Portrait Art Classes
Release Date: 2007-05
CD descritpion
VTC video training InDesign CS2 by Brian White
On CD1 you will find Virtual Training Company’s software training CD for InDesign CS2. This program provides for a fast, easy, inexpensive and highly effective method, for computer training.
So that you can understand and follow our magazine tutorials,
we’ve included movies (without audio) and source files. On CD2
you can find these files to the following tutorials: Fruity Bass,
Bathing Buddha, Mixed Media Techniques, How to vector the perfect
sister and Portrait taking. To properly view the movies we’ve
included the codec’s, XviD and TSCC, that will install on either
your Macintosh or Windows computer.
Also to get even more experience with video training we
have included movies that show the techniques to make Fruity
Bass and Bathing Buddha.
Also there: Backdrop designer- trial FOR MAC AND PC.
Special for our readers – 20% DISCOUNT COUPON ON PRIMATTE CHROMAKEY AND ON
BACKDROP DESIGNER +10% OFF ON PRO PHOTOGRAPHY SUITE.
Also: Fluid Mask – Trial, Xara Xtreme Pro-30-day trial, Font sets from graphicxtras.com, 7 fantastic Photoshop movies and 70 royalty free photos!
Enjoy!
Articles
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Portrait taking
I wanted to create an arresting image that had realistic photographic elements,
highlighted and juxtaposed by a clean, bold graphic style. I used a combination of
the paintbrush and airbrush tool in Photoshop with varying opacities and a section
of a digital photograph to attempt to capture the essence of my friend Mike’s drive in his
passion to take photographic portraits.
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4 the love of it
When approaching a design job, I always kick-start my thinking from a saying
I read back in my studying days: ”Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”.
Hence my design steps and overall execution are not over-complicated, but are
easy to understand (to the Photoshop enthusiast). The basic tools I used to compose
the above was a camera and Photoshop, coupled with some Freehand (vector) artwork,
a bit of design know-how and my secret ingredient, love.
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Xara Xtreme Pro
Xara Xtreme Pro is a vector graphics program that has many unique characteristics,
some of which you’d typically only find in advanced photo editing tools such as
Photoshop. For example, it offers vector feathering – that is, you can blur the edges
of vector shapes (or photos, text, any other object). And this is true resolutionindependent
vector feathering. Secondly, it offers one-click graduated transparency.
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Caricature tutorial
This tutorial will teach you how
to draw your own caricature
and what to know when you
draw one. Also, I will cover some of
the basics of drawing and give you
some tips. First thing you need to
know is what caricatures are. They’re
basically just drawn portraits of
people, except they’re exaggerated.
Sometimes a lot, sometimes a little.
In big cities all over the globe you
will see various of streetartists who
draw caricatures and if you’ve seen
only a few, you’ll see right away that
it can vary quite a bit. It’s all about
exaggeration. But what? Well, keyitems.
And how do you know which?
Well, if you look at a photo, take a
look at which parts of the face (or
body) are spots that give the face
it’s own identity. If someone has big
lips, make them bigger. If someone
has a big nose, make it bigger. If
someone is frowning, make the frown
huge. If someone is making a weird
face, make the face even weirder. The
same goes for minimising thing. If
someone has a small nose, make it
smaller, if someone has small ears,
make them smaller, etc. Also, what is
done quite a lot is making the body
3-10 times smaller then usual. This
focusses all the attention on the
head, which is obviously the most
important part of the body when it
comes to identification.
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Bathing Buddha
The picture was entirely made with Photoshop. It’s a combination of three
digital photos I made myself. The Buddha figure is a picture of one of my
own sculptures. Thinking about a subject for a new tutorial I got inspired
by my garden Buddha. I wanted to create a picture with a minimum of elements
and a maximum effect. Just look at this picture and see what I mean. Have fun
doing this picture.
P.S. special thanks to Nils Hirseland for doing the German translation and my
son John-Boy Buurman for being my right arm! (can’t use my own for a couple
of weeks).
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Fruity bass
When dealing with numerous layers in a picture, overlaying and tweaking them will
open new doors. You will soon notice that in Photoshop the possibilities are endless.
One of the really famous ones in the layer options palette is the overlay tool. The
concept of the whole Process sounds difficult but is actually very basic. Think of it as if you
were using traditional media like tracing paper, acetate, pen, normal paper, and an erasure.
You are then cutting out objects and placing them on top of on another. Regard it as a digital
collage with more options and tools to choose from. In the end you could create anything.
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Craft & Technique
The concept of the Master File is relatively recent and I thought that a short
description of it wouldn’t hurt. The fact that I received numerous requests
to describe this concept told me that there was indeed a need for such a
description.
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Mixed Media Techniques
To achieve an organic look within your work requires an understanding of Color
Blending and Layer modes. The key to this style of working is to paint your
watercolour washes by hand and scan them rather than trying to create them within
Photoshop. By blending organic with digital and having a keen eye for composition and
color you’ll create a definitive style that Photoshop alone cannot achieve. The purpose of
this tutorial is to encourage you to create your own traditional media. Don’t worry if you’re
not talented with a paintbrush – just by making some random color washes and combining
them with Photoshop you’ll be taking your illustrations to new organic heights!
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Product Review for Maya 8.5 nCloth
We will take a look at some of the new features of the new nCloth and nucleus physics
solver included in Maya 8.5 unlimited. We will see how it stacks up to the previous cloth
solver as well as play around with its unique features.
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How to vector perfect sister
I was fortunate enough to place third in the recent graphics competition held by .PSD Magazine. The
instruction was to take our favorite person and make an artwork out of it, so I chose my little sister
named Isabelle. My goal was to make the viewer see my sister through my own eyes – the way I see
her and the way I feel about her. I tried to capture her innocent and energetic personality. When the critic
complimented the energetic personality that was shown through my artwork, I was happy to discover
that my goal was accomplished. In this tutorial, I will teach you, step by step, how I created my winning
entry using Adobe Photoshop.
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Determining correct resolution
I have been working within the prepress industry for around 10 years. I have worked for
lithographers and flexographers and in that time I have seen many projects come to me
with images either too large or too small for what they were intended. This has always
been a problem for prepress environments because in either case they slow down
production time. And can cost money. So having said that I wish to impart my great
wisdom and understanding of this small but important factor when creating artwork
for clients.
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