speed painting

[zilchvortex]

hi guys is there any techniques i can use in photoshop for shadows making things realistic and lighting e.g. dodge tool, burn tool

[Terro]

Color dodge is great for lighting but make sure you use it on the layer that has the thing you want to lighten up. It doesn't work well on empty layers.

[D-Zyner]

For shadows you can use multiple tools:

You can used the Burn tool, and play around with the settings.

You can use the Layer Blending Options, which allows for a Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Bevel-ish shadow, etc.

You can use your paint-brush and paint shadows...etc.

I hope this helps.

[zilchvortex]

has anyone got any tutorials

[zilchvortex]

hi guys watch this video http://thedailydrawing.com/index.html?t=picrob
once uve watched it i was wondering does any one no how to do that tecnique under the eyes of the robot were it gradually changes colour or something like that thnks.

[sciboy]

A well chosen palette and the paint brush tool.
http://itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

[zilchvortex]

thnks m8 a great help

[zilchvortex]

the thing is that shows u how to get the look but it dosent tell u how u get that effect with the paint brush all i want to no s how to get that gradient look with jst a paint brush and some blending

[myhatisoff]

Try using a big brush with a feathered edge and turn down the flow and opacity values. I think that might work...

[zilchvortex]

does any one have any video tutorials or some normal tutorials would be a great help

[Terro]

Yeah there a lot of tutorials out there, but from my experience the best way to do it is to sit down and start by doing 10 minute sessions. Just open up a new file and start doodle painting till you see something in them. Go into it with no idea at all and don't concentrate , try to free your mind. At first what you paint will look terrible and you wont like it, but after a few of these you'll start to adjust and start seeing some improvement and ideas will start showing up.

[Terro]

Heres a video tutorial for Photoshop

http://www.inetgrafx.at/

Goto Downloads , then Goodies , it's the second file under goodies

[zilchvortex]

thnx terro its a great help

[dlpwillywonka]

That was a great tutorial. I only got to watch about 10 minutes but loved seeing that forest background come to life.

Anyone ever used the Gnomon Workshop (http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/groups/photoshop_g.html) dvds? Recommend any particular artist in them?

[Terro]

I have a few of the DVD's , Ryan Church and Feng Zhu are really great DVD's

[dlpwillywonka]

I was really interested in this one. (http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/dco01.html)

[zilchvortex]

Does any one have a tutorial on how to make realistic clouds in photoshop

(or can someone make one plz)