Painting process for a mythology illustration, from sketches and references, to final touches and prints - with an introduction to making 3D references in DAZ 3D and Blender, and how I use them to help with my traditional painting process - especially for more complex fantasy art that I struggle with...
If you've never used Blender or DAZ3D before, you can find more basic tutorials below, but in this video, I show the basics of using 3D models, posing them, and how to apply the rendered images as references for paintings, no matter the medium you work in. I tried to keep this as simple as possible, to hopefully give you an idea if this would even fit in your creative process! 🥰
I'm also painting "Created for Ill", my interpretation of the myth of Pandora's Box, in acrylics - I hope you like the painting! This one was a struggle!
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Helpful tutorials for DAZ3D and Blender:
✦ The famous Donut tutorial for the basics of Blender:
https://youtu.be/4haAdmHqGOw
✦ Official DAZ 3D tutorial playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNfOxEDzfOk&list=PLF3LSR7D48Mc_APYZXDgwR8BbOFRbUz7b&ab_channel=Daz3D
✦ Lighting in Blender:
https://youtu.be/6rNKGVcJy-0
✦ DAZ 3D to Blender:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZb545tDks&ab_channel=Daz3D
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✧ ART MATERIALS ✧
Golden Acrylic Paints: https://amzn.to/3PMGp71 *
OPEN acrylic paints: https://amzn.to/449lgIu *
(I mix my OPEN paints with the regular heavy body acrylics for more control over drying time and texture.)
Carbon paper can be used to transfer a reference or preliminary drawing onto your final painting surface, no matter if paper, canvas, or panel:
https://amzn.to/43gqfJZ *
Paper: https://amzn.to/3Bz5KMA * (I use one size larger than this, though I have multiple blocks at a variety of sizes for convenience. The extra-white is great for scanning.)
Soft Gel Gloss for coating: https://amzn.to/43i0vgb
Synthetic brushes: https://amzn.to/3U61quD *
✧ CHAPTERS ✧
00:00 traditional art with 3D references
01:04 DAZ 3D for posing models
02:30 how I select models for references
03:32 "Pandora" reference example
05:22 the most important step...
06:42 from 3D to paper
08:44 sealing pencil & underpainting
10:10 color palette
11:00 Blender for lighting a scene
12:00 Pandora's Box painting process
13:18 planned or spontaneous art?
15:04 3D resources for artists
15:38 prints & final touches
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