TUTORIAL: Dramatic Lighting ๐โจ process + tips! โ๏ธ
Added 2025-07-31 18:17:12 +0000 UTCHello everyone! ๐ Here is a new tutorial for you! ๐ In this video, I walk you through my process of painting portraits with dramatic light
Hello everyone! ๐
Here is a new tutorial for you! ๐ In this video, I walk you through my process of painting portraits with dramatic lighting โจ Weโll be covering the importance of heightening the contrast in your values to keep your light and shadows sharp rather than flat, starting with a grayscale demo and then a full color golden hour demo ๐ฅฐ
If you want to follow along, have some portrait sketches ready and letโs dive in! :)
Check out these other tutorials and guides below to help you with this topic! โ๏ธ
Lighting Scenarios (covers other types of light โ๏ธ)
How to Paint Nighttime Lighting (an older video but still has good tips!)
I hope this video is helpful for you!! I always have fun filming these types of videos and I hope you all enjoy ๐ฅฐ Love you all and I hope you have a wonderful weekend :)๐
Love,
Lydia โ๏ธ
Comments
Hi Tiffany - I also had issues figuring this out but I think I got it. She mainly used the "Soft Brush" for airbrushing (her initial shadows that she puts down way in the beginning, including the base colors and the initial pigmentation of the skin). It's a Procreate brush in the "old library" (since the new one just came out) under the category "Airbrushing." For a bit of a harder touch / more texture / less smoothness / rendering, she uses a custom brush she made called "Soft Render." It's a free download here on her Patreon (though not sure if only specific tiers get it - I want to say everyone can?). Finally, for her finer details / when she goes over some areas of her sketch again in the rendering phase, she uses the MaxU Marker Multiply brush which is part of the Comic Max Pack (here is the website: https://maxpacks.com/). Those are the 3 most-used ones I have seen across her tutorials, real-time vids, bonus vids, etc. I'm not sure what she uses when she uses the smudge tool though I'm guessing it's one of the same brushes (maybe soft render). I don't know if she ever uses "Round Render." As far as I can see, she has only mentioned it in her "How To Draw Eyes" video but that might be older so maybe she phased that one out? I forgot one thing: I think there is a "Hard Render" that she uses for really sharp / less soft rendering moments. However, I have searched and not found it anywhere. I am guessing it is another custom brush of hers. Though, I don't see her use it all the time and I've mostly seen her focus more on "Soft Render" for most paintings. I could be wrong though. I hope this helps you! It took me a while to figure it out and a lot of pausing and assessing in a multitude of videos haha.
Leaf
2025-10-10 06:14:23 +0000 UTCHi quick question! Can you tell me what brush you used when you were shading in the cat woman? It's a really nice brush! EDIT/ I use an old brush set of yours. I think the 2 brushes I use are Thin Liner and Round render. I haven't seen them in your videos (unless I missed it). Do you still use those or have you updated them? Thanks!
Tiffany
2025-08-12 23:11:19 +0000 UTCLoved the video!! So helpful and so cool to see your process! Also totally think an updated greyscale to color would be great!
lauren brooke
2025-08-02 05:08:37 +0000 UTC
