Archive for December 17th, 2008

The Portrait Tutorials Series by Katarina Sokolova

paint realistic sokolova The Portrait Tutorials Series by Katarina SokolovaThis is another Tutorials Series published as ImagineFX Workshops in the magazine, but you can download a free pdf copy of them ath the magazine website.

In this series, the painter Katarina Sokolova teaches how to paint the different parts of a human face, in four step-by-step guides:

- Paint Fantasy Eyes – [link]

- Paint a Realistic Nose – [link]

- Paint Realistic Ears – [link]

- Paint Realistic Looking Lips – [link]

The result of the four tutorial is the image here, on the left! Personally, I found these tutorials really useful when I started to learn digital painting and human anatomy. I truly think these can be a valid tool for learning digital painting tricks and a bit of anatomy for everyone!

About the Author: Katarina Sokolova is an Ukrainian artist; she studied painting and graphics from when she was a child, and she’s famous for the wonderful women she represents.

She is also a great photographer and a graphic illustrator.

Katarina Sokolova: Website | DeviantArt | CGSociety

ImagineFX Magazine: [link]