Chapter 5. Painting the Sleepwalker

This tutorial features a sleepwalker walking down the middle of a hall in the dead of night. He is carrying a candle to light the way on his nightly travels.

You may be wondering why this particular subject matter has been chosen for a tutorial. The explanation is simple. This digital painting contains a number of different objects and effects that often cause painters difficulty.

Chapter Contents

  • Painting a Night Scene

  • Painting the Sleepwalker

  • Painting the Eye Candy in the Image

  • Finishing Touches

Painting a Night Scene

In this chapter, I demonstrate a way to paint several different objects that often present problems for painters. Several of these problems are specific to darkly lit or night scenes. The objects that ...

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