This article is a transcript of the process shown in this video. For this mini project I started with a 3D sculpt for the frog using ZBrush and 3D coat. Any 3D software you use is fine as long as you are happy with it and this is optional if you are not interested in…
I’ve touched upon this subject before on this blog. My earlier articles around this subject are as follows: Using Normal Maps for Illustration Lighting 2D Art with Normal Maps Using Normal and Height Maps to Light 2D Art Lighting 2D Art with Depth Maps A Method for Making 2D Images Into 3D Models I recently…
I’ve been experimenting with another normal map and digital painting related tool over the last few weeks which you can find in G’MIC (a full-featured open-source framework for digital image processing). Luckily G’MIC is incorporated into the latest version(s) of Krita and can be used in other software as plugins you can find on the…