by Dennis | Jan 29, 2010 | Case Studies
A recent post to the APA Digital email list brought up an important topic I thought would be good to discuss here. When Adobe bundled their programs in the Creative Suite the idea was to make life easier for users. As all the programs now work together seamlessly the...
by Dennis | Jan 6, 2010 | Case Studies
As an artist some issues such as Workflow tend to come across as being stuffy and boring. How many of us just want to get in and start working on creating something really cool? That’s where the real fun is, right?But running around in circles isn’t much...
by Dennis | Nov 11, 2009 | Case Studies
Illustrators often will draw out perspective lines when beginning a complex illustration to help them keep everything looking just right.The old way involves defining the vanishing point and then drawing a series of lines all intersecting and passing through that...
by Dennis | Oct 20, 2009 | Case Studies
Earlier this year Dennis worked on a campaign with photographer Richard Radstone featuring surrealistic scenes representing different regions in Colombia. This image highlights the coffee growing region that is known the world over for the great flavor of the coffee...
by Dennis | Aug 28, 2009 | Case Studies
Of all the skills needed in doing High End Retouching, (or “Finishing” as they call it in the movie poster biz), masking is among the most basic and essential. When combining several images together a mask is used to determine what parts of the image are...
by Dennis | Aug 4, 2009 | Case Studies
Recently Dennis created a series of images with photographer Richard Radstone featuring surrealistic scenes representing different regions in Colombia. This image spotlights the Magical Land of Bucaramanga where Lollipop Trees meet up with friendly Alien Moss Balls...
by Dennis | Jul 7, 2009 | Case Studies
Just the other day a client was having problems converting a PDF file to a JPEG. After seeing the results she was getting and helping her solve the problem I thought this could be a good topic for a blog post/tip. PDF files have many strengths, and can be amazingly...
by Dennis | Jul 3, 2009 | Case Studies
Back in September I wrote a post about naming layers and how that can help you keep things clear while you work, (see “Keepin’ it Simple with Layers”). While working on a recent project with Richard Radstone there was one particular image that was a...
by Dennis | May 22, 2009 | Case Studies
Whew! It’s been awhile since my last post, things have been busy the last couple of months as I worked on a long project with Richard Radstone (http://richardradstone.com/). As soon as we get the OK from the client I’ll post some new technique ideas that...
by Dennis | Feb 5, 2009 | Case Studies
Jeff Witchell writes a series of quick tips for Adobe’s Layers magazine. While these tips are aimed at users of Adobe Illustrator and InDesign occasionally there is something really useful for Photoshop users as well.The tip I’ve copied here comes from...
