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About this WorkshopVector art is built from vector graphics, which are images created with mathematical formulas and allow the art to be scaled to any size. The best way to explain it is to show you how it works during this one day workshop. Bring your creative ideas to life with vector apps, used by designers and illustrators who want to create digital graphics, logos, illustrations and typography design. This workshop is designed to get you up and running with the app that fits your purpose and preferred device in just on day. This is a 6-hour Vector Art Fundamentals Workshop is the interactive and hands on way to learn the fundamentals of vector art in your preferred app and device. You will dive head first into the tools and techniques, skill up with exercises and by the end of the day you will be ready to design logos, illustrations and collaborate with other artists in professional projects. TAKEAWAYS
Prereqs & Preparation This is an introductory course designed for first time and beginning Illustrator users. No prior experience with vector art is required for this class. All students must be able to access at least one device: desktop, laptop or mobile device to connect to Discord online or, if in person, a laptop/device to bring to class.
the workflow of Heroes Assemble comic book cover
DTM was given the task of creating a comic book cover based on the ideas from Valentin and the original character art by REB Full Metal. The goal was to have a superhero collage of characters who were instrumental in raising funds for Victor's treatment.
SKETCH TO VECTOR: Brewery Brand Design Live Stream Series the challenge - to create a beer label and brewery brand and show the process from start to finish. FULL PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE
THE BREWERIESThe challenge is to create a full brand experience with a series of beers ready to go. The first step is to decide on which brand to start with and the beer names! SKETCHES IN ADOBE FRESCO ANCIENT BREWERY GHOST PRIME BREWING BEER REDESIGN BY DTM Liquid Nation Brewing - Gainesville, GA BEER CAN ART PROCESS THE RESEARCH Beer types, moodboards, brands and beer designs BEER TYPES RESEARCH MOODBOARD RESEARCH BEER DESIGN RESEARCH BRAND VS LOGO VS IDENTITY THE RESOURCES Beer Can Guidelines https://www.jumpingjackrabbit.com/blog-post/design-guide-to-beer-label-requirements/
ANCIENT BREWERY won the people's choice poll and that is our brand going forward. Here are the clean sketches for the Beer Vector Art! Time to bring the Fresco sketch to Illustrator and start our vector journey. - Xochtli's Garden. Heru's Elixir. Tezcatlipoca's Brew.
Branding and Marketing Assets Delivery Trucks, Tanker, Billboards, Stickers and Coasters
Pro-Tips: Steps that SPEED UP the Creative Workflow
From keyboard shortcuts to panel menus, there are countless little tricks that professional photoshop users gravitate towards to speed up the workflow. DTM is going to share his favorite keyboard shortcuts for duplicating layers, selecting tools and access your most common commands plus he will tell us about menu options that helps him with his workflow when drawing characters and designing Adobe engineers, designers and developers have focused on building an app that allows you to work smarter, not harder. Let’s put it to work! Full list of tips for today: 1. Properties Panel Stroke Color Fill Color Stroke Size Transform Align 2. NAME YOUR LAYERS! It will save your sanity later when coming back to the artwork. 3. ORGANIZE YOUR LAYERS INTO FOLDERS! Layers floating panel, select the layers you want, hold shift while selecting, then click on folder at the bottom of layers panel. Group 4. Keyboard Shortcuts ALT KEY Duplicate Shapes Duplicate Layers Duplicate Layer Styles Hold down the Alt key and drag! Copy and Paste FX icon from the original layer to the target layers. The layer styles will be applied instantly—no need to fiddle with settings! 5. BLEND MODES FULL ARTWORK Create a mustard-yellow Color Fill layer and then set it to Multiply. Instant vintage effect! Add red on a layer set to Screen for added faded glory. 5b. BLEND MODES INDIVIDUAL LAYERS Start with Multiply so you can get different shades of color from the same color without having to draw anything. No masking required! BONUS! GRADIENTS IN LAYER STYLE Add a bit of shadow to your artwork with gradients from the Layers floating panel. Remember, there are settings available on each floating panel aka window! TEXT WARP Text layer selected and the Type Tool active, look towards the top-right of the Type Tool's toolbar. You will see an icon of a "T" with a curved line underneath. Hit that icon to see a slew of built-in text arcs and bends. Daniel Flores (DTM, DaCreativeGenius) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, GA: https://www.behance.net/dacreativegenius
Pro-Tips: Artboards for the Pros, Comics and Children’s Books with DTM Pro-Tip: multiple artboards are now part of the creative workflow when drawing and organizing comics, children’s books and even storyboards. Any project that requires lots of pages and drawings, multiple artboards in Adobe Photoshop is the answer!
Join DTM as he shares the multiple artboard workflow with creating a file from the start to adjusting layers so there is consistency across the artboards and eventually, pages of your project. Download templates from Dropbox HERE PSD, PNG and JPG Official Behance profile: https://www.behance.net/dacreativegenius |
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