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Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.16 – Masks and Selections

Cam — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:00:12 +0000

This tutorial will cover the basics of painting with Masks and Selections, you should look at Episode 11, that covers Line Art before looking at this, so you get a good understanding of what we are doing.1. Making Lineart/Inks 2. Creating Masks 3. Creating Custom Patterns 4. Laying in Patterns 5. Painting in Selections Read more…

Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.15: Stroke Path Techniques

Cam — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:44 +0000

In this tutorial we will be looking at different stroke path techniques, using a pen tool also using shapes and paths.

1. Paths + Brush Tool 2. Pen Tool Strokes 3. Creating Patterns 4. Custom Shapes tip 5. Industrial Design Uses Read more…

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi.14: Ergonomics

Cam — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:00:46 +0000

In this tutorial we will be looking at Ergonomics and how it relates to Digital painting. We will be discussing specifically how to arranging your workstation, stylus handling other useful aids and Tips.

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 13: The Smudge Tool

Cam — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:00:24 +0000

In this tutorial we will take a look at the smudge tool and how to use it in our Digital Paintings. We will learn what exactly is the Smudge tool? the Settings and examples of uses. Read more…

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 12: Transform tools

Cam — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:00:42 +0000

In This tutorial we will will learn how to use the Transform tools in our Digital Painting projects, we will learn some Tips for Free Transform, Additional Options, Warp option and I will showcase some examples of how you can use these techniques in your work flow.

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 11: Preparing Lineart

Cam — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:00:55 +0000

In This tutorial we will will learn how to prepare line art for scanning into our Digital Painting projects, we will learn some Tips for Scanning, Adjusting Contrast/Levels, Extracting Line work and Creating a handy action.

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 10: Adjustment Layers

Cam — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:00:11 +0000

In This tutorial we will learn how to use Adjustment Layers in our Digital Painting projects, we will focus on the different types of Adjustment Layers, Combining Effects and Grouping Adjustments.

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Case Study – Peace Be Still

Godserv — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:00:59 +0000

In this case study, I show how we created A Dramatic Night Scenery from A Day Shot of The Ocean. The Inspirational Pik created with this technique is called "Peace Be Still", one of the desktop wallpapers created for our "31 Days of Glorious Wallpapers" gallery.

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 9: The Pen tool

Cam — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:00:07 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn how to use the pen tool. We will examine how to create shapes, manipulate points, draw custom shapes, useful actions and creating a perspective grid.

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 8: Photoshop Color

Cam — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:00:03 +0000

This tutorial continues our study of Digital Painting in Photoshop, today we will focus on Photoshop Color with an emphasis on Document Color Modes, Palette Color Modes, Swatches and Making a palette.

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 7: Custom Brushes

Cam — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:00:51 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn about making your own custom brushes. Custom brushes can be very useful, they can be used to paint different types of textures and shapes and they are especially useful in the Digital Painting workflow, because they can be saved and used in multiple projects, saving you a lot of time. Lets get started!

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 6: Brush Tool Presets

Cam — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:00:53 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn a little more about customizing our brushes and how to change the Photoshop presets for use in our Digital Painting projects, we will also learn how to save our brushes, manage brush sets and get familiar with brush modes. Lets get started!

Topics Include: 1. Brush Settings 2. Saving Brushes/Tool... Read more…