"Futuristic Cityscape" Painting with Wacom Intous 3 tablet and Adode Photoshop CS4 tutorial step by step. Some photos used for referance.

In this lesson about digital painting in Adobe Photoshop. You will learn a step by step process of creation a 2D portrait of president Barack Obama.

I had the privilege to attend a class by Ryan Church a while back. The tutorial below is his painting process and what I'd learn from the class.

Evoking feelings is probably the most challenging aspect of painting. However, there are many subtle methods you can use to give a painting that special feel you’re looking for.
Mood refers to the general effect of a painting, with all the elements coming together to arouse emotions and stimulate thoughts. There are quite a few ways of creating mood, including subject matter; scenery and composition, to name but a few.

People have been asking how I am going about to paint hair for quite a while now.
First of all, I am crazy about hair. I seriously love spending hours on painting it so this method might not be the one for you. However, every tutorial out there helped me develope my own way of painting and this might as well be in part useful and adoptable for your own needs.

Art theory is somewhat a science to a special degree. There is a lot of logic and physics you need to know in order to really understand what’s going on. I also think that there are certain rules to why an illustration works or works not.

Sketching in Adobe Photoshop (custom brushes, useful shortcuts)