Digital Painting Resources

PAINTING RESOURCES:

Bobby Chiu

Bobby Chiu is a concept artist noted for his creature design, he works for the movie industry from his Toronto based studio Imaginism and he has an online art school called Schoolism which offers several top quality courses (he teaches digital painting).
His YouTube channel is full of art-oriented life coaching, improptu paintings, interviews with top industry artists and tutorials. Check out this video series in which Bobby completes a painting from scratch, in real time, sharing his workflow and technique. Invaluable lesson and inspiration.





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Jason Seiler

Jason Seiler is the hottest caricaturist on the scene right now and he shares a lot of his work, knowledge and passion on his blog. In this tutorial he explains his workflow – he uses basic Photoshop brushes for everything yet see how his paintings look real. Those are some serious skills right there! Also check out these videos where he does a critique of his Schoolism students. It’s great to see how he manages to dramatically improve the likeness with just a few minor tweaks.

More on his YouTube channel.
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Greg Newman

Greg Newman is an American artist/designer/developer who has recently taken Dribbble by storm with his NFL caricatures. He posted a very useful screencast on his blog, be sure to check it out. I really like the loose style he goes for in these paintings, especially the seemingly crazy tones he uses to render skin. It’s great to see how well they come together in the end to create interesting variation. Greg also works with very basic brushes, proof that you don’t need fancy tools if you know what you’re doing.
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Chris Wahl

Chris Wahl is a superb caricaturist with impressive drawing and shading skills. His blog is full of great art and he has a lot of custom brushes available for download (use them sparingly until you can do convincing paintings with basic brushes).
PAINTING INSPIRATION:

Michael Kutsche

Michael Kutsche is a German concept artist. His paintings have incredible detail and Tim Burton put them to good use on Alice In Wonderland. His Behance portfolio should serve as inspiration to strive for the impossible.
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Alberto Russo

Alberto Russo is a Swiss artist who has impressive paintings alongside more experimental pieces – check out that Beyoncé portrait. I particularly like the environmental lighting and ambience of his paintings.
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Andrey Gordeev

Andrey Gordeev is a Russian illustrator. I really like the texture he creates with his brushwork and his characters are delightful. His series Around the world for twelve months is a classic.
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Vincent Altamore

Vincent Altamore‘s caricature are always spot on and he has the best cross-hatching skills I’ve seen. I also love his painting style, extremely detailed and never too smooth. He always posts sketches and process shots on his blog so be sure to follow it.
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Tom Richmond

MAD’s own Tom Richmond operates a blog full of his art and his invaluable tutorials on drawing, caricature and digital coloring. He is the author of the recently self-published “The MAD Art of Caricature”, a hot item on my grocery list.
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Anton Emdin

I love Anton’s loose inking style: very dynamic and lively. Also a steady artist for MAD, he posts a lot of art, process shots and coloring tips on his blog, another obligatory daily visit for me.
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Mark A. Facey

Mark has exploded onto the scene with his Creature Journal blog, full of paintings of weird, haunting creatures. Definitely keep an eye on him.
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Mike Mitchell

I like the warmth of Mike’s paintings. Don’t be fooled by the facetiousness of his blog, this guy can draw and paint with the best of ‘em and his images are never banal. He inspired me to execute all my weird ideas just for my own amusement: if anybody else likes them that’s a bonus, not a requirement.