Focus on Photoshop (Bundle)

A bundle of my videos which all have a heavy focus on building specific Photoshop skills at an over 10% discount! Each video tutorial contains the same content as would be in the purchase of the individual videos contained within this bundle.

Included videos:

• Live Action Concept Illustration
• Painting With Stamps and Custom Brush Textures
• Painting Victorian Architecture
• Advanced Techniques for Digital Illustration
• Feature Animation Production Design & Vis Dev Illustration

DESCRIPTIONS OF INCLUDED PRODUCTS

(1) LIVE ACTION CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION:

If you are interested in Live action or anything else that requires photo driven illustrations, but with a painterly touch, this demo is for you.

In this 3 hour 51 minute REALTIME tutorial, I cover a widely used live action concept illustration/design process for creating cinematic story/set images for film. This video shows my entire process for how I transform rough paint sketches into usable, emotional illustrations to help describe a story's needs. I also cover the rarely described process of hunting for images, how to combine any photograph (with all the noise and bad exposure) into usable parts for the final image, and how to actually combine all the parts into one cohesive picture. A few other things covered include cinematic lighting, value grouping for picture clarity, adding the right amount of atmosphere, simplifying photo detail, planning light direction for maximum impact, adding figures and other set details for scale, place making, and much more!!

Included in this tutorial package:

• 03 hr 55 min in realtime mp4 video
• PSB layers
• Process JPGs & step-by-step annotations
• PS Brush set

(2) PAINTING WITH STAMPS & CUSTOM BRUSH TEXTURES

This demo teaches you how to use stamp shapes and custom brush textures to capture a more photographic, yet painterly image. In this comprehensive demo, I will take you through two steps to help describe complex ideas in a very easy method: (1) the Plein Air paint sketch, and (2) transitioning the sketch into the final painting using specific texture shapes and custom-made stamps.

Included in the package:

• 1 hr 27 min run time with a full audio tutorial
• 1080x1920 PSD layers
• Stamp file
• PS shape tool set
• JPG of both paintings (the paint sketch and the more refined image)

(3) PAINTING VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE

In this tutorial, I cover the process for using photos to help you paint complex architecture with cinematic lighting, how to set up color harmonies, how to paint building details with simple methods, and how to place the action in the scene and add your dramatic light.

Included in this package:

• 3 hours of real time with full audio
• PSD layers so you can see the organization
• Over 20 full step process JPGs
• Brush set

(4) ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION

In this video, I teach my personal digital workflow, flexible enough to create any type of illustration where complex lighting, texture, and level of overall finish is the goal. In the entertainment world of both animation and film, it's important to give yourself and your client the ability to quickly make changes, and this process is specifically built to help you develop those skills for your own preferred workflow! For those looking to find a new way of thinking, finish, and flexibility within your work, this video is for you.

Included in the Video 1 package:

• 1 hr of a real-time tutorial with full audio
• PS channel, masks, and selections
• Selections for complex objects and cinematic lighting with channels
• Using paths to stroke textured brushes
• Advanced uses for stamp shapes
• Separating your drawing from the page it's drawn on

Included in the Video 2 package:

• 1 hr 50 min of real-time footage with audio
• 1 GB watercolor stains file
• Knight mixed-media illustration tutorial & PSD file
• PS watercolor and tree root shape brush sets
• PS actions
• Step process images

(5) FEATURE ANIMATION PRODUCTION DESIGN & VIS DEV ILLUSTRATION

Using the setting of an Oriental harbor, this tutorial covers one tried and true way to create feature animation production design and vis dev illustrations. Using the included materials for this package, you also can easily follow along while we work through creating the finished piece for this tutorial. For those interested in a career in animation, this tutorial is especially applicable!

Included in the package:

• 1 hr 10 min video + audio tutorial
• Timelapsed sections for quick viewing
• PSD and JPG files of the final image
• PSD file of the shapes created for the image
• JPG step-by-step images
• PS actions for automated process functions such as mirroring
• PS brush set of some favorite brushes and a brush set of custom-made watercolor stains