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How do I get photos to look like this in Photoshop?

Posted: November 30th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 4 Comments »




http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=92429976zb9.png

I’m not talking about turning an a coloured picture to monochromatic; I already know how to do that. I can’t quite put my finger on it but there’s something enhanced about Scarlett’s photo above which gives it a unique and appealing visual presence.

I know how to use Photoshop well but I’m by no means an expert. I’m basically looking for ideas/advice/tips on how I can achieve something similar to the above.


I’ve got a few days at home and want to do a project?

Posted: November 29th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 3 Comments »



I’m not planning on really doing anything for the next couple of days so I need to occupy my time with something productive to keep me busy.
Right now I’m trying to figure out what I’m good at and interested in for college because I’m going to be a senior this year. I’m leaning more in the arts direction, but I don’t know where I can start.
I like graphic design a lot, and want to get into fashion design. What can I do that will help me with skills in that? I have Photoshop and Illustrator CS3. I have all the resources to start a good project but I just need some ideas.
Should I start a website? Or should I work on a portfolio? Any ideas?


Any adobe photoshop cs3 tutorials and learing resources?

Posted: November 27th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 2 Comments »




Hi, any graphic or multimedia artists or web graphics designer here who can help me? im looking for an eBook and sites, and video tutorials which would help me to learn photoshop from absolute beginner to advanced and expert.

My problem is most of the eBooks that i can find are torrents and a pain to download. are there any free eBooks which can be downloaded directly? Most of the sites that I visited are all to advanced tutorials that i couldnt understand because i have a very little grasp and background of photoshop.

The video tutorials that i found are not for free. I also want to have video tutorials to accompany my learning. even the Flash videos or Quicktime embedded in websites will do. I hope you guys would help me. Im studying Web Development and Design and I think learning Photoshop would be a very great help to my future works.. thanks…


Digital Design, taking it further?

Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 3 Comments »



im at the stage where i need to know what i want to do

should i take up digital design?

here’s the thing, it interests me, and im creative, but im not familiar with the programs (besides paint, which blows: and very, very, very little photoshop)

so if im not good at it by now, (15 year old) should i bother?


What is the type of artist who creates backgrounds for animation films? Ex: Studio Ghilbi Films; Spirited Away

Posted: November 8th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 2 Comments »




Like in Studio Ghilbi films, the backgrounds are very detailed, elaborate and realistic, and looks as if to be painted traditionally instead of digitally. Or even if it is digital, it wouldn’t matter. I just need to know what the career for that particular area is called; so far, the closest result I’ve found is a set/theater designer. Is that what it is?


tips on becoming a graphic designer/ visual communicator?

Posted: October 11th, 2009 | Filed under: Other - Visual Arts | 1 Comment »



ok, I really want to go to college to become a graphic designer/ visual communicator and someday be a creative director for an advertising company, perhaps even own my one or work for a magazine, and then someday get enough money to organize a foundation that helps out kids without parents in america and help people who can’t afford to pay their own college education

I am a junior in high school and I kinda feel like I don’t have right now what it takes to get into a design school such as NC state school of arts, or wake forest art school, or NYU, and I would really love to study at any of those schools

but right now I am just sooo stressed and confused, I am trying to figure out my life and trying to see how I can go about realizing my dreams

I would love to get a Nikon d40 and do some photography or perhaps a mac book pro, but right now I don’t have the money to do that, I have been working on photoshop and am getting pretty good at using the program, but however I still feel like I have nothing for an art portfolio, this is why I was wondering if you guys could give me some ideas on what I can do to make a portfolio or what I can use instead of a mac or a nikon d40 so cheaper easier alternatives

any tips or ideas will be very much appreciated, some tips for my long time goals/ dreams would also be helpful, but for now if you have some advice on how I could get a portfolio going without all the resources, that would mean the world to me
Thanks.