A great tutorial of Zhang Ziyi by 9095 on Deviant Art. Big thanks to her for sharing it with us.

Here you will get a good idea of how to paint a female figure from reference in Photoshop. This tutorial can be applied to most other programs that support pen pressure.

The author does a very good job of describing how they create this image, and you will get a good idea on how to use blending effectively to create believable form. If you like this tutorial do the artist a favour and favourite it here: Original DA Submission.

9095 is a part of our community, so join in if you want to ask her any questions and get some more advice!

What people tend to forget is that most of us can only recall about 20% of what we learn passively. What do we learn passively? Well pretty much everything, from trying to study to trying to analyze data at work. How does this relate to tutorials? By the time you are done watching or reading a tutorial, you are only 100% ready to do step one, and that probably doesn’t help most of us as step one is usually opening a new document.

Not very effective is it? I certainly think so. Here are three ways you can maximize the amount you get out of tutorials.

Another one of Chen’s characters. Here he designs pseudo concept art for a bulkier individual. As usual this is for you to see the way he works and what steps he takes to complete a piece. This is not meant to be an illustration tutorial, rather a concept art tutorial because the character is rough and conveys only the important aspects instead of a fancy rendering. This is a good process to work through when you have to get a set of characters completed by a deadline. As it allows you to develop a routine when working with them.

We are always looking for further tutorial suggestions, so feel free to register and leave a comment. Lightwyrm will soon launch user portfolios, groups and much more, join in and claim the first spots!

Here is another step by step walk-through tutorial by Chen, here he creates an illustration of an underwater creature. As always this is intended to help you visualize the process that he takes when creating a piece of art. Notice that he creates numerous sketch versions of the creature before starting his render, and even when he has the final sketch he still redraws it one more time editing the pose to fit the theme. Yes for most of us thats basic practice, but it is important to remember that you should never settle until you truly like one of your sketches.

We hope that you enjoy this tutorial, if you have any questions just leave a comment.

Here are some process steps for another one of Chen’s paintings. Here you can see what steps he has taken to creating a unique creature. How can you use this tutorial? I would recommend looking over the steps he took and using them as a process for your next image. Also take a look at the final result and try to think of a variation of this creature maybe the next step in its mutation or evolution. Paint that in a simmilar style and setting.

This image was done completley in Corel Painter, but this process is application independent.

First of all I’d like to explain how you can use this tutorial. Either you’re going to read through this, if you’re like me probably crash through it, and garnish what you want from it. That’s cool and I hope you get something from it. The other approach to this tutorial could be that you treat it as an assignment. So for those who would like to take up the assignment challenge I’ll give you an assignment brief in this tutorial and you can follow the tutorial through the different stages and at the end of the tutorial post your work on the Lightwyrm community board for constructive crit from the good people who run the site, myself and of course other people that want to contribute to the process.

Another Rogue concept art piece by Chen,this one with some more unique design elements and clothing style. Chen uses a very simmilar technique as to what he did with his last image. As you can see getting into a routine like this can speed up your work flow and the design process. Just as a note this digital painting was done in Corel Painter, but you should not have trouble duplicating the results in photoshop.

Hopefuly you will find this interesting, inspiring and helpful!

Our native Mythril Golem here decided to go on a character concept spree. These short concept steps are meant as food for thought and inspiration. As you will notice the next ‘tutorials‘ in this series will follow a very simmilar path, but with very different outcomes.

Hopefuly you will find this interesting, inspiring and helpful!

The first tutorial of the ‘new Lightwyrm’. Thank you for being patient while we tinkered with the site. A lot has changed but we think it is for the better. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to post them on the forum, or send BorisKourt a private message. Anyway on to the tutorial!

Here David Tran gives you a quick step-by-step of how to rapidly design a humanoid head concept. He uses basic Photoshop techniques and doesn’t waste a single stroke.
When making quick rough sketches like this keep in mind, that you should not get bogged down on building a shape from the ground up with thousands of ’sculpting’ strokes. But rather think ahead and try to make each stroke count. If you have questions about this tutorial, ask them on our forum or in the comments below.

This tutorial was created by ParcelSisters [DA:[link]] Don’t forget to say thanks!
The tutorial demonstrates how to create an interesting creature design in Corel Painter. And will help you establish colour, lighting and texture effects.