Alien Caterpillar Dude Painting

In this session, we were taught a digital painting technique that focuses on time saving. It is achieved by using three different Photoshop layers and utilizing the layer blending options.

The line-work for the character was given to us. We used Levels Image Adjustment in order to clean up the sketch.

Using a colour pallette that was given to us, we filled in a base layer of colour over the line drawing. We used flat, un-shaded colour, and then set the layer to 'multiply', so that the line-work could be seen underneath.

We then added simple shadows using 50% grey, again using a multiply layer.

We could then use the image we had created so far as a base, and essentially using it as a colour palette for more detailed painting. This technique cuts out a lot of time that would ordinarily be spent trying to achieve the correct values.

This was my final result. As with my old lady painting, I set brush opacity and flow to pen pressure, and by holding 'Alt' to select the colour picker, I had an effective method of blending different tones.