Week 4 Tutorials

I didt like how unorganized my tutorials were before so i organized them by week so it would be easier for you to look at them. I have more I'm going to upload soon.

http://www.brusheezy.com/ <-- This website has a lot of really neat brushes you can download on to Photoshop. Add a bunch you like and when you need ideas these will help.

1. Change Eye Color
http://tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/changeEyeColor.php

This was really easy! It was also pretty fun to do. I think the only problem was i didnt choose a good close up photo for this. You have to get really close to see the eye color because i made it a dark blue color. At first i went with a jade green than i changed it to blue. Cool tutorial!

2. All About Masking!
http://tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/masking.php

I think i like video tutorials better than just a regular tutorial. It helps me when the person accually goes over each step and i get to see and follow along. Helps me remember. The thing about this tutorial was he got a little confusing after about 2 mins into the video. I think its because he combined Layer, Vector and Clipping masking into one tutorial... So it got me a little confused. I think if he actually did something to the image using mask instead of just putting shapes on the picture and using the mask to high a part of it. That confused me a little too... overall, i like video tutorials better.

3. Create Cartoon Character with Expressive lines
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-cartoon-character-with-expressive-lines/

This tutorial was long, im glad the author didnt make it as confusing as other tutorials i've read. I found it pretty easy to follow along, even though the steps were long and a lot of details are needed. To think about the people who do this all day. It must be hard.

4. Creating an Urban Style Piece of Artwork

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/creating-an-urban-style-piece-of-artwork/

i came across this and thought the background was interested so i read about it. They scanned a wrinkly piece of paper to add some effect behind the girl and i thought that was neat. A lot of designers use scanned textures in their design and ive always thought it was designed on photoshop. They fooled me. This tutorial was not satisfying to me because i was hoping to learn how to do the background with the pink swirls and dots. At the end their were websites to other tutorials that taught that. Which i also looked into.