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I don't suppose anyone that reads this has ever seen a tutorial for painting leather? Work in progress demands it and as I've never done it before I could use all the help I can get.
EDIT: Thanks for the attempts at answering but I think everyone might be looking for an answer to the wrong question.
I worded this poorly. I'm not trying to apply actual paint actual leather. I'm trying to color a picture of a character wearing leather in photoshop.
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I've used both suggested texturizer patterns -- Rust Flakes gives more of a peeling leather effect, while Sand is sort of suede-y. I'd experiment until you find something you like.
I'd suggest using a displacement map to place the texture on the character's clothes. The process requires you to shade the drawing before applying the color, but your gallery suggests you're no stranger to digital shading. There's a tutorial on displacement mapping at [link] in case you need it.
Long time lurker, but love your work.
You could cross hatch the texture.
or
Go solid black avoiding the line work and feather in white ink to hit the highlights.
or
If your doing this all digital, then color the area and then layer in a texture either from a sample or with the texture function.
I hope you post this one, I look forward to seeing how it comes out.
at least with his jacket the leather looks really smooth, i'd go for a semi-gloss look
As for shiney leather, you could just lighted the color a lot to almost white, and just place it in some area's where the folds don't get in the way. Sorry if this isn't very specific I have never really drawn leather before, and again I'm not very talented so I'm sure this would take more time then it sounds. But anyway best of luck
I want to know how to color and shade leather in a digital program. If I search for painting leather (as evidenced by the responses thusfar) both people and search engines think I'm trying to say, paint a leather jacket in my closet.