1. Draw the best composition and idea. Here is mainly a close-up of an old man's head. First draw the general structure and outline. Technically, create a new A4 file of DPI300 in PHOTOSHOP to ensure that the image is clear and then fill it with a neutral Use the Burn and Dodge tool to draw the outline as if it were a sketch.
2. Change to a thicker brush stroke and continue to deeply depict the dark parts. Pay attention to the overall feeling.
3. Continue to draw in depth without changing the tools. At this time, you should be able to see the overall effect. Here, I put a hat on him to draw the appearance of an old mage.
4. Use the dodge tool to bring out highlights to strengthen the facial structure of the character. Facial structures such as muscles must be accurate. Also, be sure to pay attention to the density of the beard. At this point, the basic shape of the image has come out. It should still be just a picture at this time. layer
5. Color the old man. Note that the old man’s skin color should change a little and the saturation.
Technical point: Many friends here will ask how to color such black and white images? Here we use a coloring method for black and white photos. We create a new layer in PHOTOSHOP and then change the blending mode of this layer to color. By coloring this layer, the color can be transmitted to the layer below. But be careful not to make the saturation too high.
6. Draw eyebrows and beard. This is this.
The difficulty of drawing an image is that you must refer to the real hair density relationship and use custom brush strokes to draw. Generally, the drawn hair is relatively solid, so you need to use PS's blur tool to perform appropriate blurring so that it will appear more realistic.
Technical points: Customize a custom brush with noise distribution and the brush options in PHOTOSHOP to draw beards and hair. This must be practiced repeatedly.
7. The entire image has basically completed the final and most detailed adjustments including color, virtual reality, etc. Generally speaking, adjustments take a relatively long time and must be repeated repeatedly to achieve better results.
Summarize
This image uses a relatively traditional and rigorous drawing method. First, the black and white structure and the relationship between light and dark are drawn, and then colored. Some PHOTOSHOP software techniques are used, but not many. Generally speaking, it depends on everyone's basic skills and expression ability.
