Lynda - Photoshop - Bert Monroy - The Making of Times Square - Volume 2 - The Techniques

Take a virtual journey to the bustling streets of New York in Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square. Digital painter Bert Monroy reveals how he created the minute details that build the impressive 108,000 x 21,600 pixels, 25-feet wide photorealistic portrait of this iconic intersection.

In this installment, The Techniques, Bert shows the steps he took in Photoshop and Illustrator to create the lifelike detail in his incredible portrait of Times Square. The course follows him as he paints in steam, reflections, shadows, materials like fabric and metal, spot lights and neon light, and even 3D objects such as store logos and M&M'S. Bert shows how digital artists can recreate these effects at home, backwards engineering his artwork with painstaking attention to the tools and commands he used to get there.

Topics include:

Working with reference materials  

Understanding Bert's alpha channel technique  

Creating complex reflections  

Adding fabric and other textures to objects  

Establishing perspective  

Using advanced blending techniques  

Creating patterns  

Working with Live Trace  

Creating 3D letters  

Author: Bert Monroy

Subjects: Design Illustration Design Techniques Digital Painting

Software: Illustrator Photoshop

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 4h 56m

Released Apr 14, 2011

Volume 1 - The Tools: