RESOURCE // iridescence
Added 2025-08-27 10:50:10 +0000 UTCHere's a little resource video about this month's challenge on studying iridescence! In this video, I do a quick review of the artwork posted in the discord, walk you through my process for creating the artwork for this challenge, and discuss common mistakes and tips for tackling studies like these in the future! This video is all about how I balanced soft/sharp detail, re-assessed my creative decisions after Photoshop crashed, and keeping my paintwork expressive. Oh, and also how much I love pigeons!
I talk a lot about my most recent tutorial on soft blending, which you can find here.
I hope you find it helpful ❤ And thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! If you haven't posted yours yet, head on over to the monthly-challenges channel in the discord server and share your art with us!
Comments
thanks so much Natale! I hope it helps ~ iridescence is a lot of fun to paint!
Loish
2025-09-01 10:57:59 +0000 UTChey! yes it's from Yuming Li's brush set, they have it on gumroad but I got a set from their patreon and it was in that set. https://www.patreon.com/c/yumingli/home I also have some free brushes in my latest tutorial that give a really similar effect, just scroll to the bottom to find them: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-for-135933165
Loish
2025-09-01 10:49:57 +0000 UTCThis is a lovely tutorial! Can you remind me where you got the textured smudge brush? I think I remembered you mentioning before that you got it from someone’s brush pack and it turned out that artist removed it from their pack for some reason. Wasn’t sure if it was the same one
Paloma McClain
2025-08-31 23:51:21 +0000 UTCI have some future projects in mind that have some iridescent objects in them, so I found this video very useful. I just hope my painting turns out. Thank you!
Natale LaPlante
2025-08-27 16:41:38 +0000 UTC
