Course Description
In this course you will learn how to digitally draw and paint a variety of fantasy art elements. You will learn how to create magical weapons, rock formations, power effects, foliage, and a fully detailed character step by step. You will be given all sorts of neat tricks and techniques to create this type of artwork while using the very powerful and affordable program Manga Studio 5 / Clip Studio Paint. This course starts with the basic elements and allows you to grow at your own pace until you are ready for the full character creation by the end.
You will also get all the art files and custom brushes to study along with. I am here if you have any questions or feedback for me! Thank you for visiting my course and good luck with your studies!
Basic Rock Formations
Learn to Digitally Paint rock formations by knowing how to control your edges and your lighting.
Draw and Paint Weapons
Learn to draw and paint imaginative weapons for your character concepts.
Fantasy Art Tree
Learn to paint foliage and textures using custom brushes supplied with this course
Introduction Video to this Course
This video will explain what you will learn by taking this course.
Landcape Painting
Learn the techniques you need in this course to create landscape paintings. In this section we focus on a layered approached to create the illusion of depth in the scene.
This is actually a very simple process that yields nice results very quickly!
Curriculum
- Blocking in the Silhouette of the Tree Design (13:17)
- Blocking in the Larger Shapes of Shadows (14:35)
- Start Adding in Form Working from Large to Small (25:30)
- Using Quick Mask to Adjust the Artwork (15:52)
- Drawing in Smaller Details with the Pencil Tool and Blending (19:54)
- How to Create and Use a Grass Texture Brush (15:43)
- Adding in Texture and Contrast to Our Painting (9:10)
- Refining Our Light Source Details (11:06)
- Adding in More Details to the Work (11:31)
- Changing the Face to Our Fantasy Art Tree (18:26)
- Finalizing Our Painting and Adding Some Last Minute Details (15:56)
- The Rough Sketch (6:46)
- Adding Details to Our Character Sketch (11:22)
- Cleaning up the Line Work (12:04)
- Creating Our Silhouette Selection (17:13)
- Flatting in the Colors Part 1 (14:39)
- Flatting in the Colors Part 2 (16:39)
- Painting in the Broad Strokes (15:10)
- Painting the Leather Areas (13:42)
- Painting the Shield (7:41)
- Adding Shadows and Highlights to the Muscles (12:34)
- Painting in Hard Edge Shadows (9:54)
- Detailing the Fur Areas (17:39)
- Cleaning up the Edges (18:22)
- Detailing the Axe (17:38)
- Detailing the Hand and Wrist Armor (17:02)
- Painting the Leg Armor (17:32)
- Refining the Edges (8:54)
- Painting Imperfections in the Skin (19:23)
- The Final Touches (15:02)