what is this method??

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I was interested in Painter after I had looked some pictures in a cool style. These are both of them.

http://www.zidean.com/zv4_15/dryad_8082.jpg
http://www.zidean.com/zv4_13/tonngokhong_7856.jpg

I look at their comments and I knew authors used Painter to paint. I'm really interested in these styles. You all are Painter users so can you tell me what method which they used to paint these pictures. If you have tutorials for some style like these. Please share to me. Actually, I aksed some of my friends and they told me these are Oil style but they are not sure so I need your help.

I'm sorry about their comments are in VietNamese.

Giap.

Have you been to the Corel Painter web site?

Check out their Gallery for some examples of what can be done with Painter:

http://apps.corel.com/painterix/masters/gallery.html

Also download the Painter demo and try it out.

Another place to look at Painter examples is here in the 2D gallery. Each painting tells what software was used.

Cheers

[Terro]

I personally believe that you can achieve the same effects with Photoshop or Painter. But , Painter is designed strictly for digital painting and it is also designed with the artist in mind. So if you are coming out of a traditional (Canvas and Paintbrush) environment, it is really easy to convert to Painter. With painter you can basically use all normal traditional painting tutorials and they will work for you since the brushes are mimicked almost to a T. Look into regular oil or acrylic painting tutorials, it is very easy to follow them in painter.

Hope this helps.

[Giap]

I'm a anime-manga style artist and I just use pencil for sketch and then scan it into PC and add color by using Photoshop. I've had a wacom tablet intous3 so I wanna try some of those styles and find out what I'm good at. As I know, with painter we can pretend painting in traditional style. Like we can change the paper, brush..etc. Actually, I wanted to know the process how to paint. For example, which tool we use for sketch, then which brush we should use for making effects. As I mentioned above, those pictures are awesome but I don't know what process they did. I wanna learn one step at the time. So if you all know some DVD or book about digital painting. Please give me some more advices.

@terro: I tried in photoshop and I really don't know how I can approach their effects. Ok, this is my first digital painting picture and I have been using Photoshop. It may look good but I feel it not real. I don't know the process, just do as I feel :|

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/sil_tctb/tutorial/08.jpg

And this is my process: http://www.venonet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=123837
Sorry again because I wrote in VNese.

[crazytalk]

I would suggest Ryan Church's new DVD "Introduction to Corel Painter" http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/rch06.html I picked it up and it is a good DVD. If you are a beginner to Painter this is a good place to start. Unfortunately he blazes over the interface and setup to get right to painting so if you are not used to Painter I would suggest Lynda.com's Getting Started with Corel Painter XI http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=124 these two I think compliment each other well with Lynda.com'd video going over the interface well and Ryan Church's going over beginning painting well. As to knowing the process to painting with Painter, you can find some good tutorials all over the place but as to a step by step for a style, those are hard, because Painter simulated the RL painting process there isnt just one way to make it happen and it is all about practice, it is hard to force a style if it isn't natural to you. Your hand draws the way it draws.

[Terro]

Hi Giap, that face is not bad at all man, good work.

As for videos, I would also suggest the Ryan Church videos. Im not sure if your familiar with Ryans work, but he was a part of the concept team behind Star Wars 3. He's an excelent artist. So chec out the links tha crazytalk gave you, they are great. I own 2 Ryan Church DVD'd and love them both. I still didn't pick up the "Intro to Painter" one because it literaly was just released earlier this month.

Ps: I used Photoshop for a few good years and never felt comfortable with it , I purchased Painter IX over 6 months ago and keep constantly learning new techniques and approaches as well as noticing an improvement in my art.

[Giap]

@crazytalk: I have just checked those links and I would like to say this, Ryan Church DVD is awesome. I mean, I've just watched the example but I really like this. I will buy it anyway. Also, I appreciate what you wrote. Practicing is the best way to approach those styles.

@terro: you are right. In Photoshop, it is difficult to rotate picture. I feel uncomfortable when I have to fix my errors by rotate 90 degree or 180 degree :| When I was watching Ryan Church example tutorial, I saw him rotated the picture easily :D It's so cooooool

[Terro]

Ohh, almost forgot. Make sure to also check out the Feng Zhu DvD's. He's one of my favorite artists. He also uses Painter/Photoshop a lot.

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