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Lil Wayne photoshop speedpainting portrait

       

Did this speedpainting of lil wayne out of the blue a couple of weeks back. Love his new single "Lollipop" and bought the new album The Carter III and I love it. He is definitely changing his game and seems to have a new rock themed inspiration. Im not a critic or anything so check it out for yourself.

This speedpainting was done in Photoshop in about 3 hours with the airbrush tool and varying brush sizes. I keep a flow of 22% and have a varying opacity, anywhere from 5% to 30%. Having your opacity set really low keeps your mistakes to a minimum. It allows you to slowly see the tones come in and back track if its not looking right. If my busy schedule slows down Ill try and post a step by step tutorial on how to do a speed painting, more so how to paint a portrait in Photoshop.

RIP - Heath Ledger tribute

       

As you may have known by now, actor Heath Ledger died last week from what appears to have been caused by an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.

Normally I wouldn't post anything on celebrity news but Heath Ledger's death really struck a chord with me. It's sometimes hard to believe someone so young and talented could be gone in an instant.

Events such as this make me remember how important life is and that it shouldn't be taken for granted.