ImagineFX_Issue_150_August_2017

2 Quick skeTches & ThumbnaiLs Thumbnails help me get dull ideas out to make room for better ones and they keep me on point w ...

Mark variation can be achieved in different ways, and each has its own character, shape and story 5 mix anD maTch yOur marks Var ...

7 seT gOaLs fOr skeTches I’m always aware of what I want to work on with a sketch, even if it’s a sketch for work. If a part of ...

A confident mark can often do more for us than accuracy 12 carry a skeTchbOOk ThaT yOu can LOve This is important. If you don’t ...

If you don’t love your sketchbook, you won’t want to open it August 2017 75 Artist insight Drawing skills ...

16 geT OuT Of yOur way There’s a tendency to intellectualise every decision, but that’s not where inspiration comes from. At a c ...

7 77 Join Tran Nguyen on her artistic journey as she creates a stunning... Next month All this... and more! Wellbeing ...

Photobashing an illustration Dave seeley takes you through his creative process, using Photoshop to craft a digital illustration ...

August 2017 79 In depth Photobashing ...

4 Setting up the document Though I’d had a rough idea at the outset of the physical dimensions of my illustration, now is the ti ...

You improve... ... at whatever you spend time doing – running, maths, art. This wasn’t obvious to me at the outset. For instance ...

the nature of cause ‘n’ effect Whatever you do infuses all your pursuits. This is a caveat to my previous tip. Photoshop has mad ...

take risks! Take risks in your work, and work in a way that allows you to risk. It’s the best path to growth. Let your ADD work ...

Manage colour tools in rebelle Martin Hanschild concludes his series on Rebelle by taking a look at working with the program’s c ...

3 Mixing colours Press and hold X to activate Mix Color mode. Now when you click the colour swatch or any colour pixel on the sc ...

1 Lay down a base – don’t work on a bLank canvas! Starting with a blank or plain canvas can be incredibly daunting and leave you ...

3 you don’t have to waste time drawing those perspective grids In the past, I’ve spent long periods of time painstakingly drawin ...

You can create a meadow of flowers with a just a single stroke of your stylus 6 keep your vaLues in check Instead of focusing on ...

8 layer styles are your Friend Do your colours look wrong? Maybe you need a quick fix to hit that deadline, but don’t want to re ...

11 button zoom It may seem simple, but its helpful to map the zoom functions to buttons on your stylus/tablet’s buttons. It can ...