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Digital Paintings | How to Paint Clouds

May 3, 2012

Using photoshop to paint your pictures is pretty much a norm in our transportation design industry but it is also a terrific tool to use for painting virtually anything.  As you work to solidify your skills in sketching in the analog format, working with digital tools is a wonderful way to explore other subjects.  Let’s [...]

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Digital Paintings | Intro to Layers in Photoshop Part 2

May 1, 2012

So you are new to Photoshop huh? Well…we begin with learning some of the basics and fundamentals in digital painting.  This requires you to start from rock bottom and to understand what how layers affect your work flow.  Check out the video below above. Join DM for FREE Video, Post and Podcast Updates!

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How to Draw Cars – Miniature Marker Renderings

December 21, 2011

I hate it when I spend hours on a classic car drawing or rendering only to find out later that it looks like a big piece of turd.  Though going through several terrible renderings and drawings is all part of the learning process, none the less, it is always smart to have a game plan [...]

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How to Draw Cars : Pay Attention….

September 23, 2011

To the world around you that is!  The power of observation is yet another critical element in your visual development.  Observational studies are what I am going to focus on for this post.  Every ambitious artist or designer seeks to be able to draw cars out of their head without any effort.  However, how does [...]

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How to draw Cars – Thumbnail Sketching and Post it Notes

September 14, 2010

Remember my earlier post on Post It Note sketching? Probably not…I know….heck …I barely remember it myself.   So to refresh my memory I decided to create some more post it note sketches. Why? Well..let’s go over some of the positive points on thumbnail sketching in general. Great way to ideate and crank out many sketches [...]

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