Plush Rendering Take Two

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As mentioned is sketchatoy ten, there are many, many, ways to render plush. I'm currently working on a little side project and I needed to do a concept rendering to use in a pitch so I saw it as the perfect opportunity for a long over due tutorial!

This technique is very similar but instead of using the grass brush to create your texture, I am using an actual photograph of a texture (in this case fleece) and then using a grass brush eraser to define my edges.

Here is a link to the actual image I used so you can all follow along and experiment for yourselves. Remember, my character is wood so he's all brown hues, but you can make that texture any color you want! So have fun and if any of you do experiment send the results my way and I will post them.

Plush Penguin

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It's finally here! So how do you render up plush in Photoshop? Well, there are many ways and this is just one of them but it's a great technique. It's fast, easy, and there's no customizing/creating brushes or finding textures online.

This tutorial was done by another designer and he did a great job! I wanted him to do it since he was the person who showed me and I truly appreciate the help. It's always best to have multiple angles and learn different techniques since there is always more than one way of doing something.

If any of you have an idea for a tutorial or would like to create your own and share it, please e-mail me at sketchatoy@gmail.com and I'll see if it's postable!

What's Next?

Next there will be a "How to Render Plush in Photoshop" tutorial. I'm not sure if I will be doing this or another designer, however the image there is an example of the technique I've learned. So stay tuned!

Plush Duck Sketch

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So now I’m going to show you my technique when drawing a non digital toy sketch. In this case I’m using a colored pencil and some markers. I have several traditional drawing methods but this is one of my favorites. Please enjoy and share your thoughts!

Tools
Sketch paper medium tooth
Ticonderoga red colored pencil
Zebra brush tip pens
Paper Mate felt tip marker

Software
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (vignette/callouts)