Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop
A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) , Artist and Illustrator
Joined October 2019
Learn how to create enchanting narratives in your digital portraits
Learn how to create enchanting narratives in your digital portraits
Joined October 2019
Sparking emotion and wonder through a fantasy narrative is a skill that requires a resourceful mind, flush with imagination. However, a defined methodology is just as important to successfully transmit these ideas to your audience. Established fantasy illustrator Karmen Loh, also known as Bearbrickjia, has created a world of delicate, whimsical fantasy portraits that delight a community of over 400k followers on Instagram, as well as character concept art for game titles such as Street Fighter and Steel Circus.
In this course, Karmen will show you the soft, glittering ropes to her polished technique for creating digital fantasy portraits that narrate an ethereal atmosphere, with precision and skill. Her use of Adobe Photoshop has an easy to follow structure, that will give you all the necessary tools to fuse your imagination through this program to create your own unique fantasy narration into your digital portraits.
Featured review
I really enjoyed this course which took me through the process of getting ideas and setting up a mood board all the way through to the finished art work. Very impressive. I certainly recommend this course.
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 11 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (3K)
- 86,125 students
- 19 lessons (4h 21m)
- 11 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
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- Audio: English
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- Level: Beginner
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Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create a digital portrait with a fantasy narrative using Photoshop.
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Who is this online course for?
This course is for professional and aspiring artists who are interested in learning digital portrait techniques, as well as applying a fantasy tone to their work.
Requirements and materials
Basic drawing skills are necessary, with some knowledge in face anatomy illustration. Karmen teaches the basics of Photoshop, so digital illustration skills are not needed to take this course.
You will need a computer with Adobe Photoshop and a graphics tablet.
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A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia)
Karmen Loh, also known as Bearbrickjia, has been illustrating digitally for almost 10 years to date. She captures a sense of calmness and a dream-like mood with a delicate, feminine touch in her art that is followed by over 400K fans on Instagram.
Before becoming a full-time freelance Artist, Karmen worked for major game titles such as Street Fighter and Steel Circus. She now dedicates her full creative attention to creating magical fantasy portraits, collaborating with brands such as XP-Pen and YouTube channels like MrSuicideSheep.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Introduction (About Me)
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Influences
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What We Will Do on the Course
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U2
Tools and Techniques in Photoshop
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Rough Shadows and Highlights
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Rendering Techniques and Brushes - Part 1
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Rendering Techniques and Brushes - Part 2
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Adding Colours
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U3
Let’s Create!
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Moodboard
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Sketch
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Rendering - Part 1
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Rendering - Part 2
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Rendering - Part 3
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Rendering - Part 4
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Let’s Apply ‘’Make-up’’ and Colour Adjustments! - Part 1
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Let’s Apply ‘’Make-up’’ and Colour Adjustments! - Part 2
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U4
Finishing Touch
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Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 1
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Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 2
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Make Your Artwork Pop Out! - Part 3
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Exporting Your Artwork
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FP
Final project
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Fantasy Digital Portrait with Photoshop
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saytamayo
Es un curso muy completo para crear retratos y saber usar muchas herramientas de photoshop aparte de que te proporciona recursos para poder trabajar tus piezas.
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esme_farfan72
Un curso bastante completo y específicvo en como implementar particulares procesos en el uso de herramientas de photoshop para ilustrar
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maritzad1213
The course is good it has been helping me improve my current art skills
ivar_crydanson
Pluspasaron años para saber quien era la artista detrás de mr. suicide sheep.
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lindajung
I am in the middle of this course and so far have learned so much that will add that touch of magical fantasy to enhance my own style of artwork! There were a handful of Photoshop techniques that I did not know about and was excited to have more tools in the creative process "toolbox". The pacing is good and the instructor Karmen is easy to understand. I highly recommend this course for artists looking to evolve their technique!