Question from a Photoshop beginner

Hello,
I am a programmer and have only a nodding acquantaince with Adobe
Photoshop. I currently have a v6.0 installation on my computer. I want
to learn to use this tool dexterously. From now on, you may expect me
to pester this forum with a question or two at regular intervals. I am
groping around the Web to lay my hands on every brief tutorial I can
find about Photoshop.
I have a basic question for now. When you guys have an image in mind
that you want to draw using Photoshop, where do you get the basic
elements of the image from? For instance, if you had in mind that you
wished to draw a shabbily dressed, lonesome geek carrying a grim look
on his face scarred with the ink from his leaking fountain pen (suppose
it was inferred and there was not to be a fountain pen in the picture),
his face partly obscured and his unkept torso in clear disproportion
with his gigantic spectacles, what would your starting point be?
I hope I have made my question clear.

Sathyaish

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

In article <1160059567.745719.186730@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
sathyaish@gmail.com says...
Aside from the suggestions that the "drawing" be done in AI, or similar, I'd
take a different course and start with a photograph of the person. Much can be
then done in PS to accentuate the ink-stain, maybe resize the glasses, etc.
From the sound of the image, I'd shoot with a WA lens from above and fairly
close to the subject's face. Of course, this comes from being a photographer
first, and a computer graphics person second.
Hunt


Noone@hunt.com (Hunt)

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

I would suggest if you want to use Photoshop very well, then you either
take some classes or find some good books. Oh yeah... natural talent
totally helps.


Katyp

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

"KatWoman" <JolieXPrincessXKatanaXXX@hotmail.com> wrote in
I think you would realy have to see it full size to appreciate it's
constructional beauty but what about playing with the psd file and
examining how Bert put it all togeather, his attention to detail, he
always goes that extra last 10%
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Kingdom

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

a triumph of technique over beauty
enjoyed the technical discussion more than the actual picture
I thought it was boring


KatWoman

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

If you could draw that *well*, you wouldn't need to. Bert is a bloody
genius.
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John McWilliams

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

If I could draw that good, I would make porn!


Larry Bud

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

Check this. More for a sense of what's possible than for how to
accomplish it.
http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/fineart_damen.htm


BD

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:53:18 -0400, edjh <edjhann@hotmail.com> found these
unused words floating about:
Actually yes ... the OP crossposted - see the headers !


Sir F. A. Rien

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

Actually, no. This group is for Photoshop, not Elements.
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Edjh

Re: Question from a Photoshop beginner

Really, your question is too vague to answer properly. Do you want a
line drawing? A painting" A cartoon? A photo looking illustration?
I would draw it on paper first. Can you draw?
OR
You can composite this from photographs, changing proportions and
applying various effects to the elements.
Might be a good idea to look at different illustrations, find one you
like and try to do what that artist did. I have to tell you, as a
professional illustrator with many years experience, it ain't no walk in
the park.
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Edjh

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