the picture will look three-dimensional and hierarchical.

Even if there are only ordinary black-and-white gray blocks as a whole, it seems that the structure is very complete. As shown below:

When we distinguish the basic black-and-white and gray clearly, the color matching will not have a particularly big problem, but if the relationship between black-and-white and gray is disordered, it will only make the picture look very gray and the contrast is very weak, so it doesn't feel suitable for any color matching.

As a hand-painted newcomer, how to quickly view the black-and-white relationship of the picture? At this time, we can add a black-and-white adjustment layer:

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Let's take another look at the homework of a group of students from Youshi hand-painted camp - mangdou 40.

On the left is the original picture: the color is gray, which indicates that there is a problem with the color matching, and the color contrast is not enough, resulting in insufficient details.

On the right is the optimized picture: the black-and-white gray contrast of the picture is clearer, the overall color matching is cleaner, and the object details are clearer.

Finally, let's observe the black-and-white gray relationship of excellent works. Compared with ordinary illustration, the black-and-white gray relationship of light and shadow illustration will be stronger, which is one of the reasons why light and shadow illustration will bring us stronger visual impact:

Therefore, to master the color matching, you need to learn to master the black-and-white gray relationship of the picture and open the gap between light and shade.

2. Color selection skills

In addition to the chaotic relationship between black and white and gray, the choice of color will also lead to the dirty color of the picture. Solution - increase the saturation of the dark color and fine tune the hue). The choice of hue can be based on the law that the bright side is cold and the dark part is warm, or the bright side is warm and the dark part is cold. At the same time, the influence of environmental color on objects can also be considered.

Use the sphere to explain and compare:

When we determine the color of the background color and draw the dark side, most students will directly choose a dark color based on the background color.

But the color of the dark part is ordinary, and even makes the dark side look a little dirty.

Turn it down slightly to increase the saturation of the dark color and compare the previous effect:

It's clean! But new problems have emerged. The contrast between black and white and gray is not as obvious as before. Hey? At this time, you can adjust the hue of the dark part to enrich the color and strengthen the contrast of black, white and gray.

Through this simple case, do you understand why the color looks a little dirty?

This rule can be found in the color comparison of the bright and dark surfaces of the ground on the left, and the color comparison of the bright and dark surfaces of the building on the right.

Therefore, the correct way to choose the color of the dark part is:

Absorb the background color;
Select a dark color based on the background color;
Fine tune the saturation of this color;
Adjust the hue (you can try more about how to match it better).

Try different hues for the background and dark parts. Here is also because there is no problem with the basic black-and-white gray, so we can try more hues of dark colors, or combine the contrast of cold and warm colors.

3. How to use high-grade ash without getting dirty

The third reason for dirty color: wrong use of advanced gray. To solve this problem, first check whether the black-and-white gray relationship of the picture is correct; Advanced gray is not a simple gray, but a color with color tendency and high brightness.

Here we can see how some excellent illustration works use advanced gray:

First, check the black-and-white gray relationship of the picture: