The best of...

Tutorials!? So yeah, I thought it might be a good idea to list some tutorials that I've found helpful and why, and how I have incorporated the techniques into my own work. So the next few posts are going to contain a tutorial that I have found and my opinions on it, how it worked, and if I changed anything when applying them to my own work.

First up, I've got to say the tutorial that has changed my work the most is probably the most simple of them all. Adonihs's Grain Tutorial is very simple, but the effects on your work are fantastic.



The image on the left is without the grain, and the image on the right has the grain. I think the difference is very clear, with the grain taking away the synthetic smoothness of digital painting, and helping to create a really fantastic realistic effect.

After I had applied the grain technique to the portrait above, I really felt that the piece worked better as a whole and I found myself much more enthusiastic to work on it. I know apply this technique to all of my work to varying degrees.