TUTORIAL
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You ll find all the files PHOTOSHOP MASTERCLASS: PART 3 OF 3
you need to complete
this tutorial in the folder
marked Tutorial\Part on
this month s CD. BRING YOUR 3D WORK TO LIFE
TIME NEEDED
In the final instalment of his three-part series, Derek Lea explains how flat textures, channels and paint effects
30 minutes can be used effectively to complete the transformation from untextured 3D to a mixed-media masterpiece
INFO
A few years back, after the initial required to transcend average 3D art and
Derek Lea
novelty of working in 3D wore off, create something beautiful from it.
is an award-
winning digital artists began to feel a little limited In the final part of this Photoshop
illustrator
by the results and drifted away from 3D masterclass you ll find out how to give
and author,
techniques in droves. In many cases this your illustration a tactile and original feel.
whose work includes
was a wise choice, because 3D software You ll see how colours, textures and the
disciplines as varied as
can be difficult to master, especially when other techniques you ve learned all
illustration, vector work,
trying to achieve your own unique look. complement each other. And, hopefully,
3D modelling and
Every artist wants their work to stand out at the end of it all you ll be convinced
Photoshop trickery. He
lives and works in
from the crowd, and rightly so. that 3D is as valuable a raw material as a
Toronto, Canada, and Either open your saved file, or open
However, the adverse effect of this digital photo. If you didn t complete part
teaches illustration at 1the starterfile.psd from the CD.
trend has been that now 3D is often two, or didn t save your work, a starter
Toronto s International Next, open the file named bkd.tif and
overlooked as a starting point for file has been provided on this issue s CD.
Academy of Design. You use the Move tool to drag it into the
illustration. As I ve explained in the first
can find out more about starterfile.psd as a new layer. Position
two parts of this series, some textured
the man and his work at Illustration and tutorial by Derek Lea the layer above the background in the
www.dereklea.com. images and Photoshop tools are all that is www.dereklea.com Layers palette and click the Pen tool.
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Again, generate a
4 selection from the path
you created previously. Then,
in the Layers palette, create
USING ALPHA
a new Hue/Saturation
CHANNELS
Adjustment Layer from the
menu at the bottom of the Alpha channels can be
Layers palette. Increase the created in the Channels
Hue to 180, reduce the palette either by
Saturation by 65, and selecting New Channel
increase the Lightness to 13. from the Palette menu
or by clicking on the
Create New Channel
Use the Pen tool to button at the bottom of
5 create a series of path the palette. You can
components surrounding generate a selection
holes in the main robot. from a channel by Ctrl/
Generate a selection from Command+clicking the
the path, create a new layer, channel s thumbnail.
and select the Gradient You can also generate
tool. Use the Foreground a selection from a
To Transparent preset and channel by selecting it
Radial method to introduce in the Channels palette
Use the Pen tool to draw a series of a variety of different coloured and clicking on the
2closed path components that surround gradients into the selected Load Channel As
untextured areas of the main robot, as well areas. This will add variety Selection button at the
as the cables that suspend the others. and a sense of realism to bottom of the palette.
Generate a selection from the new path in your creation.
the Paths palette. Open the file paint.tif from
the CD. Select All and Copy.
Create a new layer and use the Pen tool
6to draw a light beam shape extending
from the character s funnel hand. Generate
a selection from the path and then use the
Gradient tool as before to introduce a yellow
and white Radial gradient into the selection.
Change the Blending Mode to Overlay.
Now target the top layer in the Layers Deselect and then use the Gaussian
3palette and choose Edit>PasteInto from 7 Blur filter. Duplicate the layer and
the menu. Duplicate the new masked layer change the Blending Mode to Screen. Enable the Subtract From Path Area function and then carefully draw
and reduce the Opacity of the duplicate layer Create another layer with a Screen Blending 8 a second path component around the main pupil shape. Generate a
to 32 per cent. Duplicate the new layer, Mode and reduce the Opacity to 24 per cent. selection from the new compound path in the Paths palette and fill the
change the Blending Mode to Overlay and Use the Pen tool to draw a path component selection on the new screen layer with white. Next, create a new layer
increase the Opacity to 100 per cent. to surround the inside of the eye. and deactivate the current selection.
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Select the Brush tool, open the Brushes palette and scroll through the list of available
9 presets until you begin to see the chalk, oil, and pastel tip presets. Select one and
enable the Wet Edges and Smoothing options. Set the Brush Opacity to 50 per cent.
Select a pink foreground colour from the picker and fill the active
12selection on the new layer. Deselect and open the shapes.tif file. Select
and Copy the image. Again, create a new channel in your working file and
Paste the copied image into it. Position it at the upper left and generate a
selection from the channel.
You can now begin to paint brush strokes on the new layer, building them up in areas
10 where you want them to be more pronounced. You can sample colours from the
background as well as choosing new colours from the picker. For a more natural effect, alter
the Opacity and size of the brush stroke as you go.
CHANGING A
COLOUR FILL
Foreground and
background colours
can be used to fill your
active selections or
current layer. Simply
hit Alt/Option+Delete to
fill a selection or layer
with the current
foreground colour. To
fill with the current
background colour, hit
Ctrl/Command+Delete
instead. Changing a
foreground or
Open the bubble.tif file from the CD. Select All and
background colour is
11Copy. Return to the file you are working on and create a Create a new layer and fill the active selection with a dark green
as simple as clicking
new Alpha Channel in the Channels palette. Paste the copied 13 colour. Deactivate the selection and then use this same method to
on the swatch in the
black and white image into the new channel and position it in create Alpha Channel-based selections from the bits.tif and pieces.tif files,
toolbox and selecting
the upper left-hand corner. Generate a selection from the filling the selections with different colours on new layers at the bottom
the colour you want.
channel and then create a new layer. right-hand side of the image.
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