First lesson on Illustration - Digital Painting.

The first lesson on Illustration focus on techniques of digital painting using Adobe Photoshop CS4. There are 4 stages to complete this. First, filling in the colours for the character. Next, add in the direction of the light that caused the highlights and shadows. Then, add the highlights on the character. Lastly, add the shadows cast on the character and object.

This is the given sketch:

First stage: Fill in the colours.

Second stage: Adding the light direction.

Third stage: Add the highlights.

Last stage: Add the shadows.