3D Text Shatter Effect

By Dirk Metzmacher

The combination of 3D software and a 2D program like Photoshop is very powerful. The workshop 3D Text Shatter Effect describes how to make some realistic lettering with an eroded surface, step by step. Not everyone knows his way around in Cinema4D, but this article offers a detailed description.

No Comments / Published on August 21, 2009

Half naked

By Dirk Metzmacher

Thanks to the following information you can learn how to draw a portrait with a Wacom tablet. First the author draws a “concept sketch�, then colors, shadows and highlights are added. The workshop has been published as a series of articles. Here are the links to each episode:

1. Half Naked – Part 01 Concept and Coloring Process
2. Half Naked – Part 02 Basic Detailing
3. Half Naked – Part 03 Adding Textures

No Comments / Published on August 20, 2009

Into the future

By Dirk Metzmacher

Using Photoshop to peek into the future. It works with a magic ball such as the one that is created in the article Create a Magic Crystal Ball. First a background is painted with a brush, then hands are added which are about to carry the ball. Then the ball itself is drawn step by step.

No Comments / Published on August 15, 2009

Without gravitation

By Dirk Metzmacher

Just a simple collage, actually. Two photos are combined in a new image. The path tools are used to separate a man from the background. Then he’s inserted into another shot, and colors and contrast are adjusted. It’s still a great collage, for gravity is missing here.

No Comments / Published on August 14, 2009

Making of Lust

By Dirk Metzmacher

Another “Making of�. When I saw this photo for the first time I thought: “So what? Nice portrait. Doesn’t impress me much, though.� But as you can see in the article Making of lust, this „photo“ has been drawn by hand in Photoshop. Impressive.

No Comments / Published on August 13, 2009

Crater Landscape

By Dirk Metzmacher

The PDF article Create Craters in Photoshop finally offers an alternative to all the starry sky and planet tutorials. This one’s about a moon or an asteroid that is furnished with huge impact craters. Click here for direct Download.

No Comments / Published on August 11, 2009