Painting in Photoshop with Wacom

April 5th, 2009

Painting in Photoshop with Wacom

So as of late, I’ve been practicing using my Wacom Bamboo tablet to sketch and trace just so I can be comfortable with drawing digitally.  Understanding the pressure and different strokes being applied is important because drawing on a tablet is much more different than what I have been used to such as a pencil and paper.  I think I definitely have a better handle of it now so I wanted to paint in some of my sketches.  Here are a couple I did last week. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } SHARETHIS.addEntry({... Continue Reading...

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Photo manipulation, practically is reconstructive surgery.

June 3rd, 2008

Photo manipulation, practically is reconstructive surgery.

So over the weekend, I started using some profile pictures of people to try to manipulate them, either from removing normal blemishes, losing weight, etc.  I decided to go for a more extreme and found a photo online that gave me an interesting time trying to manipulate the photo in photoshop.  How extraordinary is with a few filters, some skewing, adding some hair and color, a person can totally look different. I think this gives a really good idea of how one should consider before going for an extreme make over.  Take a look at what I did below: BEFORE PHOTOSHOP AFTER PHOTOSHOP As seen, I still need to put in some extra time to make the man more natural; his skin is almost ‘fake’ and I had to some how create a neck.  However, I am quite satisfied with the job on the photo... Continue Reading...

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