HOME | DD
darue — Blending via Sampling Tutorial
Published: 2010-02-06 19:09:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 19420; Favourites: 510; Downloads: 528
Redirect to original
Description
For 's mini-contest.To be clear, because I will likely be judging the contest, this entry is ineligible to win.
It is submitted to serve as an example of what we want in this contest. We seem to be getting a lot of irrelevant entries, and hopefully this will clear up any misconceptions; we want tutorials about paintings for this, not paintings.
Related content
Comments: 45
i use a technique this way very simlar,but i nerver know how to settup my brush, use mostly the smudge tool
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I don't really like using the smudge tool; it doesn't allow as much control as this technique does, and has a very distinctive effect that looks very "smudgy" and not very nice.
If it helps, here are my custom brushes: [link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
oh this was very helpful ^^ I was just wondering what kind of brush you used?? :S
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I used to topmost brush in this example: [link]
The other two are others that I use the technique with.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks I have always wanted to know how to blend in photoshop ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm a mouse user and I found this to be very helpful.
You explained this technique very simply. Before I was confused, but not anymore. Thanks for that.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I like how clean and simple the layout of this is. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I have a friend who tried this method and it wasn't working for her (she was trying to do skin tones with it).
May work for cloths, clouds and such, but I wouldn't recommend it for skin.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
O:
Actually it works exactly the same way for skin. At least, I can use it quite well. I've been experimenting with color techniques since I made my first tutorial, and this technique works for all types of shading if you get it down right O:
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Light strokes, meaning, you press down on the pen lightly.
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
press down the pen lightly?
what works for mouse user?
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
Actually there is a way, you can paint using a mouse and no, you don't need to use the pen tool for that. Now for a tablet you can set the opacity and flow to pen pressure, which would allow you to get lighter strokes when pressed lightly and vice versa. But for a mouse user, that won't work, so the only way to blend like this is by manually altering the opacity and flow and then doing the same thing as in the tutorial. Now ofcourse you won't get lines and stuff to taper, but you can blend and with practice you can even paint like this: [link]
I know, since I've been painting/colouring/drawing whatever..with a mouse for aages, until ofcourse I got my tablet earlier this year. But yeah, it is most certainly possible to paint, not connecting points or whatever, but really paint.
: )
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
There's no real way to "paint" for a mouse user.
It would be like trying to make a painting with only permanent markers.
Technically, you could hook up another pressure-sensitive input, like a midi pedal, and use that to control pressure, but it's usually more trouble than it's worth, especially when pen input is much more natural.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ah I see..
but somehow did it => [link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That's not so much painting as it is plotting points and applying brush effects.
If I had to guess, I would say she created the base colors and blocks with vector tools and used "stroke path" for the hair, then used a few very soft brushes to create the "shading". It doesn't quite have that "painted" feel, and does not use the technique that I used in the tutorial.
That's not to say you can't create art in this style, but it's not what I would consider digital "painting".
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thx 4 the explanations
how about this one -> [link]
guess I ll stick to my current style for now..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Aye, same thing.
The transitions in the color are extremely smooth, and there isn't any color blending (just opacity blending).
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
not much explanation... i'd really like to know more about the brush settings used - opacity & flow.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Simply set "pen pressure" as the control for each.
This means that you'll make it less opaque as your press harder.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ohh that will be helpful, now I just need to translate some terms in french for having a better understanding ^^
I have the CS3 version, does it will work in the same way if I follow your instruction?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
not sure i completely understand it at the moment, but i'll definitely have to try it out soon ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
and what about shift and control shortcut, on your wacom setup?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Well, I don't use shift or ctrl that often. When I do, I just reach over to my keyboard.
I find myself constantly needing to use the buttons that are on the hotkeys, so that's why I have them.
I also have 1 button on my pen as "right-click", and the other as "space" (for panning).
The touchstrip has "ctrl+d" (deselect) and "alt+ctrl+z" (multistep undo).
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
man i always wanted to know how to make clouds on photoshop and now i know. thanx homes.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is the method I use! 8D
I feel cool for using the same method as an awesome artist =v=
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Great way to blend, I use this same technique.
It's also handy to make a pallette, like corel painter has built in. make a new layer, blot in the colours you'll be using, blend them with this technique, and you can pick the colours and blends while painting, with the palette just a click away.
anyways, great tutorial!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Sweet! I used to use this technique a while back and had totally forgotten about it with all the new stuff I learned along the way! Great tutorial!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
ALWAYS wondered how to do this but could never find any help on this topic. Thank you so much, I can sleep at night now!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh, wow... All this time using Photoshop and I haven't even considered using this method...
>.>
*Takes tutorial and quietly leaves*
👍: 0 ⏩: 0