He's a professional artist and surely he has a lot of work.

+Eric B it's because the experience! he doesn't need guidelines and stuff at this point. Really awesome!

+Eric B It's the difference between painting and drawing.

+Eric B like Dan said, this is more based on painting...you more or less sculpt the face out of very rough shapes of color and add details over time. It takes a while to get used to (I use a mix of rough sketching and this), but the results are actually pretty awesome! Just try it, look up a reference picture for the start (if you feel comfortable with your ability to draw faces (or anything really) without references do that), reduce the thing you are trying to draw/paint into simple forms and colors and add details little by little. ^^

+Eric B Definitely--it's a much looser approach to rendering and it can sometimes feel like you're battling the paint when you're trying to create some kind of accuracy. (As you can see in the video, Stjepan is sometimes using the liquid tool to adjust the proportions and spacing of facial features). On a live canvas, you would have to wash it out and repaint. But it's also a really organic way to render and sometimes the result can be quite spontaneous! :)

Dan Reynolds Animation yep, the results often feel very organic =)

+learningasidraw he's been painting and drawing for a VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY long time now. i think the point where he is at he dosnt really need references

+learningasidraw no references, just imagination :)

Wow... is there anything specific you practise to be able to draw without reference or is it literally a case of just drawing everything so much until eventually it comes naturally? Thanks gor the reply. Keep up the great work

15+years of 8+hours a day drawing every day...no big secret, just a whole lotta grinding and learning through studying and remembering one bit at a time, and still much more to improve on XD

+ketanichiwala As a slow artist who likes to dive into detail like me, giving yourself a countdown is helpful if you want to develop speed along with your painting skills.

Ludev that makes sense, i was just wandering if its a proven theory.

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it's old i'm using a cs3 still. there is an issue in later versions that makes my smudge brush act weird. and since that brush has been a major part of my workflow for about ten years ever since i fist created it, i never felt inclined to upgrade to a later photoshop version

+EKOBLADE22 what's IG?

+Stjepan Sejic Instagram

+Stjepan Sejic Instagram!

ah, no. couldn't bother with yet another social network.

+Stjepan Sejic awww, but all your favorite artist are on there