"Even beginners can easily master it!" Hand drawn color pencil style flower illustration
The theme this time is "hand-painted flowers and plants."
Although CSP, as a drawing software, is often used to draw anime-style illustrations and comics, it is actually very handy at drawing illustrations that imitate traditional paints!
In this article, I will first briefly introduce the pencil brushes used and the flower shapes that can be easily mastered, and then demonstrate how to draw flower illustrations that imitate the color pencil style. This style looks more freehand and graffiti-like. It is very simple to draw, even beginners can easily master it!
✧ How can I use flower illustrations?
Are there other uses for flower illustrations besides just being an illustration as a finished product?
Of course!
Here are some examples of applications, but flower illustrations or other still life illustrations can be used in more ways than you think!
Character illustration background
Congratulations card illustrations
SNS banner background
Web design illustrations
poster design
Cover (book, video, etc.) illustrations
Others such as customized cups and saucers, etc.
Below we officially start to draw a hand-painted pencil style flower illustration. You are welcome to follow along and give it a try!
[Introduction to brush materials]
The brush materials used this time are the following set:
The main ones used in this demonstration are:
"Yuta Pencil・Normal・x4": The main brush for drawing lines
"Yuta Pencil Sleep・Normal・x4": Can simulate tilting the pencil and draw wider strokes
📝 Remarks
Since my drawing tablet device does not come with a tilt function, the effect drawn may be slightly different from yours, but this will have little impact on the overall picture. If your drawing tablet has a tilt function, you may wish to pay attention to the impact of the tilt on your strokes when drawing!
Please refer to the following official help for how to install brushes:
[Introduction to flower shapes - used as a simplification when drawing drafts]
Although reference photos will be used in the following demonstrations, I still want to briefly explain the classification of common flower shapes here so that beginners can more easily capture and simplify flower shapes from photos.
A. Whorled flowers
The corolla is shorter, the petals have only one layer, and they look relatively flat, such as daisies.
B. Bell-shaped
The corolla is higher and the base is wider, such as tulips.
C. Funnel shape
The corolla is taller and narrower at the base, such as morning glory, etc.
D. Multiple petals
For example, peonies, roses, etc. It is recommended that beginners prepare reference materials before drawing this type of flower to understand the angular shape of the overlapping petals.
E. Others
Such as "butterfly-shaped" (orchid), "pot-shaped" (bell flower), "tube-shaped" (honeysuckle), etc.
It is recommended that beginners prepare reference materials before drawing such flowers to draw the correct flower structure.
📝 Remarks
The above is not a complete introduction to botanical classification, but I have summarized the categories of flower shapes that beginners can easily grasp. If you are interested in botany, be sure to search elsewhere!
【Drawing begins! 】
1. Find a reference photo
Please find a suitable one from the photos you took to start! The photo below was taken in a flower garden when I was traveling.
Of course, you can also find it in some free online galleries, but please be sure to pay attention to the copyright statement of the website and abide by its regulations.
2. Background color
In works that simulate traditional painting materials, I am used to filling in a layer of light background color first instead of using a pure white background, so that I can simulate the color of actual common painting paper.
🔧 How to do
Use the fill tool → select a light grayish yellow color → click with the left mouse button or drawing pen on [Layer 1] (shortcut key: Alt+Delete).
3. Draft
If you are a beginner who lacks confidence in grasping shapes, you can first roughly draw a simple shape for reference.
🔧 How to do
Add a new layer above the background color → Set its blending mode to "Color Addition" → Set the layer color in the layer properties (the default setting for CSP is blue) → You can change the Lower the layer's opacity.
✍ ️write
Please refer directly to the photo data and the previous section to outline a simple graphic.
The key point of writing is to find the location of the "flower core"** (marked in green in the picture below).
The petals grow in a disc shape starting from the core of the flower.
The stem is also connected to the core of the flower, and then the branches and leaves are drawn. You can first draw the middle part of the leaves to grasp the position.
If you draw more than one flower, you can also predict the approximate location of the flowers at this time.
In the following example, due to the blooming of the rose and the shooting angle, I simplified the petals into a three-layer disc shape. The center points of all disc shapes are at the same core position.
📝 TIPS
It’s okay if the composition is different from the reference picture.
You can use local selection and free deformation functions to adjust the size of different parts.
🔧 How to adjust the shape
Use the lasso tool → select the position that needs to be changed → press the icon below (shortcut key: Ctrl+T) → zoom in/out/rotate the part as needed.
4. Line drawing
Don't worry about the drawn lines being incomplete. The focus of the style this time is "freehand". Even if you don't follow the reference photos to draw the flowers one by one, there is no problem!
🔧 How to do
Create a new layer above the background layer and below the draft layer → draw line drawing on this layer.
🎨 Color Choice
For beginners, I would recommend starting with dark lines.
Black, dark gray, dark brown, these are some easy to master colors that are suitable for the lines of the entire illustration.
In addition, you can also choose the line color based on the color of the flower, such as dark red for pink petals, gray or light blue for white petals, etc.
As for the color of the lines on the stems and leaves, I would recommend using dark green or darker blue or purple.
🖌 ️Line
One of the characteristics of the brush used this time is that its feedback on the strength of the brush is very obvious.
A harder line will be stronger; a softer one will bring a blurry light color. This change can make your picture richer!
If you want to draw a line drawing with large changes in lines, you are welcome to try using strong lines in the dark areas of the picture (such as the bottom of the corolla); use lighter lines in the bright areas (such as the light-receiving areas of the petals).
📝 TIPS
The horizontal edge of the petals goes along the outside of the disc on the draft (the blue and purple parts in the picture below)
The straight edges grow out of the flower core (the orange part in the picture below)
✍ ️Correction Lines
In order to maintain the pencil strokes, when you need to correct the lines, I would recommend that you set the color to "transparent" while still using the pencil, so that you can perform the function of the eraser!
In the end, I chose to use brown for the flowers and gray-blue for the stems and leaves; it’s okay if the lines are not connected together.
5. Coloring
Now comes the coloring part! At this point I will hide or delete the draft layer, and then add a color layer under the line drawing layer.
🖌 ️Brush settings and selection
First draw the background color of the object. On the background color and some wider positions, you can consider using "よわ Tai Pencil bed" to quickly color.
After painting the light areas and shadow areas, in order to simulate the effect of colored pencils, I would recommend using a thinner brush to draw the strokes.
In terms of brush size numbers, the brush size of the entire work varies by about ±25%, but this is not an absolute rule. You can make larger changes to see if you like it.
✍ ️Brushstroke
Petals: Please follow the direction from the core of the flower to the edge of the petals. As for whether the line shape is a straight line or a curve following the shape of a petal, both are fine.
Leaves: Because it is a secondary object, the painting method can be more realistic or simpler.
For example, divide the leaf into two parts according to the direction of the veins (Part A of the demonstration picture), or directly use strokes in the same direction to paint the color (Part B of the demonstration picture). Both can be used.
📝 Remarks
You don't need to fill it all with color, leaving some blank gaps can add to the hand-painted atmosphere!
6. Background
This step is not necessary, but if you want to add something to the background to enrich the image, this section provides some suggestions.
🔧 How to do
Add another layer below the main flower layer.
In order not to steal the focus of the subject, you can use some colors with lower saturation and higher brightness (that is, colors that are closer to gray and lighter). You can even just draw the lines without coloring.
In the demonstration picture, I referenced the parts on the side and put them into the background, and also slightly arranged their positions.
In addition, you can also add some background color.
Simply adding an outer frame can also enrich the picture. I used the following automatic action to easily add a white frame:
🔧 How to do
Select white → Select the background layer → Select the "Sticker Outline" action in the automatic action window and click the button → Set the parameters as shown below (draw on the inside, line thickness 100px (depending on the size of your image) ), the expansion type is square) → Move the newly added layer to the top of all layers.
7. Post-processing
In the collection of materials used this time, the author provides a layer group for paper texture adjustment. After adding it, it can simulate the texture of drawing paper, which is very beautiful! But this is not a necessary step. For example, if you want to use drawn flowers on a holiday card, you don't necessarily need to emphasize the paper effect. Let’s take a look at the effect after adding paper!
🔧 How to do
Pull the layer group from the material library onto the screen → Place the layer group at the top → If necessary, use the object manipulation function to adjust the opacity and magnification of the material.
In addition, you can also search for other paper materials in the material library.
Just enter "paper" and "texture" to find quite a few different beautiful materials!
8. Done!
【Conclusion】
Thank you for reading this far!
As an additional reference, below on the right is another flower illustration using the same steps to easily get the same colored pencil style as the example above!
The third picture is an illustration that uses the same hue of brown and is expressed only by light and dark colors. Does it have a different flavor?
In the end, only black lines were used, and the same drawing method can be used to simulate the effect of charcoal!
What do you think of this teaching?
Feel free to leave a message and let me know! Hope this tutorial is helpful to you.
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