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How to Pick the Right Color Palette for Your Designs
Color is very important especially to designers. A design would certainly look dull without the element of colors. No doubt, colors are indeed very important. It has a great impact on a business, on marketing and even in one’s emotions. To help you with that, we will give you ten tips that can be your guide in creating your own color palettes. 1. Image: shutterstock This is the first thing you need to know so that the colors you will choose will be suitable for the project. 2. Image: shutterstock Before you start creating and choosing a palette, review the basics of colors. 3. Image: shutterstock When we say custom, you will do away with the usual, traditional schemes and make your own. 4. Image: shutterstock Even if we have mentioned to do away with the traditional color scheme, this does not include monochromatic. 5. Image: shutterstock Try colors that have the same chroma and saturation levels. 6. Image: shutterstock These three would add a different life to your color palette. 7. 8. Ads
5 Fundamental Skills Every Artist Should Master
As an artist, your job is to immerse your viewers into a world that you have built and guide them safely through it. Artists have much in common with storytellers. Storytellers have several tricks that they use to keep their readers coming back for more. Like storytellers, artists can use similar tricks to help them produce more compelling artwork. The most important aspect of art to me personally is the composition. This is the simplest and most used composition technique, one that I use a lot myself. The main idea behind this is to place your most important element/object on one of the intersections where the lines converge (the +'s), as well as along or near the vertical line of wherever your focal may lie. It is believed that when this is used and your subject/focal sits on one of these spots, it creates more interest in your picture rather than having it centered. You can use these basic guides either as a starting point for more complex compositions or to create an entire piece.
Aretha Franklin' by Jason Seiler
Step 6 I removed the palette at this stage because I had enough colours in my painting to work with. If I needed to change the value or saturation of a colour that I already had, I simply clicked on the colour picker and mixed or adjusted my colour there. Not much here has changed since Step 5 (Fig.06). I began to use my favourite Photoshop brush, #24 (follow the brush settings mentioned in Step 1). Fig. 06 Step 7 I began to focus my attention on Aretha's face (Fig.07). Fig. 07 Step 8 At this stage I freely zoomed in and out - zooming in for details, zooming out to have a look from a distance. I basically finished the face at this stage, and started to detail her chest and clothing (Fig.08). Fig .08 Step 9 The painting was all but finished in this final step, with the exception of the hair and minor details of clothing and composition. My goal with this painting was that it would feel more like a traditionally painted piece, rather than a digitally painted image. Fig. 09 Final Thoughts
Coloring in PSD-Orange is what you are
Photoshop is your friend. Certainly, you'll say, the camera doesn't see as we do, it alters colors, etc. That is besides the point. Once you are looking at the colors on the screen, if they make up a good tromp l'oeil to you (and my gosh, isn't a photo almost as realistic as, say, a photo?) The color prejudices of the XIXth century have been substituted by the color prejudices of the more recent years. Note: on the picture I have also placed patches of maximum value at constant chroma and null-chroma patches.
Concept Art Theory – Understanding Composition | Leanne Reed
In order to create the best composition of a piece, several several rules should be adhered to. Many professionals work by a series of tried and tested rules that work for the best aesthetics and outcome for a piece of concept art. Without a good understanding of composition any piece created, no matter how great the skill involved, will always be lacking a certain something. One of the oldest rules is the Golden Ratio - a 1:1.618 rectangle which is then divided into squares, by doing this it reveals the location of the strongest focal point. Further from the golden ration is the rule of thirds, this is achieved by dividing a frame by three on each side to create a grid. The diagonal and S-line rule are great for adding movement and speed to a piece. Another powerful rule is the use of framing. Things to Avoid Clutter - clutter can be distracting in a composition, it draws the eye away from focal points.
Pseudo HDR - Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show to how to transform any JPG photo in a HDR type of photo. End result: Author: Views: 51319 Score: 7.4 / 10 Author earned: $10 Step 1 Let's start! Step 2 Duplicate your original layer and convert it to "Smart object" by clicking right button of your mouse and choose "convert to Smart object" like in below picture Step 3 On your duplicate layer converted go to Image->Adjustments ->Shadow/Highlights and set Shadow between 15-25 and Highlights 50-60. Step 4 On this pop-up menu mark "show more option".Now it's up to you to find a good contras by playing with "Tonal Width" and "Radius" (green mark) or "Color correction" (blue mark).Don't forget each picture is different and you will not have same settings twice.Now you can hit OK :) Step 5 Above your second layer create a Curve Adjustment layer by going to half black half white circle hold down Alt key and choose Curve Step 6 Now drag black and white slice like in my pic or set "output" to 255 and "input" around 200 Step 7 Step 8
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Photoshop Fake Pencil Painting Tutorial
Details Skill Level:AdvancedTechniques:digital paintingUsed Software:PhotoshopCompletion Time:32.00 minAds: Digital painting tutorial with a bit of photo manipulation I will show the imitation of a pencil drawing on paper, with tips making it look real. The brushes I used to do this painting are available on Lapis-Pencil Brushes by TeoClyts Besides, here is a Template-caderno Video Tutorial
Useful Photoshop Layer Styles Tips and Tricks
Layer Styles are special effects that can be applied to Layers in Photoshop, and change the appearance of whatever contents that layer has. You can use them to get awesome results easily and quickly. This tutorial will show you some really useful, and time saving, tips and tricks for dealing with Layer Styles. Tip 1: Adding and Modifying Effects You can double click the layer to open the “Layer Style” dialog box, then click whatever effects you want to add, and modify the settings. Alternatively, you can click the Add a layer style icon down the Layers panel (Window -> Layers) to go directly to the effect you want to apply. Once a Layer Style is applied, a small “fx” icon and an arrow will appear to the right side of the layer. To modify an effect, you can double click it from the expanded list, or click the Add a layer style icon then choose the effect you want to modify. Tip 2: Disable Auto-Expanding the Effects List Tip 3: Hiding and Showing Effects Tip 4: Removing an Effect
