Talented Artist Combines Photography and Illustration to Capture 'The Sketch of a Life' Paris-based artist Sébastien Del Grosso combines his talents as an illustrator and photographer to create incredibly creative self-portraits. Taking on an almost cartoon-like aesthetic, the series is titled “L’esquisse d’une vie,” translating to “The Sketch of a Life.” As you can see from the image below, creating one of these images takes several steps and requires that Del Grosso ply his skills in several artistic arenas. What’s left when all is said and done is a unique hybrid between photography, sketching, and digital art: But this series is about more than just creating interesting self-portraits — something that, admittedly, he does better than many other skilled artists we’ve seen and featured — it draws from Del Grosso’s own life. “I wanted to illustrate the main stages of my life,” he writes on his Behance.
Photoshop Tutorial: Master Polygons Part 1 Download some of the tutorial files here Thanks go out to Ryan Barber for this tutorial. See more of his work at Step 1 The first phase involves tracing a series of triangles on top of a photograph, in Adobe Illustrator. Create a new file at 6.66 inches x 10 inches. Step 2 You can lock the image in one of two ways. Step 3 Now that your image is locked you are ready to apply the Pen tool, so activate this now. Step 4 The next step is to set up the weight of our Pen tool’s stroke. Step 5 It is now time to start mapping out a series of adjacent triangles on top of the base photo. Step 6 Select the first triangle and then copy it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+C. Step 7 Activate the Direct Selection tool by pressing the A key. Step 8 Copy the second triangle by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+C. Step 9 Most triangles will share one common side with another triangle, but some triangles will only share a portion of another triangle’s side. Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 To be continued…
22 Best Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials, Part I Typography means a lot in any medium kind of presentation. Whether it’s a logo, banner or just a title; being able to inject creativity into it not only help in delivering the message across, it also leaves solid impression on the viewer. Good typography design is not easy, or should I say getting the type match and speaks for the product is often a very challenging job. Here are some of the best Photoshop text effects tutorials on the web, and as usual it’s the creativity that counts. ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect Metal Text EffectReally metallic chrome effect.
Tutorial: How To Create Self-Portrait Sketches Want to turn your self-portrait photos into fine art? Paris-based photographer and graphic designer Sébastien Del Grosso has some techniques he’d like to share with you! Photography and drawing are Sébastien’s biggest passions in life, and he skillfully combines the two disciplines in his self-portrait sketch series on 500px, “The Sketch of A Life”. Scroll down to check out his tutorial, so you can learn how to shoot and process your images just like his self-portraits below! How To Create Self-Portrait Sketches by Sebastian Del Grosso I have always been drawn to artistic creation. While traveling with my first Canon EOS in 2011, I also became interested in photography. Because of my work in graphic design, I learned how to be rigorous about details, colors, and emotions that give us an image. My self-portrait sketches are taken inside my apartment, shot in natural light with a Canon 7D, WA 16-35mm f/2.8 or a 50mm f/1.4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Super Cool Watercolor Effect in 10 steps in Photoshop Last year I wrote a Photoshop tutorial for PSDTUTS showing how to create a very nice design using watercolor brushes. It was inspired by the work of guys such as Bruno Fujii, Margot Mace, Raphaël of My Dead Pony and Stina Person. This time I will create another effect but it will be using Masks and Watercolor brushesl; it's inspired by another great digital artist, the master Scott Hansen the mind behind ISO 50 and also some images from the Daily Inspiration. So in this tutorial we will use Photoshop, some brushes from Brusheezy and some stock photos. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I'm using 1920x1200 pixels. Step 2 Add a new layer, fill it with white then make sure you have black and white for the foreground and background colors. Step 3 Let's add a nice texture. Place the image in the document on top of the other layers. Step 4 Now let's place an image in our document. Step 5 The image is hiding because of the mask. Step 6 Pick another Brush and paint again. Step 7 Step 8
Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop Applying texture to a text effect can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will explain how to create a baseball-inspired text effect using layer styles, patterns, and brushes. Let's get started! The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Create a new document that is 1024 x 645 px. You can use any other values for the Height and Width depending on the text you are going to create. Download the Grass Texture 1, and place it on top of your "Background" layer, then resize it as needed. Rename the layer to "Grass Texture". The grass colors are a bit dark and desaturated. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels, and change the Highlights value to 226. Create the text using the font Merkin. Press the Ctrl/Cmd key and click the text layer's icon to create a selection. Go to Select > Modify > Expand, and type in 15. Create a new layer below the text layer and call it "Stroke". Set the Foreground color to #e7e7e7, and fill the selection with that color.
Trasformare una foto in disegno a matita con Photoshop | Camera Obscura Da molto tempo stavo facendo esperimenti per convertire una fotografia in un disegno, o più precisamente, per mettere in piedi una procedura di ritocco con photoshop che permetta di simulare un disegno a matita, carboncino, sanguigna, a partire da una fotografia. La maggior parte dei tutorial disponibili online fanno uso di filtri automatici di Photoshop, che per il mio gusto personale sono tutti pessimi, sia quelli artistici, che di stilizzazione, o identificazione bordi. L’immagine ha sempre un che di artificiale, ricorda solo lontanamente le tecniche artistiche cui si ispira, si vede subito che è una foto che è stata filtrata e non un vero disegno e infine tutte le immagini di questo tipo si assomigliano tutte terribilmente fra di loro. La preparazione della fotografia La prima cosa da fare è partire da un’immagine adeguata. Ne consegue che le immagini più adatte sono le immagini grafiche, che funzionerebbero anche solo con bianchi e neri e poche scale di grigi. Il disegno Conclusioni
60+ Creative Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials The use of text effect is a very crucial aspect of designing no matter what you are designing a logo or a banner. Beautiful text effects always attract onlookers’ attention and deliver the message in a better way. In this post, we are featuring some very useful and creative Photoshop text effect tutorials that will guide you step by step on how to create visually alluring and appealing text effects using Photoshop. It is the time to see for yourself how easy these tutorials are to follow. Enjoy! Smooth Glass Type Design a Golden Flame Text Effect in Photoshop How to Create an Ice Text Effect with Photoshop Create Smoke Text Ridiculously Realistic Scorching Fire Effect! Colorful Plexi Text Effect Floral 3D Text Effect Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop Advanced Glow Effects Create Colorful Ornamental Text Swirl Text Logo Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text Colorful Light Burst Text Design a Skin-Textured Typography Scene Incredible Typographic Illustration Bling Bling text