MarkHirst opened this issue on Jun 04, 2009 ยท 37 posts
MarkHirst posted Thu, 04 June 2009 at 8:11 AM
When it comes down to it, most renders look, well... rendered.
There are millions of tutorials on using filters and actions, that will create a certain painted look, but it seems that the truly painted look only comes from the real thing.
I bought the QuantumScapes and QuantumDreams books of Stephan Martiniere's work recently, and yesterday got Exodyssey, artwork from Steambot Studios.
The Exodyssey book features many pieces described as 'overpainted on 3D', and I'm wondering if this offers a shortcut to getting a painted look.
Since I cannot paint or draw much in the real world, is there a good way to get started with overpainting that will skip the "drawn by a five year old" phase that would otherwise afflict my work.
I have a small WACOM tablet and Photoshop CS2.