Lonely Fairy
By Dirk Metzmacher
The end result of the article Create a Beautiful Lonely Fantasy Fairy doesn’t really convince me much. A little cheesy and too playful. But I find this intermediate step very interesting. It describes how a fruit is turned into a feather. A good idea.
No Comments / Published on August 27, 2009
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Making of Transformer
By Dirk Metzmacher
The workshop Making of Transformer – Death Blow describes the creation of a painting. The author draws this little robot here stroke for stroke, and apparently he’s in a bit of trouble. The sketch is followed by detail refinement in color and structures. Pure action!
No Comments / Published on August 26, 2009
Soul Rebel Poster
By Dirk Metzmacher
The Soul Rebel Poster tutorial shows a lady being colorized. Paint splashes, lines and a glitter effect are added. Then a background pattern, several noise functions and a tiger come into play. And in order to make the collage look harmonious, everything is colorized with a single tone.
No Comments / Published on August 25, 2009
Color Accident
By Dirk Metzmacher
The Photoshop tutorial Making of Color Combustion shows a photo manipulation with the subject “color accidentâ€. Eight different photos are combined in a new image. A street with playing kids and numerous color splashes that were created in Photoshop. All that makes for a very atmospheric scene.
No Comments / Published on August 24, 2009
Fake 3D in Photoshop
By Dirk Metzmacher
Nik Ainley shows us how to create „fashionable 3D artwork“ without using a rendering tool. The most important point for the right 3D feeling is a realistic perspective. The article Fake 3D in Photoshop describes how a grid can help you draw in 3D.
No Comments / Published on August 22, 2009
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 sketchâ€, 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




