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FLESH OUT A FULLY RENDERED CONCEPT CHARACTER USING CUSTOM BRUSHES AND ADJUSTMENT LAYERS PRODUCE GAME ART W hether it’s for games ...

QUICK TIP Aside from brushes, having a library of royalty-free textures is also beneficial. You can use them in conjunction with ...

12 PLACE DECALS By definition, decals are labels that can be transferred to a surface from specially prepared paper. They are co ...

COMPLETE YOUR PAINTING &).!,ď%.(!.#%-%.43ď!.$ď0/34˶02/#%33).' THERE ARE NO RULES, ONLY TOOLS This tutorial shows but a few a ...

QUICK TIP Learn how to use various adjustment layers to your advantage. When you are working in the game industry, you never kno ...

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USE COLOURING TECHNIQUES AND BLENDING MODES TO MIMIC STREAMING LIGHT CREATE A STAINED GLASS EFFECT S tained glass is a beautiful ...

QUICK TIP You can quickly explore colours by creating swatches and duplicating them out on new layers. Then adjust those layers’ ...

12 ADD THE ILLUSION OF LIGHT With the final colours done, find a soft, round brush. Using the Eyedropper tool, select colours fr ...

CREATING THE ILLUSION GIVING YOUR ILLUSTRATION THE FEELING OF LIGHT QUICK TIP To quickly adjust a layer’s hue and saturation, us ...

APPROACH TEXTURES WITH CARE Textures can really help pull a piece together, but should also be used sparingly. For the stained g ...

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CREATE A LOWPOLY ILLUSTRATION BY COMBINING PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR FOR PIXELPERFECT RESULTS DESIGN LOWPOLY PORTRAITS L earn ...

QUICK TIP A good way to move around is using Cmd/ Ctrl+Plus and Cmd/Ctrl+Minus to zoom in and out, and pressing the Spacebar to ...

12 CONNECT THE LINES Later on you will transform this grid into a Live Paint object, and any loose ends will be a problem. So, y ...

MAKING THE POLYGONS CREATE THE POLYGONS AND GET COLOURING 14 BALANCE THE POLYGONS Start with the small parts, finish them and th ...

QUICK TIP To re-create the breaking polygons effect, select the artwork and go to Object>Expand. Ctrl/ right-click the artwor ...

PHOTO EDITING 120 30 retouching tips for pros Expert and practical advice for the artistic endeavour that is retouching 132 Mast ...

PAGE 128 PAGE 130 The best retouchers have a solid understanding of light, anatomy and composition PAGE 124 ...

30 IT ISN’T JUST REMOVING SPOTS AND MAKING PEOPLE THINNER. RETOUCHING HAS BECOME A PROFESSION WITH SPECIALITIES AND AN ARTISTIC ...