Creating Artistic Playing Cards in Photoshop
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to create playing cards in Photoshop. Software required: Photoshop CC (2014), Painter 2015.
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Course Description
In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to create playing cards in Photoshop. We'll use photo manipulation, digital painting techniques, and will add special effects with some new brushes in Painter to complete our digital artwork. We'll also learn basic graphic design techniques for creating card ornaments before using Illustrator to create the back of the card and print the template file. Some of the key takeaways from this tutorial include learning how to blend photographs with digital painting; working with mirrored compositions to create double-sided, poster-sized playing-card artwork; and organizing files to create various overlapping details. By the end of the Photoshop training, you'll be familiar with controlling lights and shadows, adjusting colors with color blends, as well as the various layouts and artistic possibilities in creating playing cards. Software required: Photoshop CC (2014), Painter 2015.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 11s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 11sCreating Artistic Playing Cards in Photoshop- 4h 26m
—Setting up Our Photoshop Project 10m 14s
—Choosing Assets for Our Project 11m 22s
—Establishing the Mirrored Composition 10m 44s
—Clipping Techniques 12m 2s
—Preparing the Background for Our Artwork 11m 57s
—Lighting Our Models 10m 51s
—Balancing Colors and Creating Our Vampire Character 9m 29s
—Continuing the Vampire Character 8m 53s
—Detailing the Skin 10m 21s
—Advancing the Skin Details 10m 30s
—Painting Trees 8m 7s
—Texturing Birch Trees 9m 58s
—Applying an Ivy Pattern 10m 47s
—Creating Lighting Effects 9m 43s
—Painting Our Lighting Effects 11m 16s
—Producing Floral Details Around the Character 9m 11s
—Continuing the Floral Elements 11m 0s
—Designing Magic Effects in Painter 11m 0s
—Continuing with Magic Effects in Painter 9m 42s
—Adding Special Effects 11m 32s
—Completing Special Effects 12m 29s
—Adjusting Colors with Color Balance 11m 26s
—Designing Card Ornaments 12m 1s
—Finalizing Our Project 10m 17s
—Creating the Deck Template File 11m 2s
