TUTORIAL // 6 simple tricks for stylizing your studies (Patreon)

This month's tutorial is finally here ✨it's on 6 simple tricks for stylizing your studies, and runs you through some techniques that you can use to make your studies more exciting and eye-catching! It's especially helpful for those of you who feel like your studies end up just looking like a boring copy of the reference image. These techniques can be applied to an already finished study, so if you have any artwork lying around that could use a revamp, this is the video for you!

   The main brushes I use in this process are:

 The MaCaLabs HB pencil brush for the initial sketch (there's also a Procreate version)

The hard round brush from my own brush set for blending and painting

Yuming Li's brush set for the smudge and mixer brushes

Here's the artwork I made in the demo:

You can easily supplement this tutorial with the following ones, because they touch on topics of stylization and diverting from realism.

Sculpting with color: This tutorial shows you how you can pick totally random colors and sculpt the details from there. It’s a great technique for breaking free from realism. 

Making interesting reference studies: This tutorial talks about similar topics as this one, but focuses primarily on portraits and choosing an area of focus before getting started on your study. 

Stylizing trees & plants: This tutorial shows you how you can divert from realism with subjects that aren’t characters - something that can be difficult for artists who are accustomed to copying reference closely.

 I hope you enjoy this video and that it gives you some inspiration for zazzing up your studies! Feel free to share any future tutorial suggestions in the #tutorial-suggestions channel in the discord server (If you don't know how to join, just follow the steps outlined here) or leave them in a comment below ❤