How to digitally draw/paint a realistic Dragon in Photoshop (Udemy.com)

(Creature Concept art and illustration)

Created by: Chris Scalf

Produced in 2018

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What you will learn

  • Students will understand the need for basic form underneath creature design, as well as learning how to do extremely detailed textures, as well as learn how it is affected by light and shadows.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

Learn my techniques for creating dragons digitally in photoshop by using real photos of an alligator. I begin by taking you though my process and inspiration on how (and why) I draw my dragons the way I do. (Inspirations from the past combined with modern studies of anatomy in dinosaurs and real animals.) The actual painting itself is a new frontier for me, as I challenge myself to go another level beyond the typical way that I have always illustrated dragons up until now. Not only do I explore intricate detail for both the creature and this surroundings, I also stumble a bit with a few things (such as the background) and show you how I recover from that.Who this course is for:
  • People who want to learn how to become stronger at creating creatures digitally for concept art, illustration, and even animation.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Chris Scalf is an illustrator specializing in digital art and animation. His primary focus is commercial art, creating everything from storyboards and animatics to final art and finished animation.

Over the years Chris has developed unique strategies and skills that have allowed him a nation-wide agency reputation for continuously delivering high volumes of exceptional art on tight deadlines, and doing it all on budget.

In addition, Chris is also recognized globally for his work in genre publishing (for example his work on Star Wars Comics and books.) He is also known for his original work and tutorials centered around fantasy, and photo realism art.

Chris started drawing as a young boy and was influenced by his love for the sci fi and fantasy genres. He never had any formal art training which allowed him to discover un-conventional routes giving us today's exceptional work. His first published art was with G-Fan magazine which lead to working with companies such as Dark Horse Comics and Maximum Press, and eventually publishing his own comics under the Realm Press banner. Those early experiences taught him how to face grueling deadlines and conditioned him to turn around high volumes of quality art in a short periods of time. In those days, it was all traditional art, and difficult to produce giving Chris the incentive to explore and embrace the developing digital world. Chris was then able to harness his newly developed talent into

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Reviews

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By Martin Bühler

Great course, always nice to see the in depth progress of creating such great artwork and the techniques used.

By Edwin Rosado

Very good so far only half way through picked up a lot of good tips.

By Julie Rohrdanz

Yes, this is a good match for me. Just like the instructor I'm looking to challenge myself. I find the instruction well paced and clear, inclusive of the points I need to reach my goals.

By Jhon Jairo Barinas

El curso es muy claro en los ejercicios, las técnicas aplicadas definitivamente son la muestra excelente del resultado y sencillas de seguir, pude reforzar mi conocimiento en el tema.

By Lester Fountain

Old school. what more needs to be said?

By Moon young Chung

He taught a lot of skills for Professional artists.

But I feel hard to see very small detail when he shrink down the brush. Also, I hope he makes more practice for beginners, too.

Thank you!

By Rafael Gerardo Magana

Well explained, I like that he touched upon what he was doing at a technical level with photoshop layers when he was moving parts by duplicating layers for liquifying and for moving a selected portion. If possible try to point out these technical aspects a little more as you are going through the artistic process. Thank you!

By Tammy Wilcox

There is no instruction ... just him talking what he draws and him drawing

By Gohan D

Brilliant and Outstanding course, not just for the hyper-realism painting of the dragon but also because the instructor is doing a lot of the painting in real-time, he is doing time-lapsed when necessary to make the student see the minor modifications and most of the time he is trying to use different method to make the students able to follow along where he is placing his brush strokes. I wish he makes more courses, it's been a while since he last uploaded a course. I wish the very best in you life journey and best of luck, thank you.

By Manuela Moessner

This is awesome!