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22 September 2009 - Ustream Questions Answered
Since I’ve started broadcasting on Ustream, I’ve received quite a few questions regarding software, hardware, and how-to of a Ustream show. If you are an artist and are curious about joining the live stream scene, here’s a quick overview of my own setup and techniques.
I hope this helps! I would love to see lots more [...]

07 September 2009 - Photoshop: Textures and Brushes
I recently dedicated a couple Ustream shows to Photoshop brushes and textures. I love to take questions and chat during my shows, but these two episodes are the only broadcasts where I set out to actually teach specific lessons. So, I am putting them here in a blog post so they are easy to find [...]

09 May 2009 - How to Make Your Portfolio iPhone-Compatible
When speaking about artists’ websites, an art director recently made a comment that caught my attention – he is annoyed when he can’t view them on his iPhone.
The comment was half-joke, half-serious, but it brought up an important point. You never know what potential clients are out there, and what they are using to view [...]

06 April 2009 - Painting a Spot Illustration, Part 2: Using Clipping Masks
This is the second part in a series of tutorials. You can read part one here.
When creating a spot illustration, I often create the overall vignette shape first, before I add any other colors or details. To do this, I make a clipping mask layer.
Also check out one of my older posts, Using Masks to [...]

23 March 2009 - Painting a Spot Illustration, Part 1: The Line Drawing
I created this illustration in a uStream broadcast earlier this month. You can view the archived video here.
I will be creating a series of posts explaining the making of this illustration in-depth. For part 1, here is how I prepared my line drawing for painting in Photoshop.

10 December 2008 - Tips for Printing Digital Paintings at Home
You work hours and hours on a digital painting. You render in tons of details, play with the values, and fuss with color until it is just right. You finally get it about perfect. And then you go to print it…
If, for you, this story ends in disaster this article is for you.
Let me start [...]

19 November 2008 - Picking Colors in Photoshop
When you paint digitally, one of the most intimidating tasks can be choosing colors. On a traditional palette, you might have 6-12 tubes of paint to work with, but on the computer there are millions of colors available. How do you work with options like that?
Here is how I have tackled this problem.

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