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	Rikki-tikki-tavi in pencil and Photoshop 5.5 Rikki-tikki-tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. The story, and my illustration, were to be used by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in a text book for 6th grade students, used to teach reading skills. Image and tutorial by Michael Halbert Visits: 445
	Drawing with photoshop halftones This image that will be used for the cover of a bimonthly newsletter going to orthodontist, was done by converting sections of grayscale tones into line halftones. Image and tutorial by Michael Halbert Visits: 417
	Create custom reference with liquify I received an e-mail from Paradigm, the publisher of a magazine in Japan. They wanted an illustration of a Tyrannosaurus Rex... Image and tutorial by Michael Halbert Visits: 730
	Scanning line art Getting a good line art scan with a desktop scanner is easy, but there are some extra steps you need to take to insure the best quality. Image and tutorial by Michael Halbert Visits: 357
	Creating a monster with Photoshop 5.5 This illustration began as a detailed pencil drawing that was scanned and used as a guide in Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8. Image and tutorial by Michael Halbert Visits: 542
	Big Prints From Small Printers This tutorial is based on a printer that can print on paper up to 13 x 19 inches. If your printer uses smaller paper, then simply change the paper size numbers in this tutorial to your printer's sizes. Visits: 517
	Separating a Drawing From Its Background This is a pencil drawing that has been scanned. It is on one layer - black pencil lines on a white background. The problem is to separate the lines from the white background and get them on their own layer. Once on their own layer, colors can be added or painted on layers underneath the lines. Visits: 1055
	Pen and Tablet Exercise This is not really a tutorial. It's an explanation of an exercise I use to get better at controlling a digital pen and tablet. A pretty awkward experience when first getting started. Visits: 696
	Perspective - Quick Down & Dirty This tutorial assumes that you already know how to use Photoshop's adjustment and transform tools, and you have a good grasp of the fundamentals of perspective drawing. Visits: 872
	Simple Two Point Perspective This tutorial assumes that you already know how to use Photoshop's adjustment and transform tools, and the fundamentals of setting vanishing points for a 2 point perspective drawing. Visits: 796