How to Paint Skin Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- In this tutorial I show you how to paint skin digitally and I also give some tips on using color and basic anatomy. Painting skin is something we all had difficulties with at one point but with the right technique it doesn't have to be. By knowing some basic color theory you can easily paint good looking skin that pops and looks believable.
I hope you'll find this tutorial helpful! :)
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What's the hardest part for you to draw? I think feet are really tricky 😋
ericanthonyj Hands are pretty tricky too
And haaands x.o but what i hate most even i do a decent job...is hair
Hair 💔
Finally one of my main issues is painting skin.
arms hav been giving me the most trouble
The pain when you realize that you forget to switch layers and painted everyting in a single layer.
Have a tip for you: duplicate the layer, and erase the part you want on one layer, and erase the other part on the other layer. You will have one layer with what you want to warp, and one layer with what you want to keep.
Same
Just lock the layer when u r done with it
ngl when i do that i really just give up and just trash it-
traditional artists: am i a joke to u?
“This is so good, it can’t get better than this”
**adds another layer**
“Wtf it’s better”
EVERYTIME
speaking on behalf of all artists:
HANDS
@@ratsmeat i highly disagree
@@Lindorbuxian eh i can get all the anatomy right, but never the hands, because the hands and feet have their own anatomy to be studied, so i guess it depends on what you focus on.
@@Snatxi Break it down into shapes. I'm a big fan of bridgeman and the loomis method.
I've been drawing for 10 years and somehow am still a beginner when it comes to coloring haha
Me too
you don’t need to talk about me like that
F
(raises hand) after 15 years, same XD
Same
" don't select the skin tone and make it darker "
Me : my man why you're going to expose me like that 😂
( I'm a beginner )
Tae hyung Kim
Because he’s evilllll I do it to ;_;
I cringed. Hahaha. I just did that an hour ago. Hated the result at least.
KINGWOLF r/woosh
KINGWOLF lololol ok boomer (jk pls don't kill me 🤣)
And i thought it was pretty nice for me😂
You've deleted things before....DON'T DELETE THIS ONE. It's very helpful. lol
dominique eure I'll leave it up just for you 😉 haha
@@ericanthonyj for me too, and everyone else who watch this because this.is.AMAZING :3
Aww, don't delete your hard work! It's so sweet of Dominique to defend it, too!
@@crunchynut0007 1 year later* EricanthonyJ deletes vid
EricAnthonyJ and me ^-^
this is the next tutorial i'm following
Oh my gosh it's youuu
Hi! Sorry i dont know who you are sorry-
@@ninimomworld5575 I saw this in my notifications and I thought my broke ass had asked a stranger on the internet to sell me their drawing tablet I-
Yoooooo
omggg can't believe i found you here haha after watching your shane dawson & jefree star's video
The biggest problem with skin shading tutorials is that they teach you theory but never practice. No one teaches which brush to use, what's the opacity setting, how to avoid layering shadows with multiple strokes etc. I learned theory so many times i can give a shading lesson, but i still cant do it myself.
to be fair this depends on the medium you're using. depends on the software (what brushes you have, what blending tools you have). as for the multiple strokes thing, one way i avoid this (in Medibang) is to draw with the (watercolor) brush at 100% opacity, and then to reduce the layer opacity until it 'looks good'.
@@ankah_yt spilled the truth🙂
I agree with you...
This is soooooooo true!!!!!
I hear what everyone who replied is saying, in that it's because it depends
But it would still be so helpful to know anyway. That would be a great start!
Then understanding color theory will allow you to improve.
I recommend Mmmmonexx beginner digital coloring tutorial
Even in his non digital tutorials, he's really good at explaining coloring, strokes, opacity, etc
Of course there's so many great artists offering to teach their skills on YT and it's really helpful, but for some like me, I need specific demonstrations to get better.
So I understand from everyone's pov
Warm light source - - cold shadows and viceversa
Neutral base color
Basic shading
Basic lightning
Redish/orangish hues due to blood and loghtbing
Contrast and depth
Detailed and minucious shading
Small details and highlights
Thanks for this. Now I can just put the guide next to my painting 👌🏻
thank you💙
Thaaaankss
why you saysint thanks like i dont get the joke
loghtbing isnt a word anyways
*me thinking my art looks really great
*starts staring at my art until I hate it
LMAOOO, Thats me every frigging time
Same here
Yup!!
I do that too, so I don't ever wanna look at my art ;-;
Fellow ml player
Could you do one on dark skin? Dark skin is something that's harder to find on RUclips. It's hard to me to paint a character with a darker skin tone.
Would love to watch a tutorial on dark skins too !
Yes! I can definitely do a tutorial on how to paint dark skinned people. Thx for the suggestion :)
Just use brown
LKU Legandary Kreative Universe thank you so much for asking this!
@@thesilentkitten you're welcome. When coloring a character a darker tone I myself don't understand it. It's really not any tutorials that will go into deep details and break it down.
You: "so this looks pretty..."
Me: good
You: "terrible"
KayGee What?
69 likes, nice
5:46 😅
It didn’t look that great.
KayGee that’s for his standards and his work
For people interested, the warm colours effects on the skin is called Sub Surface Scattering
Thank you 😊
SSS for us , Sir x)
"I did some basic shading to the hair"
makes beautiful hair i would wish to make as a final product
Life story bro
You are probably the person that made the best skin shading tutorial.
😮 Thanks so much!!!
ericanthonyj No, really! Its the first time I heard about cold and warm colors’ contrast, plus, this kind of shading looks complex outside, but it actually is really easy! Thank you so much for the tutorial!
@@yuhaino true
"Most of the beginners will take the basic color and just make it dark for the shadows..."
*omg how did u know*
Edited: well whatever this helped me in choosing colors, thanks
I felt so attacked when he said that
@@infamousheadshaker3600 I felt guilty lol
Cuz he was doing it to when he was like us Xd
"underneath our skin there is blood, bones, veins etc.."
Me: **HAVING A PANIC ATTACK FOR SOME REASON**
same idk why 😂
Same, I felt really uncomfortable
AYO WHY WE LEARNING BIOLOGY AYO
Under this mask there is an idea...
Wait, wrong speech.
i hope you take meds/get therapy for that anxiety
Definitely help me understand the warm and cold light and shadow part :) I was a bit confused on t but nice to know I wasnt too far off
I overlooked and ignored color for a long time but it really is important :) Glad it helped!
yeah... this is so understandable. i love this keep it up man
Yeah man
You're in Thailand man. Stop watching silly videos online! Haha
wait Ahmed is in my homeland?
Kuush kihng VEVO On my way to Chiang Mai :p
AHMED I MISS YOU:'(
Me: Wow looks pretty good already
Him: Looks pretty terrible right now
Me: Yes
That part about how to avoid 'muddy' colors was brilliant. What I was looking for. Thank you!
This was great. Watching people make great images is good. But when you break it down, the basics of color, and how to apply them, then build on them is immensely useful. Your tutorial gave enough information, without leaving me limited to doing things your way. There is still enough room for me to find my voice, an still be rooted in the basic fundamentals.
Thank you.
Awesome! Couldn't really ask for more. Thanks for watching and for your comment 🙂
You're a good teacher. You went over the layers one at a time and explained it with great care and aren't condescending at all. Thank you very much!
That closing dude. "I love you with all my fart and soul." You get my like for that.
This was extremely helpful in understanding how to paint through a process, you should definitely make more tutorials!
Thx for the nice feedback. Really encourages me to keep creating new content :)
*adds in first layer of shading *
Me: wow that looks pretty nice already
Eric: it looks pretty terrible I would say
Me: oh...I’m just going to burn all my digital portraits.
Lol jk bro. I love the tutorial. May I also make a request for a tutorial video? I wanted to ask for like a beginner artist starter pack. Foundations an artist should build in order to become quick and efficient in completing pieces in the futures. Thank you!
Haha well.. It did look really bad at that point 😅
And thx for the suggestions, I've put them on my list of to-do-videos!
I second this!
Hahahahaha, I thought the same thing!
Meeee
I'm glad I was not alone to think that the shading really looked nice from the first step! when hearing Eric saying that it looks terrible made me feel so bad about my paintings xD
I can't agree more with taking small steps and not rushing to the end. Rushing through and wanting to se the big picture right away is what actually has held me for the longest. Thank you very much for your detailed techniques and suggestions. Be blessed.
This is super helpful. Skin has always intimidated me when it comes to drawing people. I'm gonna have to try this.
15:46
"And I love you.. with all my fart and soul"
hahaha true
"pizza"
I heard that too XD I wonder if it was purposeful..
Why can't I hear it as heart lol 😂😂😂 😂
I literally was drawing and watching at the same time, and at the end I just
"And I love you with all my fart and soul"
"Wait did he just say what I think he did? Did he really just say--"
I don't even own a digital tablet and have never painted digitaly, yet I still found this video extremely helpful. Thank you!
Haha that's funny! Thanks so much! Super happy you liked it anyways 💛
Honestly there's a lot of talented people on youtube for drawing but you are by far the best teacher. You just explain everything so well it's astonishing. Keep up the good work!!
I just started digital painting today because today I got my first drawing tablet. Obviously I've watched a lot of videos over the past hours. You're the first one with a totally different approach, an approach that's way easier to pick up for beginners. At least for me. Honestly, your videos, especially this one, were the first that gave me the "yeah, I can do that' feeling.
Thank you a thousand times.
This is one of the best tutorials for painting skin I have seen so far! Everything is explained step by step as it should be!
Stagh Thx a lot! Really made my day 😁🎉
Good work has to be appreciated, especially when it helps other people!
Thank you so much for this! Super helpful! I always tend to rush and get impatient during my pieces. Being told to take it slow and really assess what's going on is an awesome tip!
the best explanation of basic colours and shading along with simple skin colouring, love it
As a self taught digital artist who only draws as a hobby, I had no idea about the whole colour spectrum thing with cool and warm tones being used to shade, thank you so, so much!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I've been trying to create more painterly pieces and I think this is one of those key things I forgot/ never had the depth of this technique explained to me. Seeing the break down of each layer really helped! Thank you so much for sharing!
Welcome! It always helps to see how things are broken down and how another artist works. Super happy that you liked the video 💛😃
Him: don't get stuck on a painting for too long
Me: Leave most of my works in process
Good video! This will help me a lot for my journey. More love
I love how he's so precise with every logic.. i mean everything makes sense. you can easily understand cuz of the way he explains the logic of how to color properly
I knew all of this for the past 2 years, but now i'm trying to do digital art again this has taught me more and why my picture isn't going in the direction i want it to especially with the warm light to cold shadows and vice versa. Thank you so much!
This was such a great skin tutorial! I've watched a lot of them, and this is one of the best. You are very good at explaining the steps without being too vague or too detailed about them. Thank you so much and I hope you will do a lot more of these kinds of tutorials in the future! :)
Thanks so much! This was my first try at doing a tutorial so I was a bit skeptical. I'm really happy you liked it :D More coming soon 💛
Very helpful, I was never taught about using different hues to bring more life into the image, only value
I can't believe this was your first tutorial! It was amazing! You already taught me more than a course I paid for that spends hours on painting. I'm very impressed. Thank you so much for this!
I love how everything you say sounds so real and useful I'm struggling with digital art, but I'll keepexercising
I am so happy that you started making tutorials. I love your art and your channel, keep up the good work!
Thanksss! I wasn't sure if anybody cared about my tutorials. Glad you like them! 💛
Currently on lockdown in the UK, decided to break out the dusty bamboo and give digi painting another try, where was this video 5 years ago man
I'm really happy I found your channel - I just got into digital painting and i've been struggling more than I expected, but your videos really help me understand the process and the mechanics behind the art. Thank you :)
i've watched lots of videos about skin painting..and that one is the best of all!! very simple and summarizing
Thank you for this. As someone who has started recently down the path of learning digital art this was very useful. Your teaching style was very clear.
Thanks a lot! Much success :D
Dear Eric, thanks for this helpful tutorial. Actually we would appreciate if you can help us to understand the brush techniques. What kind of brushes we should use for skin painting. Thanks
This was like the best and most helpful art tutorial I've ever seen, it's these sort of basics that artists don't really know how to explain, but you did it phenomenally! Thank you and your art style is so pretty!!!!
I’ve just started digital painting... and as soon as I’ve purchased the program I was like.... I‘m out and then you come by showing me this masterpiece explanation.
It motivated me not give up (yet ;)), thanks a lot!
Final TOuches
Oh gee, what a great layer name
Redkit Bellson the TOuches make all the difference 😋
+ericanthonyj OoOf very TRue
I really wish RUclips had a heart button! You've been helping my art so much!! Thanks so much for these tutorials!!
Dude...I’ve seen artists use warm or cool shadows but they never explain why! It was one sentences, and now I got it. Thanks🙏
i'm not even kidding when i say this tutorial alone took my art to a whole new level. a hundred times thank you!!!
Your way of teaching is Nice and clear. I like you also to teach how the shading of folds on clothes.
You are on a roll this week, Very much appreicated!
Hey Keke! Haha never uploaded this often before. A personal record, woot woot!
Please NEVER delete this. This was insainly helpful thank you!!!!💗
Thanks so much for this post. I learned more while watching you than 6 months of online courses. You have a nice way of explaining concepts that is both simple yet informative. You've gained yourself a new subscriber :)
Loved this. Thank you so much. I'd love to see more tutorials from you in the future, they're definitely very helpful.
Awesome to hear :D I will definitely create some more soon 💛
Honestly this video came at the right time because i have been struggling with painting skin for a while now so this really helped me a lot, thank you. XD
ZAS ? Awesome! Super happy that it helped!
As someone coming into Digital Painting that already understands Photoshop intimately, I found this exceptionally helpful. Thanks.
Thank you!! Totally new to digital art, plus I love painting faces traditionally but even then had trouble understanding how to apply color to a face. Your explanation was down to earth and understandable. So grateful for you sharing your knowledge!!
your painting style is so nice and soft, its really inviting!! thanks for the video :D
kiradotexe thx so much for the feedback, it means a lot 💛
I wish you went into depth as to how you shaded,it would’ve been a whole lot more helpful then just undoing layers and explaining what we are looking at,that’s just me maybe. Nonetheless,still informative
You might have missed it;
4:20 - 5:30 (basic color palette technique),
7:51-9:13 (he says "study color", but means "study lighting and color")
12:56 -13:32 (details and highlights)
and 14:26 - 15:23 (Most important part!)
hey i just wanted to say that i just started digital painting about a week ago and i very basic knowledge of it being i can draw and can understand some of the point of view aspects and such but anyway ive been trying to find videos online to help point me in the right direction for colors,lighting and shadows ect. after watching about 45 videos yours has by far helped me the most and the way you explain things was very helpful .just wanted to say thanks and very good job my friend
Your videos are really so helpful to me. The motivating tone and helpful way you explain your process is seriously making me a better artist. I cannot thank you enough.
I love this painting
Thanks! Hope it helps!
This was so helpful like omg I am so inspired to try all these things!! Thank you so much for creating this tutorial!!
Emu The Artist thank you even more for watching 💛😊
I’ve never found a tutorial on painting that’s been this good, you are a natural
This is such a good tutorial!
No matter what your media or painting style is, you get some information from this video to help you
When you accidentally flipped your canvass and you see one eye feels like moved on the forehead.
Thank you! This was super easy to understand and you got straight to the point. It has helped me a lot!
Awesome! Glad it helped 💛
You did a fantastic job of explaining how to use the darks and lights and what they do to the painting. Good work!
Thank you so much for posting tutorials. Since I started watching them my art has started to get so much better. I wish I knew basic things like this sooner 💜
This video was so helpful! Thank you so much!!
Awesome and Welcome :) Thanks for watching!
am i tripping or he said "and i love you, with all my fart and soul" at the end
now i can't unhear it thanks
@@veryfinalgirl he actually says that tho
It sounds like that because ,and it's obvious, he has an accent.
thankyou so much for this i’ve been looking for weeks for a good understandable tutorial and the way u teach makes so much sense to me i’m grateful! ❤
I'm not an artsy person but I like playing around with digital art and watching talented people!
Thanks for this I’m starting to get into digital drawing but have no clue what I’m doing lol
Thank you for this tutorial! My comfort zone is Anime-style drawings, but I want to get back into realism.
I work two jobs, so for me quantity can be difficult because of my time. I really want to produce more art. I do what I can though! :')
I suggest do as much as your time and schedule allows. Don't stress yourself because that'll just make it harder. Remember to have fun and just give your best :)
Thanks for this ! The warm and cool theory makes it so much easier for skin tones !
The level of attention to detail is so satisfying to my virgo soul
This was extremely helpful.. you couldn’t have done a better job to be honest
Thanks so much! Still learning this whole video-recording thing :)
Can’t wait until the next one, I created some art today after watching this video
Ty so much this really helps good job
Thanks a lot, appreciate it :)
Holy heck this video really opened my eyes, and my newest artwork finally isn't looking as dull as my art usually does thanks to your tips
Just found this tutorial and its genuinely one of the best ones I have seen so far :3
that was so helpful 👌❤
That's awesome! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Welcome! 💛
This is by far the best tutorial I could get for my level of experience. Thank you!
thank you so much for this tutorial i keep rewinding and rewinding backwards to understand more and more and i learned many new things from this tutorial it helped me alot with my digital art and thank you for this video
Full of really useful informations, thank you very much !
Glad it helped! Now get to painting! haha :P
You damn right ahha, let's get good :D
Wow you did it. Thank you. Was super helpful, will try a version and try posting in my channel. Great Content you have.
Thxxx :D
this is more a promotion/a step by step process of your art than a well explained guide on how to shade skin.
It’s beyond perfect. How you explain every step
Although it’s a tutorial, this video is kind of a mood
11:13 that's why my eyes never look right when I shade them. Thank you! I'll never forget to look for. the drop shadow in the eyes now.
This is the best and most understandable tutorial I've seen so far, especially the warm & cold colors thingy. Thanks!
Excellent. Clear and concise tutorial.