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Coloring a scanned line in Photoshop

This is the most re-requested tutorial that I teach in the digital Illustration class. While many of the processes are interesting to try, this process is one that nearly every illustrator will need to use at some point. The result … Continue reading

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Adding a Watermark to an image

Step 1: Create 2 layers in Adobe Photoshop. One with your image and one with the desired watermark in black. Step 2: On the layers palette click the effects button at the bottom and select Bevel and Emboss from the … Continue reading

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How to add texture to a Photoshop brush

This brush stroke is made with the Hard-Round 19 pixles brush. This texture is scanned from a board that I textured with gesso. When the gesso dried, I painted over the complete surface with a thin acrylic wash of black. … Continue reading

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