Tutorials and Handpainting Processes (updating)
Star Guardian Rakan

Star Guardian Rakan

Blair Armitage and i talk character art with Gnomon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-S-wUOm1PI

my ArtStation Learning tutorials on here, they're from 2019, so they're a bit old  https://www.artstation.com/ybourykina/learning

my ArtStation Learning tutorials on here, they're from 2019, so they're a bit old https://www.artstation.com/ybourykina/learning

Gradient maps are not plug and play, sometimes they are when you have a good range in values, but often times you need to adjust things to make sure you place the right color into the right value

Gradient maps are not plug and play, sometimes they are when you have a good range in values, but often times you need to adjust things to make sure you place the right color into the right value

i use Proof Colors to check the values that i painted vs the values that are appearing from my gradients
you can see whenever the sliders are spread evenly, the gradient is not working with the values that i painted because they're mostly on 1 side

i use Proof Colors to check the values that i painted vs the values that are appearing from my gradients
you can see whenever the sliders are spread evenly, the gradient is not working with the values that i painted because they're mostly on 1 side

Blending Options (didn't use this for her, just wanted to show)
use "Alt" to break the sliders to smooth the blending, great way to add more color
working on a Hue/Sat layer, at the end just adjusting the sliders on it

Blending Options (didn't use this for her, just wanted to show)
use "Alt" to break the sliders to smooth the blending, great way to add more color
working on a Hue/Sat layer, at the end just adjusting the sliders on it

Median Filter, it helps & blends the surrounding pixels based on brightness
helps & cleans up some of the edges around the masks & harmonizes my colors when i get a bit over detailed & too contrasted

Median Filter, it helps & blends the surrounding pixels based on brightness
helps & cleans up some of the edges around the masks & harmonizes my colors when i get a bit over detailed & too contrasted

i recorded my process, this is 8 hours condensed into 30 minutes (you can slow it down to see it better)!
still super WIP! started with an AO bake & flat colors!
textures: 3dcoat and photoshop

Tutorials and Handpainting Processes (updating)

hello! i made a blog that i used to update, but it's gotten very buried, so i'm just going to make a post here on the front :)
i'll be updating this as i go!
(i have not published the newest ones up top as projects yet)

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