Archive for October, 2009
Use Lights To Project Your Logo
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by admin.
This tutorial basically involves three things that could be useful – Use of Light Projections (text projected onto white solids), Text Writing with particular and Use of Exported Camera from cinema 4d. There are some good principles you can take from this example.
Requirements
Trapcode Particular 2 You can download a trial version here.
CS Tools For Cinema [...]
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Create 3D elements in Flash
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by admin.
2D character animator Tom Baker helps you get to grips with the new 3D tools in Flash CS4 to create some dazzling results
Flash has come a long way since its early web-based vector days, and the new CS4 version boasts some pretty impressive extra features, such as the ability to create 3D layers ‘postcard’ style. [...]
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How to Create a Van Icon in Photoshop
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin.
This is another icon I have created with Negreu Andreas. We wanted to create an icon that can be used for a game maybe or a Mac app of some sort. Before we started we searched the web for photography with similar vans, then made some ideas, and a quick sketch. After that we started [...]
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Tracing a Vector Face From a Reference Photo
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin.
There are numerous ways that you could approach using a reference photo in illustration, an obvious option being to ‘trace’ the photo. Since there are so many microscopic details in a photograph you have to make numerous decisions on how you want the image to look in the end. Do you want it to look [...]
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Reader Tutorial: Extinction
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin.
We have a great tutorial sent by one of our readers, Chanito from Panama. In this tutorial he will show you how to create a good 3D type explosion with Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D and Adobe Photoshop. We will use basic tools to make this artwork. Good Luck!!!
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Design a Realistic 3D Baseball Cap in Photoshop
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by admin.
In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how to create a realistic 3D Baseball cap in Adobe Photoshop using the Pen tool, brushes and some nifty tricks.
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Guitar At Construction Site
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Software Used: Modo, 3ds Max, Maxwell Render and Photoshop
Introduction:
This is an old project that I started about a year ago and only finished recently, because my free time kept getting interrupted.
Concept:
When I started this project, I didn’t have an exact concept for what the final image would look like. I only had a rough vision [...]
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Making of Babylon
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by admin.
This tutorial is about planning a scene, modeling and managing the scene.
You will probably be surprised but the most important steps for this particular scene were the Planning and the Managing. The Modeling comes third in this kind of scene (a general view with no particular details).
Planning
For this project I wanted as much historical [...]
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Preparing Photos for Projection
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Introduction:
Using a reference image with shadows and highlights is a bad way to go. So in this video I explain how to remove those to give a perfectly flat lit image to make your texturing job easier.
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Chain Mail Painting Tutorial
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Introduction:
In this tutorial I will take you through the process of painting chain mail quickly and easily by creating your own custom brush.
