Lynda - Artistic Concepts with Bert Monroy Volume 2

Join legendary author and artist Bert Monroy as he walks through a new set of basic artistic concepts. This course covers materials, layers, and channels?overlooked features that can help elevate the work of any artist, designer, or illustrator. The concepts are explored via Photoshop but can be applied to any digital art workflow.

Need to brush up on concepts like perspective and light? Watch the first installment of Artistic Concepts with Bert Monroy here.

Topics include:

Creating custom materials

Creating cork, marble, chrome, and glass materials

Reusing and repurposing layers

Using layer masks and layer-mask effects

Using alpha channels