Photoshop Zone

Step 1 Download the following stock image in order to follow this step-by-step tutorial: if you choose to work on a different plate, try to find a photo with a mostly clear sky so it will be easier to enlarge the photo in the following steps. Now open your stock of choice in Photoshop and increase the canvas size in all directions except for the ground. First right-click on the background layer in the layer palette and choose the option Layer From Background. Name your layer plate. After that go to Image > Canvas Size and set Width to 3250 and Height to 1450 pixels. Make sure to select the bottom centre rectangle for your canvas extension area in the Canvas Size menu and click OK. The image should now be extended with a transparent background. Step 2 Now we will start to fill the new transparent area with life. This might turn out to be a very time consuming step if you are not used to working with stock images in this way. Duplicate your plate layer and move...

Illustrating & Painting with Photoshop How to Color Inked Line Art This tutorial gives you a general overview of how to digitally color an illustration, covering scanning, cleaning, flatting, coloring, rendering, and texturing techniques. This tutorial won’t focus on any specific way to blend or choose colors; it’ll assume you have knowledge of the basics. How to Color Inked Line Art → Photorealistic Electric Guitar You’ll be shown how to create a realistic electric guitar learning a lot of techniques that can help you create complex photorealistic compositions. This tutorial is quite extensive and may take you a few hours to complete. Photorealistic Electric Guitar → Creating ‘Broken Link’ This advanced tutorial focuses on using radial gradients, overlay layers, and clipping mask layers. It does assume you have a good foundation level of artistic skill. Creating ‘Broken Link’ → Undress a Giraffe This cool tut will demonstrate how to undress a giraf...