Recently, I was contacted by Foreign Policy and offered a job illustrating the cover of their upcoming March/April issue. It was a quick turnaround, but the money was good and it seemed like a good opportunity. This is the first time I've been contacted by a publication like this directly, so that is nice. The image was pretty straightforward, so I just needed to do an accurate rendering and try and make it look cool. Along the way, I learned a bit about UAVs and Hellfire missiles. This particular UAV is a Reaper.
Daniel Johnson shares his digital illustration work in Adobe Photoshop CC with an emphasis on realistic imagery and matte painting. Here you will find tutorials on raster and vector techniques for creating realistic images from scratch that you won't find anywhere else. Daniel is an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor in the latest versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Feel free to e-mail him with any questions you have. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
28 February 2012
15 February 2012
Sample file for the Photoshop class
For tonight, we are going to try some cool stuff. You may need a sample file to start with, so here it is. Click on it to get the fullsize version, then download it.