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Photoshop Hard-edged Airbrush, Page 3 of 3
By  Liz Chesterman
I don't often use the ultra-smooth technique of coloring with the airbrush
in Photoshop, simply because it's too smooth. This technique uses the airbrush
with a harder edge on it.
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The character featured, Fyre Uni, is copyright/property of Kelly
Meeks.
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Using the same type technique from the hair I do the lockes
on her feet.
These areas are a little more difficult because I have more
angles and areas of depth to think about when selecting areas
of shadow and light.
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For the scarf I change technique a little. I use a layer
above the scarf set on multiply, but with a low opacity, and
using a light reddish-brown, shade the folds.
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| I go back to her face and add a few more shades and accents. Later I
will also go back and raise her eye to a more proper level for her face. |
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And then the most difficult part, the fire ring.
I start with a large airbrush, low opacity, stylus vary opacity
and begin to smooth over the areas I began earlier. Then I
switch the stylus to vary size as well, and continue to work,
building up lighter areas from darker red-oranges.
Eventually I hit a point where I want the brightest yellows,
and start to lay them in with smaller brushes.
Then I put the airbrush on screen, take off vary size, and
work in smaller areas of bright yellow or yellow-gold-oranges.
Finally, I splash flecks of color, like cinders all over
the brightest areas, and splash a few in the darker areas
as well. I vary using the airbrush on screen and normal to
get different vaules of bright.
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After the fire ring is completed I consider this piece finished.
click to view the finished piece
FARP Article Guestbook
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 24 Jan 2004 |  Legolas his girlfriend | PLEAS PLEAS PLEAS tell me where i can get PHOTOSHOP, e-mail me : stefkelevels@hotmail.com | |
| 10 Apr 2004 | Anonymous | Hmm. You're talented with the airbrush, but you certainly can't write a tutorial. | |
| 1 Jul 2004 | Ren <rens_email@yah...au> | Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticise. That refers to Anonymous up there... I think it's an awesome tutorial - well out of my league, but a great lesson in colour! | |
| 29 Apr 2005 | Person | Would have to agree with Ren, fine tutorial for any1 with any knowledge of photoshop and skill as an artist....sadly enough its not ment for people lacking such skills like anonymous | |
| 12 Sep 2005 |  Julia Doering | I really liked how you did the fire rings and tried the method on one of my comics. It turned out as an improvement, so thank you very much for the help! | |
| 4 Feb 2006 | PyroBlitz | Wow, this is very helpful to use... makes CGing things a lot easier then it appears. Thank you very much for the tutorial! | |
| 3 Mar 2006 | Anonymous | I love legolas. | |
| 25 Jun 2006 | Anonymous | I was wondering what Photoshop version you used... because I can't find 'airbrush' anywhere in mine! does paintbrush work in the same way?
thanks for the awesome tutorial! | |
| 29 Jul 2006 | OB1Knobby <mrknobby@com...net> | I don't know about what version was used here. But in PhotoShop CS if you choose the Paint brush tool, Then, if you haven't changed your layout, in the upper-left corner you can click the down arrow and change your preset to airbrush. Also, on the right side you'll see "Brushes, Tool Presets, and Layer Comps" as tabs. There are a TON of brush styles in there. | |
| 20 Sep 2007 | Anonymous | Tried to changed the hardness, but dont know why the Hardness bar disappeared under Master Diameter!
Can anyone tell me how to fix this? | |
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