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This is the third and last part of the Roman Life tutorial! This tutorial will show you how to draw the female character and finish the drawing.
Preview of Final Results
Roman House Part III – Finishing Photoshop Tutorial
- Program: Photoshop 7
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes
This is the final part of a three part drawing series. Roman House Painting Part I - The Drawing shows now to create the initial outline sketch. Roman House Part II - The Drawing shows how to draw the scene and finish the background.
I recommend that you use a drawing tablet during this portion of the tutorial. Otherwise, all brush sizes given will be much too large. As a general rule of thumb, if you are using a mouse the brush should be approximately 1/3 the size of the suggested brush size.
Step 1
Make a new folder (Layer ? New Layer ? Layer set) and call it the “Background”
Step 2
Drag and drop all of the layers (except the background) into this folder. It is important that you drag them in the same order, top to bottom, so that they won't get all jumbled. It helps if you collapse the folder while you work (it will also make drawing the Roman woman easier).
Step 3
Make another folder above the “Background” folder and name it “Woman”.
Step 4
Make a new layer in the “Woman” folder titled “skeleton”.
Step 5
Sketch in a head-shape that it turned slightly away at a ¾ angle.
Step 6
Sketch in the shoulders, and make sure that they aren't too wide, but don't give her weeny shoulders either. I usually think that shoulders are about two-heads wide.
Step 7
Begin the torso by drawing an elongated “U” shape beneath the shoulders.
Step 8
Draw a round “U” pelvis area, and add more shape to her waist by taking it in on both sides.
Step 9
I realized that the woman was too large, but that fine. I simply select the entire area, and then press Ctrl+T to activate transform mode. Then I Shift+Click and drag to make the body slightly smaller and higher up.
Step 10
Sketch in the thighs with just a few lines and circles where the knees are. I find it handy to draw two circles in the pelvis area, to dictate where the two legs attach.
Step 11
I accidentally made the top half of the legs too short, but there is an easy way to fix this! Select the legs and press Ctrl+T. Then drag the bottom of the box down, this will elongate the legs!
Step 12
Sketch out the bottom half of the legs, and add triangles for the feet.
Step 13
Fill out the legs.
Step 14
Draw two little circle where the arms connect to the torso.
Step 15
Sketch in the right arm so that it goes back a little at the elbow, and comes up to rest on her shoulder.
Step 16
Draw the other arm frame using lines for the arm, triangles for the hands, and circles for joints
Step 17
Fill out the arms.
Step 18
Clean it up by erasing all the lines inside the outline.
Step 19
Make a new later for the dress outline.
Step 20
Start the dress with a single bejeweled strap. This dress is going to be a one-shoulder dress, with gold medallions on the shoulder strap.
Step 21
When drawing the neckline, remember that the dress is very “drapey”. It should drape several times across the chest.
Step 22
Draw in the midsection of the dress. This is where it is tightest, but you still want to add a fold or two along the outside of the dress.
Step 23
The bottom of the dress is loose, so their will be several “pleat” type folds.
Mae sure that the dress follows along with the right leg's outline. This will make the dress look flowing.
Step 24
Outline a rope encircling her waist. To make the knot in the middle, make a kind of “ying-yang” shape, as though they are tied together.
Step 25
Make the lines look like a twisted rope by drawing little “seed” shapes back to back between the lines. These little seeds are elongated ovals with a slightly pointed side, and a rounded side opposite.
Step 26
Draw two dangling ropes hanging from the knot we drew before.
Step 27
Using a 3 pixel opaque brush, add swirling patterns to the medallions.
Step 28
New layer beneath the dress outline.
Step 29
Block in the dress with color #FFEBBF.
Step 30
Fill the little shoulder medallions with color #FFAE00.
Step 31
Use the burn tool on midtones mode (46% exposure) to add shadows to the medallion.
Step 32
Using the same settings as before, add shadows to the dress with the burn tool.
Step 33
Use dodge tool (highlights mode, 16% exposure) to highlight the dress.
Step 34
Block in the rope with color #9F58C4.
Step 35
Use the dodge tool and burn tool (like before) to add highlights and shadow to the rope that ties around her waist.
Step 36
Make a new layer above the “dress” layer.
Step 37
Outline the body with color #592C00 (opaque, 9 pixel brush).
Step 38
Outline the individual toes and fingers.
Step 39
Delete the “skeleton” layer.
Step 40
Make a new layer above the outline, “face outline”.
Step 41
Draw the nose to the left of the head-shape. The nose is a lot like a curving “L “.
Step 42
Draw the nostrils. The right one looks like a “ ) “ parentheses, the other is only slightly showing.
Step 43
Draw the mouth. Draw the top lip connecting to the middle line, and the bottom lip connected too at the left side (where the lips round off), but leave the right corner open. Also, you can add a little line under the nose if you wish (only as indication, it will be added as a shadow later).
Step 44
Draw the eyes as a sort of elongated almond shape. The left eye will be rounded on the far left side.
Step 45
Draw iris's in the eyes and eyelashes to their outer corners.
Step 46
Sketch in the eyebrows using short thin strokes.
Step 47
Fix the jaw by erasing the right half and making it less square by raising the point where the jaw meets the back of the head.
Step 48
Draw the ear right where the skull meets the jaw. The top of the ear should be in line with the eyes. A little tip in the shape of the ear, it is kind of shaped like half a peanut.
Step 49
Make a little “U” shape to indicate her right cheek.
Step 50
Make a new layer above the “dress” layer.
Step 51
Fill in the entire figure with color #FFE8C3 (opaque).
Step 52
Block in the dark shadows with color #E4AF84 (49% opacity)
Step 53
Soften the darks with color #F4CFAA (49% opacity) on their edges.
Step 54
Highlight the skin with color #FFF6DF.
Step 55
Use the burn tool (midtones mode, 46% exposure) to darken the darkest area of the skin (between toes and fingers, and under the chin).
Step 56
Add a streak of pink right on the cheekbone with color #F4BCA1.
Step 57
Highlight the cheeks with color #FFE6D9.
Step 58
Fill in lips with color #E4AF84.
Step 59
Add some color to the lips with color #FFB594 set to 41% opacity.
Step 60
Darken the bottom of both the top and bottom lips with the burn tool on its previous settings.
Step 61
Highlight the top and bottom lip with color #FFEACA (41% opacity).
Step 62
Fill in the whites of the eyes with color #F&F3ED.
Step 63
Fill in the eyes with color #4D46A9 (opaque).
Step 64
Color in the bottom half of the eye with color #7095FF.
Step 65
Use the dodge tool on the bottom third of the iris.
Step 66
Make the eye's pupils with black (color #000000).
Step 67
Use the burn tool on the rims of the eyes, in the middle around the pupil, and in the top third of the iris.
Step 68
Use color #FFFDFC (80% opacity) to add a shine to the eyes.
Step 69
Add a shadow to the right corner of the eyelid with color #CB9269 (54% opacity).
Step 70
Fill in the eyebrows on the “skin” layer with color #5A2600 at 54% opacity (soft edged brush).
Step 71
Make a new layer, “hair”.
Step 72
Using a hard edged brush, outline the hair with color #130800 (opaque). I decided to go with a classic Roman/Greek look, curly hair with multiple ribbons in the hair.
Step 73
Make a new layer “hair color”.
Step 74
Block in the hair with color #471400.
Step 75
It's not too late to make changes! I decided that the left eye was too big, so I selected it with the selection tool and transformed it (Ctrl+T), making it more almond shaped.
Step 76
Erase the line that indicates the cheek, and the little line under the nose.
Step 77
Make a new little curved line under the nose with color #B27044 (9% opacity).
Step 78
Use the burn tool (midtones mode, 46% exposure) on the “skin” layer around the hairline, under the cheek, and underneath the chin.
Step 79
Block in the two hair bands with color #9243C3.
Step 80
Use the burn tool (same settings) and the dodge tool (highlight mode, 20% exposure) to add highlights and shadows to the ribbons.
Step 81
Add shadows to her hair with color #1F0900 set to 61% opacity.
Step 82
Highlight her hair with color #912800 at 21% opacity.
Step 83
To add shadows around the woman, use the burn tool on the floor using the same settings as before, and then on the front column (layer “column 2”) with the burn tool set to highlight mode.
Final Results
And you're done with the background! The third part shows how to draw and color a roman woman.
