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Masks

Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.16 – Masks and Selections

December 23, 2011 |

Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.16 – Masks and Selections : 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     Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.16 – Masks and Selections [sociallocker] [/sociallocker]    

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.15: Stroke Path Techniques

November 16, 2011 |

Digital Painting in Photoshop: 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     Digital Painting in Photoshop Ep.15: Stroke Path Techniques [sociallocker] [/sociallocker]  

ERGONOMICS

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi.14: Ergonomics

November 2, 2011 |

Digital Painting in Photoshop: 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. [sociallocker] [/sociallocker]  

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 12: Transform tools

October 7, 2011 |

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 7: Custom Brushes

August 12, 2011 |

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! Topics Include: 1. What are Custom Brushes? 2. How to make one 3. Using a photo 4. Using brush to make silhouettes [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting: African Female Portrait

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 6: Brush Tool Presets

July 27, 2011 |

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/Tools 3. Managing Sets 4. Brush Modes [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting: Cinematic Environment Sketches: Desert

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Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 6: Brush Tool Settings

July 22, 2011 |

In this Digital Painting in Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to use the brush tool and how to utilize different settings for our Digital Painting, we will also learn how to set up hot-keys, modify default settings and get familiar other amazing functions. Lets get started! Topics Include: 1. Brush Settings 2. Saving Brushes/Tools 3. Managing Sets 4. Brush Modes 5. Hotkeys/Actions [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting: Environment Sketch Demo (Digital Painting in Photoshop)

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 5: Layers Palette

July 18, 2011 |

In this tutorial we will be learning about layers in Photoshop and how they can be used in our Digital Painting workflow. One of the most important keys to learning and mastering Photoshop is using layers. Layers allow you to work on individual parts of an image while not affecting other parts. You might say that layers are like transparency papers stacked on top of one another which can be repositioned separately and drawn on without disturbing each other. 1 Lets get Started! Topics Include: 1. What are layers? 2. Using the palette 3. Layer Modes 4. Workflow Tips 5. Layer Comps [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting-Portrait Study: Masai

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 4: Photoshop Tools

July 13, 2011 |

In this tutorial we will be learning more of the Photoshop tools that are essential to Digital Painting workflow. When learning Digital Painting you can find a lot of information on techniques and tips n Tricks, but learning the tools and procedure first will allow you to be successful at painting. Lets get started! Topics Include: 1. Tools Overview 2. Tips for workflow   [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting – Digital Painting of a friend

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 3: Basic Functions

July 8, 2011 |

In this tutorial we will be learning the basic functions when setting up a new document for your digital painting project, the main consideration is setting up for print or web. We will learn other task like how to pan and zoom, toggle the interface and other important functions inside of Photoshop, lets get started! Topics Include: 1. New Document 2. Saving 3. Pan + Zoom 4. View Modes 5. Toggle Interface 6. New Window 7. Actions [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting: Drawing and Painting a Male Face – From Imagination

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 2: Organization

June 24, 2011 |

This tutorial is teaches us how to organize our workspace in Photoshop, having an organized workspace is essential for efficiency when doing digital painting, we will learn how to customize our menus, set up keyboard shortcuts, hot-keys and other essentials, let’s get started! Topics include: 1. Custom Workspace 2. Keyboard Shortcuts 3. Performance Settings 4. Windows/Palettes   [sam id=3 codes=’false’] Speed Painting – Saoirse Ronan as Hanna

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 1: Introduction

June 15, 2011 |

This is a introduction to our Digital Painting in Photoshop Tutorials, we have introduced a few tutorials before that deals with the topic. This tutorial will review some of the things we discussed. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software such as Photoshop 1. Let’s get started!   Topics Include: 1. Overview of the series 2. Installing updates and drivers 3. Setting Up Wacom Tablet 4. Making a glideglove [sociallocker] Speed Painting a Female Face – Natalie Portman [/sociallocker]

Photoshop CS5 Brushes Demonstration

May 9, 2011 |

Photoshop CS5 Brushes Demonstration: This tutorial demonstrates the Photoshop CS5 Bristle and Mixer Brushes. The new Photoshop CS5 Mixer Brush lets you define multiple colors on a single tip to paint with subtle color blends, or you can use a dry brush to blend a photo’s colors to create a beautiful painting. New Photoshop CS5 Bristle Tips enable you to easily paint with lifelike, naturally textured brush strokes using defined bristle properties like shape, length, and stiffness. I talk about the features and how to set them up, then I do a demonstration to show how they can be used. Lets take a look! Tools used: Wacom Intuos4 Photoshop CS5 [sociallocker] Digital Painting – Still Life Demo part 2/2 [/sociallocker]

Make A Custom Brush in Photoshop Using a Photo

April 11, 2011 |

In my last tutorial we learned how to make our very own custom brush in Photoshop. This time around we will learn how to create one using a photo and the magic wand tool. Photoshop has a lot of great default brushes that you can customize, but its way more fun and interesting to create our own. Since the types of brushes we can create in Photoshop are limited only by our imagination, we will design a very simple brush here from a photograph,  just to see how easy the whole process is. Lets get started! Tools used: Wacom Intuos4 Photoshop CS5 [sociallocker]   Digital Painting – Still Life Demo part 1/2   [/sociallocker]

How to Make a Custom Brush in Photoshop

April 4, 2011 |

Learn how to make your very own custom brush in Photoshop. Custom brushes can be very useful in speeding up your workflow, you can use them to paint various styles of digital paintings or use them as texture onto an object, create seamless tiles, and much more. Any time you find yourself using a symbol repeatedly, you can define it as a brush and you’ll always have it handy.  Follow these steps to define a custom brush in Photoshop. Tools Used Wacom Intuos4 Photoshop CS5 [majaenvato market=”graphicriver” action=”popular” count=”12″ refer=”loswl” cache=”30″ thumb_width=”75″ padding=”10″ columns=”3″]

Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics – Brush Settings

March 28, 2011 |

Digital Painting: This is the third and final part of our series on Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics. This tutorial explains the brush settings palette within the Adobe Photoshop menu. The version shown is CS5 but you will find the same things within previous versions of Photoshop. Digital Painting – Scary Bird Sketch HowtoDigitalPaint.com

Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics

March 21, 2011 |

Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics: This is the second part of our three-part series on Digital Painting. In the first tutorial, we covered setting up a Wacom Tablet for use in Photoshop. This tutorial covers setting up a New Document. It is about the considerations we may need to make in creating a new document whether it be an image for Print or Web. Web is generally 72 dpi/ppi | Print is generally 300 dpi/ppi. Next tutorial in the series: Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics – Brush Settings

Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics

March 14, 2011 |

Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics: This is the first part of a series of Digital Painting in Photoshop tutorials, in this tutorial you will learn about setting up your Wacom tablet properties in Photoshop. Although the Tablet covered is the Intuos4 there is information that is still useful and relative to the Intuos3 tablet. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Enjoy! Next tutorial in the series: Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop Basics – Setting up New Document