Create a Painting Part 5: Adding Finishing Details

By Aaron Blaise

In this tutorial, artist Aaron Blaise adds the finishing details to a digital painting of a zebra. He makes the painting come together by removing edges, adding details, and increasing contrasts.

He shows you how to:

• erase unnecessary lines from the original drawing
• add texture using slight darkening on the fur
• add highlights to the eye
• add reflected light

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