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13 ADD CONTRAST In order to put the fighter in the foreground, you should hugely enhance its contrast on the nearest details. Cr ...

14 TEXTURE The fighter is still too clean, so let’s add dirt! Go to cgtextures.com, search and download ‘ConcreteLeaking0118’ or ...

QUICK TIP For special effects like fire, smoke or splashes, using a stock photo is the fastest way to achieve a great result. Do ...

ANDY HAU http://www.andyhau.com OUR EXPERT I am an architect exploring the unexpected results created from the interface between ...

LEARN HOW TO MERGE URBANISM AND TYPOGRAPHY TO CAPTURE THE EUPHORIA OF BEING IN A CITY CONSTRUCT 3D TYPE I f it looks like a duck ...

01 LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS Begin by finding a font in Illustrator with qualities that will lend themselves to becoming the physic ...

QUICK TIP I know cutting out and manipulating photo textures sounds like a Herculean task, especially when you could bypass the ...

QUICK TIP One of the reasons that computer-generated images end up looking sterile is that the computer works out perspectives m ...

16 PRACTICAL COMPLETION Finish the artwork by adding a few more images of trees to the background and adjust the lighting and sh ...

TRANSFORM A FLAT 3D RENDER INTO A REALISTIC ILLUSTRATION USING PRO TECHNIQUES EXCEL IN EXPERT BLENDING D iscover how to turn a f ...

BRENDAN MCCAFFREY http://www.bmcaff.com OUR EXPERT SOURCE FILES McCaffrey is a digital illustrator based in Spain who produces p ...

PREPARING THE BASE FROM ELEMENTS IMPORT THE RENDER PASSES AND CUT OUT THE PLANES TO FULL INTEGRATION WORK IN PROGRESS Progress 1 ...

QUICK TIP Mask specular and reflection layer passes with grunge brushes to banish those obvious CG highlights and create more na ...

BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE RENDER USE THE RENDER BEAUTY PASS AS A START POINT TO INJECT YOUR OWN CREATIVITY INTO THE WORK 001 Sunl ...

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER FINISH THE BACKGROUND AND ADD THE FINAL COLOUR ADJUSTMENT TO POLISH YOUR ILLUSTRATION OFF QUICK TIP Use ...

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LEARN HOW TO CREATE AN EPIC VIDEOGAME KEY ART TO CAPTURE YOUR AUDIENCE CREATE PRO KEY ART T he entertainment industry relies on ...

04 ADDING RIM LIGHTS Use the normal CG layer as an illumination layer. Desaturate it by selecting Hue/Saturation from the adjust ...

06 TELL THE STORY WITH CLOTHING The same principles used for believable skin rendering also apply to clothes – remember that we ...

10 ALTER THE DEPTH OF FIELD Our brain processes imagery based on colour, shapes and depth. So push the depth of your image as fa ...