2D painting time-lapse: Owner by Henning Ludvigsen

It’s been a while since I shared a video tutorial that I found helpful or cool. 2D painting time-lapse: Owner is by super talented digital artist Henning Ludvigsen. Check out his web site for more awesome art and tutorials.

Ludvigsen creates photo-realistic fantasy and sci fi paintings and concept art. He was the first artist to open my eyes to the technique of starting off with a grayscale rendering of your picture, and adding color on top of that. When I paint realistically, I find this technique is super helpful. It’s faster (for me), and I’m able to work out my lights and darks easier. He demonstrates his grayscale-first technique in the video tutorial of his painting, “Owner” (see below).

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Don’t forget to stop by www.henningludvigsen to see more of his incredible work.