Lynda – Bert Monroy_The Making of Times Square, The Techniques [2]

Lynda - Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square, The Techniques
4h 56m Intermediate | Uploaded in Oct 14, 2014 via Webcentara
Subjects: Design Illustration Design Techniques Digital Painting
Software: Illustrator Photoshop





Take a virtual journey to the bustling streets of New York in Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square. Digital painter Bert Monroy reveals how he created the minute details that build the impressive 108,000 x 21,600 pixels, 25-feet wide photorealistic portrait of this iconic intersection.

In this installment, The Techniques, Bert shows the steps he took in Photoshop and Illustrator to create the lifelike detail in his incredible portrait of Times Square. The course follows him as he paints in steam, reflections, shadows, materials like fabric and metal, spot lights and neon light, and even 3D objects such as store logos and M&M'S. Bert shows how digital artists can recreate these effects at home, backwards engineering his artwork with painstaking attention to the tools and commands he used to get there.
Topics include:

Working with reference materials
Understanding Bert's alpha channel technique
Creating complex reflections
Adding fabric and other textures to objects
Establishing perspective
Using advanced blending techniques
Creating patterns
Working with Live Trace
Creating 3D letters


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