This tutorial finds its roots in one of those errant thoughts I have that reminded me of the part in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” where Billy Pilgrim finds himself on an alien world observed by beings that hold their eyes in their hands. So, stemming from that image I had in my head one fine morning [...]
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The purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate one way to create an Erlenmeyer flask in Photoshop. Once you’ve completed this tutorial, the same techniques can be applied to a variety laboratory glassware. Tutorial Details Application(s): Adobe Photoshop Version: CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours The Final Image Step 1 Create a new document with a Width of 600, Height of 600, Resolution [...]
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A simple, straight-forward tutorial on how to create brushes in Photoshop. The focus of this tutorial will be to create a Bubble Brush that can be used for a multitude of projects. Tutorial Details Application(s): Adobe Photoshop Version: CS4 Other Equipment: Pressure sensitive tablet (Wacom) Difficulty: Beginner Time: .5 hours The Final Brush Preview Step 1 Create a new document that is 200px by [...]
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Ever wondered if there was an easier way to pick shading colors once you’ve developed a palette of principle colors for your illustration? I did, so I took a page from my 3D artist days (prior to the dot com bubble) and created a “Shading Model” to use as a guide while coloring my illustrations [...]
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This tutorial will demonstrate the process of creating a set of brushes that you can use with your pressure sensitive tablet to ink your scanned sketches in Adobe Illustrator. Tutorial Details Application(s): Adobe Illustrator Version: CS4 Difficulty: Beginner Time: 0.5 hours Preparation Before using a tablet for the first time or just to make sure you have things set up for this [...]
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