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I was born in Mexico City, worked and studied photography at Eastman Kodak while training in minilab management and traditional darkroom techniques. Now I am steadily growing in the freelance world on matte painting, digital art/illustration and even some 3d modeling.

Create an Alien Landscape in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial
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Create an Alien Landscape in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

on Nov 17th 2011 with 11 comments

The Orion Nebula is so large and so bright that if you were standing on a planet orbiting a star inside it, the nebula would light up the sky, even in daylight. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will show what a world in the Orion Nebula might look like. In the process, he will show you how to apply snow to the ground, create frozen waterfalls, ice sickles, planets, stars, and even how to create the nebula in the background. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you would like to take your matte painting and photo manipulation skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

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Create Earthy 3D Typography in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial
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Create Earthy 3D Typography in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Sep 1st 2011 with 4 comments

In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will demonstrate how to create an earthy 3D typographic piece using Photoshop’s 3D tools. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you are looking to take your typography skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started!

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Create a Cybernetic Woman in Photoshop
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Create a Cybernetic Woman in Photoshop

on Aug 1st 2011 with 30 comments

Photoshop can let us do some amazing things. In this long and detailed tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cybernetic woman using a photo of a model and a few stock images. This content includes written and video content. Let’s get started!

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Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial
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Create a Halo Inspired Ring World in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Jul 22nd 2011 with 16 comments

Photoshop can be used to create all kinds of imaginary worlds. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will demonstrate how to create a ring world from the 1970’s Ring World novels by Larry Niven (and more recently from the Halo franchise) using some of the 3D tools available in Photoshop CS4 and CS5. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you would like to take your digital painting and drawing skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

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Create a Devastating Tidal Wave in Photoshop
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Create a Devastating Tidal Wave in Photoshop

on Jul 15th 2011 with 71 comments

Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials that we will be publishing on this meant for those of you who may be relatively new to Photoshop or matte painting in general.

In today’s tutorial, Matte Painting 101: Create a Devastating Tidal Wave in Photoshop we will give New York City a break and will destroy London with a devastating tidal wave. Let’s get started!

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Matte Painting 101: Meteor Impacts
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Matte Painting 101: Meteor Impacts

on Jul 8th 2011 with 15 comments

Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials that we will be publishing on this meant for those of you who may be relatively new to Photoshop or matte painting in general.

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Create a Planetary Asteroid Impact – Psd Premium Tutorial
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Create a Planetary Asteroid Impact – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Jul 7th 2011 with 17 comments

While asteroids don’t slam into the Earth all that often, movie producers sure act like they do. We can all think up a few movies with similar plots. An asteroid is about to hit the planet and a group of heroes comes to save the day. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will demonstrate how to create an asteroid impact, just like in the movies. If you would like to take your Photoshop skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

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Matte Painting 101: Lighting Fires

Matte Painting 101: Lighting Fires

on Jul 1st 2011 with 12 comments

Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials that we will be publishing on this meant for those of you who may be relatively new to Photoshop or matte painting in general.

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Draw a Crysis Inspired Nano Suit – Psd Premium Tutorial

Draw a Crysis Inspired Nano Suit – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Jun 9th 2011 with 14 comments

Have you ever needed to skin an object with a metal surface? In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Ed Lopez will use digital painting techniques to skin a person with futuristic hard and soft metals to create a Crysis inspired nano suit. While this tutorial is meant to emulate the popular video game, the same techniques could also be used on everything from autos to spaceships. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you would like to take your digital painting and drawing skills to the next level, Log in or Join Now to get started!

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Matte Painting 101: Basic Destruction Techniques

Matte Painting 101: Basic Destruction Techniques

on May 27th 2011 with 25 comments

Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials that we will be publishing on this meant for those of you who may be relatively new to Photoshop or matte painting in general.

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