Pixel Playground
27h 39mIntermediate2016-12-23
Authors
Bert Monroy
Digital Painter, Early Photoshop Adopter, Professor
Course details
Take a 10-minute recess and join Bert Monroy in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, the playgrounds of digital artists. Bert walks through fun, self-contained projects that test your skills and challenge your imagination. Photoshop and Illustrator programs aren't just image or graphic editors; these programs are sandboxes for creativity and experimentation. Take a spin through a carousel of tools and get reinspired.
Skills covered
LightroomIllustrationSerial (Weekly)PhotoshopAdobeAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
December 2016
- 01 - Create a tranquil landscape - Add a path and shrubs
- 02 - Create a tranquil landscape - Add a lake and the sky
- 03 - Explore 3D objects in Photoshop
- 04 - Photoshop's Liquify filter
November 2016
- 05 - Type effect - Gold
- 06 - Type effect - Spooky
- 07 - Create a tranquil landscape - Build the structure
October 2016
- 08 - Create a push button
- 09 - Type effect - Marble and wood
- 10 - Create a leather strap
- 11 - Create a posted flyer
September 2016
- 12 - Create a window railing - Start in Illustrator
- 13 - Create a window railing - Finish in Photoshop
- 14 - Message in a bottle - Create the bottle
- 15 - Message in a bottle - Add the ocean
- 16 - Create a surreal lunar landscape
August 2016
- 17 - Sci-fi outpost - Build the tower
- 18 - Sci-fi outpost - Finish the scene
- 19 - Use Warp and paths in Photoshop to create an exploded page
- 20 - Type effects - Marquee letters
July 2016
- 21 - Create a surrealistic room
- 22 - Use texture to create clams
- 23 - Parisian scene - Create perspective
- 24 - Parisian scene - Do the research
- 25 - Type effects - Wood type
June 2016
- 26 - Type effects - Flag
- 27 - Type effects - Fruit
- 28 - Create a potted plant with Photoshop
- 29 - Use masks and layers to place an object into a new background
May 2016
- 30 - Type effects - Cookies
- 31 - Type effects - Bevel and Emboss
- 32 - Type effects - Pencil
- 33 - Type effects - Lead type
April 2016
- 34 - Create a sword - Construct the blade
- 35 - Create a sword - Construct the handle
- 36 - Create a sword - Add detail to the handle
- 37 - Create a Hawaii travel graphic
- 38 - Make footprints in dirt
March 2016
- 39 - Add a brand to a wood surface
- 40 - Use a custom brush to create a string of pearls
- 41 - Spread stars in a galaxy image in Photoshop
- 42 - Create an Easter card
February 2016
- 43 - Textured castle wall - Create the basic wall
- 44 - Textured castle wall - Adding 3D light
- 45 - 3D pencil - Create a pencil tip
- 46 - Create a nighttime dreamscape image
January 2016
- 47 - Ice cream bar - Create the bar
- 48 - Ice cream bar - Dipped in chocolate
- 49 - 3D dartboard - Create the dart
- 50 - 3D dartboard - Create the dartboard
December 2015
- 51 - Mocking up a billboard in a street scene
- 52 - Venetian night - Creating a balcony using 3D in Photoshop
- 53 - Create a 3D wine cork
November 2015
- 54 - Creating an oil painting effect from a photo
- 55 - Creating a wet countertop
- 56 - Type effects in Photoshop - Cosmic type
October 2015
- 57 - Rags to riches - Giving the fabric type dimension
- 58 - Rags to riches - Gold type
- 59 - Turning a photo into a fairy tale book cover
- 60 - Using a photo to create a travel poster
- 61 - Type effects in Photoshop - Candy type
September 2015
- 62 - Creating a sewn-on letter effect
- 63 - Type effects in Photoshop - Chrome
- 64 - Rags to riches - Fabric type
August 2015
- 65 - Blue Truck - Headlight
- 66 - Blue Truck - Creating a screw
- 67 - Blue Truck - Grill
- 68 - Blue Truck - Rust spot
July 2015
- 69 - Creating a panic button
- 70 - Making a cartoon car even more cartoony
- 71 - Creating a cartoon book
- 72 - Creating a stylized postcard
June 2015
- 73 - Creating letter reflections on a neon sign
- 74 - Type effects in Photoshop - Using gradient and stroke layer styles
- 75 - Creating a 3D chocolate candy in Photoshop
- 76 - Type effects in Photoshop - Mossy 3D type
May 2015
- 77 - Colorizing black-and-white sketches
- 78 - Making bubbles - Using the Brush tool
- 79 - Making bubbles - Adding highlights
- 80 - Creating a Photoshop 25th anniversary sign
- 81 - Type effects in Photoshop - Honey
April 2015
- 82 - Easter basket - Adding a bow and the eggs
- 83 - Placing lettering on plastic
- 84 - Using brushes to create a twisted pair of wires in Illustrator
- 85 - Creating an Art Deco bistro sign
March 2015
- 86 - St. Patrick's Day card - Creating a shamrock and a pot of gold
- 87 - St. Patrick's Day card - Adding the details
- 88 - Creating a 3D Easter egg
- 89 - Easter basket - Creating the basket
February 2015
- 90 - Making a piece of candy - Adding the jelly filling
- 91 - Creating a Valentine's Day card
- 92 - Turning a daytime scene into night
- 93 - Using Photoshop's Displace filter to create a waving flag
January 2015
- 94 - Using the Photoshop Flame Generator
- 95 - Creating a mountain scene
- 96 - Creating reflections in water
- 97 - Making a diamond-encrusted type
- 98 - Making a piece of candy - Creating the chocolate base
December 2014
- 99 - Mapping video onto a 3D object in Photoshop
- 100 - Creating a wintery scene
- 101 - Making a New Year's 2015 card
November 2014
- 102 - Three Dimensional type with extruded neon - Making the letter forms
- 103 - 3D type with extruded neon - Adding the neon
- 104 - Creating a Thanksgiving card
October 2014
- 105 - Creating a galaxy with Photoshop - Building the star field
- 106 - Creating a galaxy with Photoshop - Adding color and effects
- 107 - Creating a campfire scene - Adding the campfire
- 108 - Creating a campfire scene - Adding trees and lighting
- 109 - Creating a superhero type treatment
September 2014
- 110 - Making a desk nameplate
- 111 - Illustrating a campfire from scratch
- 112 - Creating realistic stains on bathroom tile
- 113 - Creating a distressed windowsill from scratch
August 2014
- 114 - Increasing precipitation - How to make a rainy-day photo look rainier
- 115 - Retouching techniques - Improving a picnic scene
- 116 - Retouching techniques - Moving an object in a scene
- 117 - Retouching techniques - Improving a real estate photo
- 118 - Adding a billboard to a photo
July 2014
- 119 - Making a book - Perspective
- 120 - Making a book - Adding pages
- 121 - Using paths and layer styles to create logo text
June 2014
- 122 - Theater curtain - Animating a rising curtain
- 123 - Creating a chalkboard
- 124 - Creating a manila envelope
- 125 - Turning a regular donut into a jelly donut
May 2014
- 126 - Creating net fabric for a veil
- 127 - Animating a spotlight against a brick wall
- 128 - Damen Station - Using Blend in Illustrator to create intricate details
- 129 - Theater curtain - Making a braid and tassels
- 130 - Theater curtain - Creating the curtain
April 2014
- 131 - Oyster Bar - Creating a canvas texture
- 132 - Creating realistic reflections and shadows
- 133 - Creating water droplets on a surface
- 134 - Wrapping a pattern around a 3D wine goblet
March 2014
- 135 - Damen Station - Creating realistic rust
- 136 - Oyster Bar - Creating puddles
- 137 - Oyster Bar - Creating asphalt and concrete textures
- 138 - Oyster Bar - Creating a manhole cover
February 2014
- 139 - Magazine cover - Creating a lamp
- 140 - Magazine cover - Creating a wood floor
- 141 - Damen Station - Adding multiple train cars
- 142 - Damen Station - Creating bolts
January 2014
- 143 - Red truck - Creating a headlight
- 144 - Red truck - Creating chrome headlight trim
- 145 - Red truck - Creating realistic metal perforations
- 146 - Red truck - Creating wear on metal
- 147 - Magazine cover - Using perspective to draw a room
December 2013
- 148 - Oakland Theater - Creating lightbulbs
- 149 - Changing photo contents with Auto-Align Layers
- 150 - Creating a metal grill
November 2013
- 151 - Charms and medallions in Photoshop - Adding details
- 152 - Charms and medallions in Photoshop - Adding a third dimension
- 153 - Oakland Theater - Creating stone walls
- 154 - Oakland Theater - Creating neon
October 2013
- 155 - Animating a 3D starfield
- 156 - Creating an antique pub sign using Photoshop
- 157 - Creating a custom brush to draw hair
- 158 - Charms and medallions in Photoshop - First steps
September 2013
- 159 - Using a Fibonacci spiral to create a tattoo
- 160 - Body shaping with Puppet Warp
- 161 - Type effects in Photoshop - Pillow
- 162 - Type effects in Photoshop - Clouds
August 2013
- 163 - Recreating magazine clippings
- 164 - Creating realistic scales for a dragon tattoo
- 165 - Creating spikes for a dragon tattoo
- 166 - Creating the belly for a dragon tattoo
- 167 - Creating a flower tattoo
July 2013
- 168 - Creating a custom brush
- 169 - Using displacement maps to create shadows
- 170 - Enhancing a landscape by adding a lake
- 171 - Creating a dog tag
June 2013
- 172 - Creating animated snowfall with Photoshop
- 173 - Filling an empty glass with liquid
- 174 - Using an alpha channel to create a 3D object
- 175 - Creating a 3D coin
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