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Master digital painting with these in-depth tutorials. Whether you're using Photoshop, Procreate, or other software, you'll find tips and tricks to help you.
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  1. Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Course • Advanced

    In this course, digital artist Brian Lee will walk you through his process of designing a fantasy scene of giants walking the earth. With Adobe Photoshop as...

  2. How to Create a Little Red Riding Hood Inspired Fairytale Illustration in Paint Tool SAI

    How to Create a Little Red Riding Hood Inspired Fairytale Illustration in Paint Tool SAI

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Who doesn't like fairy-tale stories? I love them, and one of my favorites is "Little Red Riding Hood". The little girl who met the Big Bad Wolf in the...

  3. New Course on Lighting in Digital Painting

    New Course on Lighting in Digital Painting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Paying attention to the interplay of light and shadow can help you make your digital paintings look more life-like. So in our new course, How to Digitally...

  4. How to Paint Realistic Hair in Adobe Photoshop: Braids and Dreadlocks

    How to Paint Realistic Hair in Adobe Photoshop: Braids and Dreadlocks

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Two of the hardest hairstyles to recreate for artists are braids and dreadlocks. In this tutorial, digital artist Melody Nieves will show you how to...

  5. How to Create a Landscape Matte Painting in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Landscape Matte Painting in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create visual development concepts for animation using matte-painting techniques.

  6. How to Create a Vibrant Dragon Boat Illustration in Paint Tool SAI

    How to Create a Vibrant Dragon Boat Illustration in Paint Tool SAI

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial we will create bright colorful illustration for the Dragon Boat Festival. Also, you'll see a clear workflow of making a digital illustration...

  7. How to Create a Dory-Inspired Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Dory-Inspired Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    You can turn any character into its own real-life version with Photoshop. Follow digital artist Melody Nieves as she shows you how to recreate Dory using...

  8. How to Paint Realistic Hands in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Paint Realistic Hands in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Do you struggle with painting and drawing hands? In this tutorial, digital artist Melody Nieves will show you an easy way to digitally paint realistic hands...

  9. How to Paint a Realistic Ear in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Paint a Realistic Ear in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Do you need help painting anatomy? In this quick tip, digital artist Melody Nieves will show you how to paint an ear using Layer Blend Modes and a graphics...

  10. How to Paint Realistic Skin: Wrinkles, Freckles, and Scars

    How to Paint Realistic Skin: Wrinkles, Freckles, and Scars

    Tutorial • Advanced

    How do you paint realistic skin? In this tutorial, digital artist Melody Nieves will show you how to achieve realistic wrinkles, freckles, and other skin...

  11. 10 Influential People of Color Throughout Art History

    10 Influential People of Color Throughout Art History

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In continuing with our art history features, I’ve collected some fantastic people of color in art. So very often, when influential artists are discussed,...

  12. How to Create a Digital Portrait Using Adobe Fuse and Photoshop

    How to Create a Digital Portrait Using Adobe Fuse and Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Portraits are hard to paint—there's so much construction work before you get to the actual painting! But what if the base of the face, the pose and the...

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