HOW TO PAINT LIGHTS LIKE A PRO (the easy way) + Giveaway

Summary by Krater

The instructor explains how to paint light on a character drawing in Photoshop, breaking down the process into five progressive levels from simple shapes to layered lights and out-of-frame elements.

From the video

Answers: How do I paint light on a character drawing in Photoshop?

• Digital painting lighting techniques
• Key light and bounce light in Photoshop
• Simplifying shapes for rendering light
• Layering lights and out-of-frame elements

What it concludes

• Light contributes about 70 percent of the overall wow factor in digital art.
• Simplifying character shapes into basic geometric volumes makes painting light much easier.
• Hard lights tend to look best on drawings regardless of whether flat colors are lighter or darker.