I've got a lot on my plate these days, and one is a 3-part project for a coal plant. It's a pretty big one; each image will be printed at 4x3 feet. I was trying to do it quickly, but there was so much there in the source material, that it soon got very detailed. I finally tried to tone it down a bit, but if you know anything about my work, you know that I just can't keep away from this kind of approach for too long. I'm still on it, but here is a small section of one of the images, showing just how much is going into this illustration. I eventually had to leave out a lot of the smaller doo-dads, just to get it finished.
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.
21 April 2015
15 April 2015
Doing something unusual this week...
Just a quick little post from Arkansas. That's right; I'm in Arkansas. I'm visiting Southern Arkansas University to interview, teach a class, and give a lecture. They are considering me for a position as Assistant Professor of Art and Design. I've been trying for something like this since last year, so we will see what happens. If it does, I have to consider whether I want to make a major move to the South. More to come.