Tristan's sketchbook

[Tristan Berndt]

hemad: Thanks. Yup, everything except the pencil/ink stuff is digital. The way I go about it is just using brushes that have textures on them and non-round shapes. I'm also very careful with soft brushes because they really make stuff look digital if you don't paint over them after. I use a lot of the Jamie Jones brushes so you could try them out and se if it helps. Also master studies are good for learning how to make stuff look non-digital.

Olooriel: Thank you ^^

Wils: Thanks! I have a love for nice brush language (or whatever it's called). People like Jamie Jones, Peleng and Paul W Ruiz are just a few of my inspirations when it comes to using brush strokes to make stuff cool... I still have a lot to learn about that stuff

Danny: Thank you! The weird thing is that I don't really think about texture too much. I use chalk textured brushes for almost everything and just using it for all of my painting leaves a slight trace behind. There is also this setting I have on a lot of my brushes that make the color/value jitter just a little bit. It's hardly noticeable but I like it (I got it from the Jamie Jones brush pack, you can find most of the brushes I use there). I'm not a fan of photo-textures or brushes that are made just to texture things. I try to follow the "brushes don't matter" thing and if I need a specific texture or something I'll just paint it by hand.



aaaaand here's a study