2d Artist ~ Issue 046 October 2009
| Date: 28 April 2011, 06:59
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Editorial
Welcome to Issue 46 (just four
stops away from the big 50!). Thanks
to everyone who has stuck with us
over the past few years, and a huge
welcome to those who are just joining
us – we hope you enjoy this and
many issues to come. Thanks for your
support; we can’t do it without you!
OK, so we’ve got two really exciting
interviews this month: we interview
master of the caricature, Jason Seiler,
and it’s been a long time coming but we are exceptionally pleased to
have finally hooked ourselves an interview with none other than Jason
Manley, for Massive Black. Woo-hoo! So check out the freakishly
stunning portfolio of Jason Seiler on p.6 and then join us on a journey
with Jason Manley as we check out some of MB’s latest concept art
done for the entertainment and animation industries (p.30). Big thanks
to both Jasons for these really fantastic interviews; they’ve helped make
this one hell of a special issue, and we hope you’ll get plenty out of their
words of wisdom, and magnificent art to boot!
Our cover image is by 2DArtist favorite, Carlos Cabrera, who is with
us this month to show us how we can create a sci-fi masterpiece from
just a couple of boxes and a simple robot design created in the easyto-
use freeware, Google SketchUp, before taking it into Photoshop for
some color, texture, and detail work (p.52). Inspired by old school sci-fi
movies from the 80s, Carlos knocks up this speed painting in next to no
time, giving us all the encouragement we need to dabble in the art of
3D paintovers to help speed up the painting process – and let’s face it,
in this industry time really is of the essence! It’s not about cheating, it’s
about improving your workflow and getting great results, so set yourself
a slot today to try it out and see what it can do for you!
We introduce Mark McDonnell to 2DArtist this month in our dynamic
character tutorial series who talks to us on the topic of posing
characters, and the importance of dynamic and exaggerated poses in
character art. Mark has worked for studios including Walt Disney and
Pixar, so if you want to find out how to enhance your character designs
then now is your chance to check out some all-important advice from this
industry professional (p.78).
Our custom brushes take the direction of special effects for hair and
skin this time around, with Kirsi Salonen teaching us how to use the
Pen Tool in Photoshop for interesting effects over on p.66. Lots of free
custom brushes for all our readers and some great tips and tricks on
how to create your own – you’ll have a massive library of custom-made
brushes before you know it!
For those of you who are still fairly new to Photoshop and learning the
way of it all, join Nykolai Aleksander in the fourth chapter of the six-part
Beginner’s Guide to Painting series. This month she shows us how
to incorporate a photo into our painting, whilst taking a more in-depth
approach to the whole painting process and discussing various blending
methods. She has also very kindly supplied some great movie footage to
accompany this tutorial, so get interactive on p.88 and enjoy the movies
with a cup of your favorite hot stuff!
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