Lynda - Creating a Digital Illustration with Photoshop CS5 with Daniel Lieske

In this workshop digital artist Daniel Lieske shares his techniques for digital drawing in Adobe Photoshop. Follow along as Daniel creates a piece of artwork from scratch, beginning by creating a new document and creating custom brushes. He explains every step in his creative process as the image evolves from a rough scribble, to a slightly more detailed sketch, to a finished product including a detailed background and a human character. Along the way, learn about constructing perspective with the Path tool, stroking paths, cleaning up with the Eraser tool, and more.

Topics include:

Setting up the tools and documents

Constructing the perspective

Drawing the background

Adding the character

Cleaning up the drawing

Coloring the drawing