Bert Monroy deconstructs the details that went into his Tiburon painting.
Release Date: 2007-12-14
<p>Start in illustrator to create a basic shape which will later be repeated in a pattern with modifications and variants.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 11 seconds
<p>Create the pattern of the tablecloth using a modified brush and several filters to combine with your illustrator shape. Use the distort tool get the actual shape.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 25 seconds
<p>Use a displacement map and filter to create bends in the tablecloth. Then add some highlights and shadows to have a full 3D effect.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 12 seconds
<p>Join Bert as he creates a custom brush for his pepper shaker, along with the noise and crystallize filters, and layers styles to create the shaker filled with pepper.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 48 seconds
<p>Learn how to start with a simple brick pattern to create a varied look to your brick walls. Some techniques used are the horizontal flip, eraser tool, monochromatic noise layer (for grout), the burn and dodge tool, and more.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 50 seconds
<p>Alpha channels are a key element for combining the large multiple Illustrator and Photoshop files into one cohesive piece with every element kept in perspective and in register.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 12 seconds
<p>Illustrator&acirc;��s blend tool takes prominence in this lesson to create the trash can which is then brought into Photoshop as paths to add color, shadow, and other modifications.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 2 seconds
<p>Journey with Bert as he shows you his thought process and techniques experimented with to create brushed metal and graffiti. Explore numerous filters, brushes, blend modes, opacity levels and more.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 43 seconds
<p>Create a custom brush to draw leaves and create a happy little tree. First Bert draws the brush, the uses the brush engine to customize the look of the leaves. Layer styles complete the look.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 4 seconds
<p>Working much larger than necessary allows Bert to gets the high level of detail his pieces require. Bert teaches us how he created a light bulb with every detail clearly visible.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 43 seconds