T U T O R I A L S

"Cave" Painting Demo A photoshop painting demo from February 2007.

Basic CG Painting Tutorial A step-by-step process of an old painting.

Painting Tutorial 2 My second attempt at writing a tutorial. Mostly embarrasing and confusing, at least to me.

Painting Light and Shadow Despite its pretentious title, this is actually a rather straight-forward approach to use Photoshop layers for painting shadows.

Time-compressed painting demo This ancient animation shows a bit of my approach to painting. You can either right-click and select "Save as..." or left-click and hope for the best (should open a new browser window with an embedded player). Requires Quicktime.

 

A R T I C L E S

Artist Theory: Mark Making Another article I wrote for the ImagineFX digial art magazine, where I talk about the man-made mark and why it's good for you.

Artist Theory: Lost Edges A brief look at lost edges and about unifying shapes in painting.

Artist Theory: Colour My article on color theory published by the CG art magaznie ImagineFX.

Corben and Me (nudity, 18+) Art studies gone wrong. It's not really a tutorial, but it describes some neat tricks before it completely derails and turns into a waking nightmare. Recommended for immature readers.

 

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Copyright © 2008 Mattias Snygg.