I am not really good at digital painting but it's always a good exercise. The whole process is more about digital painting than design. The color dodge will create a very realistic light effect. Delete the content with the white light spots and create 2 different ones, a little less strong. Change the Blend Mode of the folder to Color Dodge. Add another layer inside this folder and paint 2 spots with blue.ĭuplicate the folder and delete the blue layer. After that with the Brush Tool, use a soft brush with white and paint 2 light spots. Change the Blend Mode of the folder to Screen. Apply some Gaussian blur after that.Īdd a new layer on top of the layer you created the eyes and group this new layer into a folder. The texture I used can be downloaded at įor the eyes, the create the 2 shapes and fill with blue, then use a basic checked texture. Move the position of the texture give more depth. Again remember, apply the texture to each part of the mask. Paint some more highlights.Īdd some more highlights, especially on the mouth and purple part. Repeat the same thing as the previous step, but this time use Screen for the Blend Mode. With the Brush Tool (B), a very soft brush and white for the color, start painting some areas to highlight. Fill the layer with black and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge. Also, there are some shadows and subtle details like you can see in the image below.įor each part of the mask, add a layer and go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask. The basic Ironman colors are gold and purple.
Now in Photoshop, paste each part of the mask as a layer and let's add some colors. Once you have all shapes, use basic grey colors to see if everything is alright.ĭuplicate the half of the mask and flip it horizontally. With the Pen Tool (P) start creating the basic shapes.Ĭreate one shape for each part of the mask, it will help us to add colors and textures later on in Photoshop After that create a circle and a line crossing the center. The first thing to do is get a good reference of what you want to do.
Open Illustrator and create a new document. It's not too detailed because I wanted to share a simple overview/walkthrough so you could play and explore by yourself.
IRON MAN MASK HOW TO
So for this tutorial, I will show you how to create the Iron Man mask using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. There's still a couple of months until we can set our eyes on the real deal so I decided to create the Iron Man mask from scratch using Illustrator and Photoshop just to warm up and to try to improve my illustrating skills. The effects are top notch and I'm really anticipating seeing it in May. Last week I saw the new Iron Man trailer and as usual, it was nothing less than amazing. Fans can suit up in a Venomized Iron Man mask, put on the Repulsor accessory, load in a dart and fire it as they imagine action-filled battles in the world of.