I’ve got a selection of David Cameron where we can see his hands. I’m going to take these and hopfully there’s enough of them to have a selection of hand postures similar to the hand drawn ones underneath.
Next I’m going to take the hands and place them into one photoshop file. Next [...]
In previous posts I’ve already gone through designing a character, preparing it in photoshop and Illustrator and animating it in After Effects (you can access all of those articles at our new Animation Centre). Animation: Elements of a face. I’m returning to work on two of the other characters who appear in my original [...]
Using the bevel function in photoshop we’re going to construct a simple backdrop for a sci fi scene.
Taking the metal texture from yesterday we start by cutting out a shape for monitor.
Now add two strips.
Add a frame around the monitor.
Little circles bevelled look great as rivets.
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Learning the ancient art of beveling and embossing will open a whole new world to your sci-fi scenes.
First we’ll take a piece of metal texture.
We select a circle from the texture.
Copy it and then paste.
In your layers box click on the layer you want to emboss.
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