peso baby dora tutorial[1]

7/30/2019 Peso Baby Dora Tutorial[1]

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"BABY DORA" Walkthrough.

Sketchbook Pro on iPad

With this walkthrough I want to share the steps I followed to finish this piece as well as my"tricks and tips" used on it.


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I don't use to sketch in the first steps, I prefer to work "alla prima" to set the colors andshapes composition from the very beginning. But in this case, I just had fun with theamazing Sketchbook's fine art pencils (downloadable for free in app) and startedsketching in blue. Then, add a new layer and make a second sketch. I use the 9B withsmall size, black color and about 30% opacity. This gives me a nice pencil look, withstrokes from grey to completely black.

Then, I add a grey background and startplacing the white areas, since it will bevery important in the look of this painting.I must say that I don't use 100% white inmy paintings, but this one is an

exception, since I want to represent that"clean and pure" look a puppy has.It's very useful in this stage to squintyour eyes so you can "compare theamount of white" in different areas(which is basically working the painting'svalues and, the squint thing will help toavoid color and focus just in values)


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Then, I drop very roughly every single hueI see, trying to build my color palette in-

painting, so the only thing I need to dolater is use the color picker (instead ofbrowsing the color wheel... Well, at leastthat's the idea :P) As you can see, I onlypaint, rough zones, forgetting thedetails, cause I just want to have a nicebase to work with.

You can see there's a lot of differencebetween the three steps above and the

last one. I just redefined the kittysilhouette AND, the most important:added shadows, so now the kitty is"placed" instead of floating.


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For the fur, basically I start by selectingthe existing colors and make strokes withthis brush (see image) trying to respectthe original fur direction. Also play with theopacity and size to obtain a more or lessdense style. Many people use to paintanimals with strong color shapes, givingthem a "cowish" look. To avoid this when

painting fur, try to go a bit further with a

color into the other one and then, selectthis last and do the same to the first. Thiswill add a more realistic mixed (fur) colorlook.


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What makes Sketchbook so versatil is the chance tocustomize your brushes to achieve many different textures.As an example, we have this wool thread here.I just made a main stroke, then add shadows and addedsome extra strokes with the pencil. Where is this wool-

thread brush? The 9th brush, which is very useful for painting hair, couldgive me the effect I wanted just by tweaking a bit its sliders.Originally this brush add some extra lines to your stroke, so,what if we set its angle to 45 degrees? It will add a niceeffect, but still not what we want. You'll need to play with thespace to make it more believable.

But we need to do a couple more things with

this thread to help the realistic look. Turning on the "block transparent pixels" box,will allows us to paint only on the thread, so ifwe pick the pink and, using the color wheelslider:-set it a bit darker-a bit more saturated-add a bit of purple

Doing this, we can add believable shadowpart with the fine art pencil, as well as addingstrokes in the areas where the thread is more

evident.


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Thanks for reading and I hope it was helpful!Luis Peso.

Final touches.It's easier to add texture once the overall color is stablished. As you can see in thepics below, it's posible to get so different fabric textures just by playing with thesliders. Believe me, all this custom brushes thing will come by itself when needed.The best way to learn how to use them is having the need of using them, in otherwords: painting (and having fun in the process ;) ).

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