Photoshop Tips

When I first started with photoshop I really did not ever find the need to use selection masks. Now I feel that they save a lot of time and are very useful.

Selection masks are different than Layer Masks. Layer Masking basically allows you to fine tune the visible and invisible parts of your layer.

Selection Masks, on the other hand, allow you to have more control over your selections. And selecting stuff is a major part of Photoshop.

Before continuing please make sure that you understand Photoshops Marquee Tools and Lasso Tools. If not then check out our Photoshop Tips Tutorial Page.

Read the rest of this entry »

Here is an old animated gif file that shows how a digital face is created. It’s an animated gif file and takes a while to load on slower connections. Once it loads you’ll see the artist first making an anatomically correct underlying sketch. Next he lays down the values in gray. Next he adds the shapes and hues and then refines the image by almost carving it.

I do not know who created this. If someone does know then please let me know.

Check it out here (click here)

If that link breaks click on the following link: Read the rest of this entry »

This is the portfolio of Francis Tsai.

Amaaaazing stuff! I really can’t say anything else about it haha. Check it out

Website: http://www.teamgt.com/ft-port.htm

Here are some introductory drawing tutorials. These aren’t very new and actually they are probably a couple of years old. They still are, however, very helpful in seeing how a digital artist creates art work in Photoshop.

These aren’t photo manipulations but instead fully created from scratch.

The tutorials are:

• 01 2 POINT PERSPECTIVE.
• 02 CASTING SHADOWS
• 03 CASTING SHADOWS ONTO OTHER OBJECTS
• 04 FIGURE PAINTING FROM PHOTO REFERENCE
• 05 CHARACTER PAINTING AND DESIGN
• 06 CHARACTER PAINTING AND DESIGN II

Thanks to TeamGT for these tutorials.

Worth1000s photoshop contest entries are out. The Theme is ‘If Pirates Ruled the World’. Some funny stuff there

Link