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Portrait Retouching Photoshop

March 3, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

Retouching a portrait, brightening the image using blend modes before reducing skin blemishes and airbrushing. We also look at how we can add colour and brighten the eyes. The full video can be found on my web site

Tags: blend modes, retouching, skin blemishes
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Del’s Beautiful New Wooden Machine

February 27, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

An intricate hand-cranked machine made entirely of wood and glue (no metal or other materials). It was designed and built by my friend Del, using many different woods and incorporating a variety of mechanical motions. He has made several other wooden machines, but calls this latest one his crowning achievement. Del was born in July, 1937. If you would like to communicate with Del directly, his youtube channel is: www.youtube.com Also of interest: a feature article about Del in the magazine Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts (summer issue 2011). Web version here: www.scrollsawer.com

Tags: intricate hand, wood and glue
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Enhancing Portraits in Photoshop – Paint the Moon Wham Bam! Color Action

February 26, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

paintthemoon.net Follow along as we enhance this portrait, adding color, pop and style quickly and easily using the Photoshop action, Wham Bam!, by Paint the Moon. Same action available for Elements users. Both in the Fresh Wonderland 2 set of actions: paintthemoon.net Also shown: Blooming Color, Paint in the Dark, from the same set.

Tags: color paint, paint the moon, photoshop action
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Shoot and Photoshop an unusual self portrait

February 24, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

See the final image at www.flickr.com If you’re looking for a portrait technique with a twist then photography expert Gavin Hoey www.gavtrain.com has just the answer. The technique involves taking multiple images and then using a simple montage effect in Photoshop to join three images into one single photo. The video starts with a strobist lighting tutorial and is completed by the full Photoshop technique so you can watch the whole photo shoot from start to finish.

Tags: gavin hoey, lighting tutorial, portrait technique
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The Making of Tony Stark’s Incredible Interfaces

February 23, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

More than his vast fortune or rocket-soled boots or even Pepper Potts, the thing I envy most about Tony Stark are his computers. Here’s a video of how motion design company Prologue perfected Tony’s fantastic holographic interfaces.

Tags: boots, fortune, motion design, pepper potts
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Enhancing lip color and tone – Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching from lynda.com

February 22, 2012 in Art, Concept, Drawings, Illustration

Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com InPhotoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching, professional photographer and instructor Chris Orwig uses his extensive experience with Photoshop to focus on the specific tools every photographer needs to adjust images and keep them looking genuine. This course explores this program’s deep resources for portrait retouching and inspires photographers to do their creative best with everything from blemishes to backdrops.

Tags: orwig, professional photographer, specific tools
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