Introduction to Digital Art
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Introduction to Digital Art

on Jul 20th 2011 with 79 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Estimated Completion Time: 23 Minutes

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 1 of 25 in the Digital Art for Beginners Session
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Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop. At the conclusion of this series you will know all you need to produce your own concept art and matte paintings in Photoshop.

Today’s tutorial Part 1: Introduction to Digital Art will provide an overview of digital art in general and will explain the most essential things you will need to know in Photoshop to work efficiently. You will learn how to customize the user interface, create your own panels, and how to work with Layer comps to easily switch between different compositions. Let’s get started!

 
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Martin is a Hungarian graphic designer, digital artist and an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor (Design Master). He is currently teaching and working in London but usually travels around the UK and share his love for Adobe products and graphic design. You can follow him on his blog or on Twitter.  

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  • Powell

    This is great! Thank you

  • http://www.designoris.com Ori Shilo

    thank you for great tips and everything else.

  • Mustafa Adil Khushi

    very helpful article especially for the beginners.

  • http://www.emaarworkx.com Emaar

    Finally, i found something useful. i hope the series tell u step by step on digital art. looks promising!

  • Stranger man

    I can’t see the images of this page. It says: ” The connection has timed out ” .Please fix it

  • Placko

    Thank you so much for this tutorila. I have new graf. tablet and I want to do digital art so this tutorial series is perfect for me and many others I guess :)

  • daniel

    i can’t seem to watch the video.
    i got this text quote”sorry we’re unable to play this episode.”

  • http://teachingyou.net Morné

    Thanks for this intro video, it’s really great and I learned some extra tricks from this. I’m going to follow the rest of the series. I have my drawing tablet ready :)

    Keep it up!

  • Octavian

    Pleas do sanctify Martin!

  • yunus

    i cant seem to get some of the tips you mention this video, am using a windows pc not a mac, i guess thats why it didnt work. Like holding the z key and pressing ctr,shift & command..it didnt work on mine

  • Nancy

    Excelent tutorial!! thanks for share your knowledge, but I will be step by step… is a lot of information…

  • Scarlet

    Thanks for the kickstart. – No bullshit, I like it!

  • jwjb

    Per a tip from “Photoshop CS5 HUD Color Pickers” at: http://goo.gl/LT05Z for set-up select Control-K (for Windows) > Under the HUD Color Picker > choose from the three sizes of Hue Wheel (Ring); and to access this new color picker (for Windows), press Shift-Alt-right-click on the canvas.

  • http://mycomsats.com Nauman

    Thanks…

  • Zero

    Dude you are awesome!!!! most people wouldn’t go into depth like this!!! Thank you so much
    I felt the transition to digital art is overwhelming and I was scared . Now I have the confidence thank you so much!! looking forward to this course!!!

  • http://www.suzannebreeze.com.au Suzanne

    Wonderful, thank you. Am going straight into lesson 2.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sumeet.kharwal Sumeet Kharwal

    Thanks

  • Sam

    Thank you Martin. I found your course very practical and fun.

  • Cody

    I have been interested in Digital Art for a while. just looking and liking what i see. I do not in any means have artistic skills when it comes to drawing, painting etc. But i was wondering if i could some how become good at this sort of media?

  • Ramon Blanquer

    Thank you very much for you dedication. I’ll follow this course!

  • Deej

    very informative. Thank you

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