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.
Newest Painting and illustration techniquesSort this listing by: Date | Popularity | Alphabetically |
|
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.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 400 |
|
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...
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 284 |
|
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.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 415 |
|
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.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 309 |
|
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. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 173 |
|
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. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 374 |
|
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. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 161 |
|
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. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 223 |
|
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. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 529 |
|
Wood Grain Texture
For this tutorial, I'm going to use the background wood panel from my picture called Keywine. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 1296 |
