科幻的瞭望塔。

這一次，我將分享一個新的工具，幫助您快速啟動您的繪畫，創(chuàng)建縮略圖和復(fù)雜的對象，添加顏色和紋理以及整個繪畫過程。

This time I will share a new tool that will help you to quickly kickstart your painting and creating thumbnails and complex objects, adding colors and textures and the whole painting process.

快速縮略圖

與我上一個教程類似，我將開始涂鴉，并在素描本中創(chuàng)建一些快速縮略圖。我并不是想要確切地定義我想要的，但是這些快速的縮略圖會給我一個我必須做的事情的總體思路。我并不是真的想把這么多的時間花在這些草圖上，我也不在乎它們是不是很雜亂或者不那么干凈，這些東西很有價值，因為它們包含了構(gòu)圖，價值等信息。這就是我真正想從他們身上實現(xiàn)的。

Quick thumbnails

Similar to my last tutorial, I will start doodling and create some quick thumbnails in my sketchbook. I'm not trying to define exactly what I want but these quick thumbnails will give me an overall idea of what I have to do. I'm not really trying to spend so much time on these sketches, and I don't really care if they are messy or not that clean, these are valuable because they contain information like composition, values and so on. And that's what I really want to achieve from them.

涂抹！

在開始繪畫之前，我將分享一種使用“涂抹工具”快速開始繪畫的新方法。這種技術(shù)在速度繪畫過程中非常方便，而且非�？焖俸蛯嵱�。

所有你需要做的是使涂抹工具強度100％，并開始移動你的圖像或你的畫筆！正如您在下面的第一張圖片中看到的，我繪制了一個示例形狀并將其設(shè)置為我的畫筆，然后從“Smudge工具”中選擇相同的畫筆并使用它移動它。我也用相同的畫筆和技術(shù)制作一些快速的數(shù)字縮略圖 - 這是一個非常快速和有效的技術(shù)。

Smudge!

Now before I start this painting I'm going to share a new way to quickly start a painting using the "Smudge Tool." This technique is really handy in the speed painting process and it's extremely fast and practical.

All you need to do is make the Smudge tool strength 100% and start moving your image or your brush! As you can see in the first image below, I paint a sample shape and set it as my brush, then choose the same brush from my "Smudge tool" and use it to move it around. I also make some quick digital thumbnails with the same brush and technique - it's a very fast and effective technique.

空白頁

現(xiàn)在，我對我的作品有了一些快速思考，現(xiàn)在是開始我的插圖的時候了，使用“漸變工具”填充空白頁面，并使用我的“涂抹工具”快速繪制我的塔。我正在研究灰度色調(diào)，首先關(guān)注整個構(gòu)圖，然后再添加顏色。

Blank page

Now that I have some quick thoughts about my composition it's time to start my illustration, filling the blank page using the "Gradient Tool" and using my "Smudge Tool" to quickly paint my tower. I'm working on a grayscale tone, focusing on the whole composition first and adding the color to it later on.

塑造構(gòu)圖

在速度繪畫過程中，我會一直使用我的繪畫資產(chǎn)。我這并不是我畫的每一個元素都是被畫出來的，也不意味著它們也來自外包!我已經(jīng)繪制了我的塔形，所以這是一個聰明的舉動，復(fù)制粘貼，并迅速縮放，以我想要的方式來組成我的構(gòu)圖。在速度繪畫過程中，我總是這樣做。我迅速用“套索工具”和一個快速的“漸變”來繪制山峰，并在前面的塔上多做點工作。另外，正如你所看到的，我繼續(xù)前進，而不是過多地關(guān)注單個部分，而是關(guān)注整體構(gòu)成。這是我已經(jīng)說過的東西，但總是值得一提的。

Shaping up the composition

In a speed painting process, I will always use my in-painting assets. It's not like every element of my painting is actually being painted and doesn't mean that they are coming from an outsource too! I already painted my tower shape so it's a smart move to copy-paste it and scale it quickly to shape up my composition the way I want it. This is something that I always do during the speed painting process. I quickly paint the mountains using "Lasso Tool" and a quick "Gradient," and work a bit more on the front tower. Also, as you can see, I keep moving forward not focusing too much on a single part, but focus on the overall composition. It's something that I already said but it's always worth mentioning.

細節(jié)和顏色

在這一步中，我會給天空和地面增加一些細節(jié)，并在前面的塔上增加一個圖形來檢查比例尺，最后使用相同的涂抹工具技術(shù)來填補我的背景。這是很好的提及，我把我的所有層分開，直到現(xiàn)在，所以我有背景，中間和前景分開，我很容易在它們之間切換，以添加細節(jié)。

Details and color

In this step I will add some more details to the sky and ground, as well as adding a figure on the front tower just to check the scale, and lastly using the same smudge tool technique to fill my mountain in the background. It's good to mention that I kept all my layers separate until now, so I have the background, mid-ground and foreground separated, and it's easy for me to switch between them to add details.

在將圖層放在“疊加模式”之前，現(xiàn)在可以使用漸變快速添加第一種顏色和色調(diào)，以將頁面填充到單獨的圖層中。從下圖中的結(jié)果可以看出，我已經(jīng)為整個繪畫帶來了一些綠色的色調(diào)。

It's time to add the very first colors and tones quickly using gradient to fill my page in a separate layer, before putting that layer on "Overlay Mode.' As you can see from the result in the image below, I've managed to bring some green tone to the overall painting.

色彩的變換

現(xiàn)在我將使用調(diào)整菜單中的“顏色平衡”功能。有了這個調(diào)整，你可以快速添加一個音調(diào)。你可以控制你的陰影/中音和高光。我要讓陰影變得更綠，讓光線變得更黃。結(jié)果如下所示。與此同時，我將重新調(diào)整我的身材，并向前塔添加一些細節(jié)。

Shifting the color mood

Now I would use the "Color Balance" feature from the Adjustments menu. With this adjustment you can quickly add a tone. You have control of your shadows/mid-tones and highlights. I'm going to make the shadows greener and add more yellow to the light. The result can be seen below. Meanwhile I will re-scale my figure and add some details to the front tower.

現(xiàn)在我仍然需要根據(jù)自己的色調(diào)做出最終決定，并把我的圖像氣氛設(shè)置為高對比度的日落。你知道的，也許那個時候警衛(wèi)換班會改變，他們今天就會改過來!為了做到這一點，我會在我的圖像上創(chuàng)建一個圖層，并使用漸變工具或軟圈畫筆將其放在“疊加”模式（如第5步）。你可以很容易地把你的二級色調(diào)混合起來，達到一個新的顏色組合。

Now I still need to work on my tone to make it final and set my image mood to a high contrast sunset. You know maybe a time that the guard shift will change and they will call it a day! In order to do that I would create a layer on top of my image and put it on "Overlay" mode (like step 5) using the gradient tool or soft circle brushes. You can easily bring in your secondary tone to mix it up and reach a new composition with colors.

添加紋理和細節(jié)

現(xiàn)在，我的畫作和我的基本作品有了一些溫暖和大氣的光芒，

現(xiàn)在是時候添加一些紋理，添加一些燈光，并迅速填補天空。我現(xiàn)在要做的是用一些照片從城市中提取燈光。你基本上可以使用自己的照片或從cgtextures.com找到一些。

我采取了一些廣闊的城市景觀。我不會直接在畫中使用這些照片。我只需要燈光和氣氛。另外，請確保您在前視圖中以一點透視的方式使用照片。添加紋理之后，我會將他們的圖層模式設(shè)置為“Color Dodge”，它將打開您的紋理的所有燈光部分，即城市燈光。

您還可以更改導入的圖像對比度：顏色越深，它看起來越好。我們只需要那些窗戶燈！正如你所看到的，我已經(jīng)把這個過程分成了三個圖像：（A）是我現(xiàn)在的繪畫，（B）顯示了我如何在正常圖層模式下將我的紋理貼在繪畫上，（C）是我放置“顏色減淡”模式中的圖層。我已經(jīng)設(shè)法添加一些更多的細節(jié)塔，增加二級數(shù)字等。

Adding textures & details

Now that I have some warmth and atmospheric lights over my painting and my base artwork,

it's time to add some texture, add some lights, and quickly fill the sky. What I'm going to do now is to use some photos to extract the city lights out of them. You can basically use your own photos or find some from cgtextures.com.

I took some wide city landscapes. I'm not going to use the photos directly in my painting. I only need the lights and its atmosphere. Also make sure that you use the photos with one-point perspective in front view. After adding the textures, I will put their layer mode to "Color Dodge" which is going to bring up all the light part of your textures which is the city lights.

You can also change the imported image contrast as well: the darker it becomes the better it looks. We only need those window lights! As you can see, I have separated the process into 3 images: (A) is my current painting, (B) shows how I fit my textures in the painting in Normal layer mode, and (C) is the final result when I put the layer on "Color Dodge" mode. I've managed to add a few more details to the towers, adding secondary figure and so on.

擴大構(gòu)圖

經(jīng)常發(fā)生，我覺得我想添加更多的元素，為此我必須擴大我的繪畫框架，以實現(xiàn)新的元素更好的構(gòu)圖。在這種情況下，我已經(jīng)設(shè)法使我的圖層變平，然后使用裁切工具（紅色顯示空白區(qū)域）簡單地增加框架�，F(xiàn)在我可以使用魔法工具快速選擇空白區(qū)域，然后按刪除，它會彈出“填充”窗口！

正如您在下面的圖片中看到的那樣，調(diào)整內(nèi)容感知縮放并按下確定。 Photoshop使用自己的藝術(shù)品的表面色調(diào)和紋理以一種聰明的方式填充空白區(qū)域，但它也有一些變形的區(qū)域。但是，快速覆蓋這些區(qū)域很容易。有時會有一些副作用，你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)有用的保留。

Expanding the composition

It often happens that I feel like I want to add more elements and for that purpose I have to expand my painting frame to achieve a better composition for the new elements. In this case I've managed to flatten my layer and then I increase my frame simply by using the crop tool (the red color shows the blank areas). Now I can quickly select the blank areas using the Magic tool, then press delete and it will pop the "Fill" window up!

Exactly as you can see in the image below, adjust the content aware scaling and press ok. Photoshop fills the blank areas in a smart way using your own artwork's surface tones and textures, but it does have some deformed areas as well. However, it's easy to overpaint those areas in a quick way. Sometimes there are some side-effects that you may find useful to keep.

改進

在這個步驟中，我會快速覆蓋一些由于擴大框架而變形的區(qū)域，并且在山邊做一些改進，使其更加自然而不是簡單的形狀。提到我經(jīng)常使用套索工具創(chuàng)建我的形狀，如山和巖石，這是很好的。最后，我將使用我的形狀技術(shù)添加一些形狀，以便在前景中快速添加一些自定義形狀環(huán)境，并為最后一組元素做好準備。

Refinements

In this step, I will quickly overpaint some areas that got deformed due to expanding the frame, and do some refinements on the mountain edges to make it a bit more natural rather than a simple shape. It's good to mention that I frequently use the Lasso tool for creating my shapes such as mountain and rocks. Lastly, I will add some shapes using my shape technique, to quickly add some custom shape environment in the foreground, and prepare it for the final set of elements。

最后的接觸/渲染

現(xiàn)在是最后一步。我添加了最后一組元素，并確定了前景和整體構(gòu)圖。編輯一些東西，比如讓守衛(wèi)變小一些，在左邊的塔上增加警衛(wèi)，在遠處增加另一個守衛(wèi)，遠處有更多的塔，這樣才能更好地感受我的構(gòu)圖。

Final touches/rendering

Now for the final step. I add the last set of elements and finalize the foreground and the overall composition. Edit things like making the guards a bit smaller, adding the guard on the left tower and another in the foreground alongside more towers in the distance, just to get a better sense of depth in my composition.

最后，我想提一下，我保持100％的縮放比例，只是跟蹤我的整體繪畫。而且在繪畫的過程中，我也不斷地翻轉(zhuǎn)自己的形象，使我的眼睛煥然一新，從新的角度看待它，并修復(fù)需要修正的部分。最后的圖像呈現(xiàn)出一點清晰度和噪音的效果，藝術(shù)品花費了2個半小時才完成，在步驟9和10上花了近一個小時。

Lastly, I want to mention that I keep my zoom at 100% and just keep track of my overall painting. And also I keep flipping my image horizontally during the painting process to refresh my eyes, to see it from a new perspective, and to fix the parts that need corrections. The final image been rendered with a bit of sharpness and noise effect, and the artwork took 2-and-a-half hours to finish, with almost an hour on the step 9 and 10.

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