Although its name clearly implies a close relationship with photography, Adobe Photoshop is widely used as an illustration and design tool. Photoshop has also excelled as a color separation tool for prepress and photochromy jobs. Cartoonists and Illustrators find the possibility of using pressure sensitive tablets with Photoshop a huge asset. Architects use Photoshop to embellish their perspective drawings. Industrial designers and 3d artists can correct and enhance their 3d rendering. Pixel perfect images are created by icon and web designers. This section is a guide to different art and design resources, such as books, software, fonts, clipart and tutorials to help you to build a creative way of thinking and working.
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Planning watercolor washes
A few minutes planning can make all the difference to a watercolour
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 365 |
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Watercolor: Getting started painting hats
A simple exercise using just three colours
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 377 |
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Industrial stuff
Exercises aimed at forcing you to take a different approach to your subject
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 305 |
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Paint a bird
Two colour limited palette exercise. Great for beginners
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 1573 |
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Painting foliage
A step by step exercise taking the mystery out of painting foliage
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 246 |
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Painting shadows
Advice on painting convincing looking shadows
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 356 |
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Painting small figures
An easy way to paint small figures in watercolour
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 288 |
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Elements and principles of design
A run down on the building blocks that go to make up a work of art
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 1002 |
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Painting from photography
If you are painting from photographs here are a few tips to make them easier to work from
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 285 |
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Colour theory
How colours work
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 197 |