The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Vehicles

Course details

Follow along in the development of Bert Monroy's latest artwork, Amsterdam Mist! This course, the final volume in the series, focuses on the vehicles, boats, and many, many bicycles in this incredible painting, which was created over twenty-two painstaking months with Photoshop CC. Bert shows how to create cars with decorative hubcaps, transparent windshields, and realistic license plates; decommissioned boats, draped in tarps; and three different bicycle models, which he ended up using over four dozen times in the finished painting.

Learning objectives
Making reflections in windows
Building the grill and hubcaps of a car
Creating a boat interior
Making a rope pattern
Creating a bicycle
Creating a bike's tires, seat, chain, and gears

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Cars

02 - Creating hubcaps - Part one
03 - Creating hubcaps - Part two
04 - Creating hubcaps - Part three
05 - Creating hubcaps - Part four
06 - Making reflections in the windows - Part one
07 - Making reflections in the windows - Part two
08 - Creating headlights - Part one
09 - Creating headlights - Part two
10 - Creating a straight grill
11 - Creating a honeycomb grill
12 - Making chrome on a grill
13 - Assembling the interior of the cars
14 - Adding effects in car windows
15 - Creating a license plate - Part one
16 - Creating a license plate - Part two
17 - Creating a license plate - Part three
18 - Creating a license plate - Part four

2. Boats

19 - Building the parts for a motor
20 - Creating the rubber mat
21 - Creating the interior of the boat
22 - Creating and shading the tarp
23 - Making a rope pattern

3. Bicycles

24 - Creating a bicycle - Making the tread
25 - Creating the basic shapes for bike tires
26 - Adding texture to a tire
27 - Making spokes in a tire
28 - Finishing the basic shape for a tire - Giving it dimension
29 - Assembling the basic shapes for a bike
30 - Creating the frame of a bike
31 - Giving the frame a distressed look
32 - Adding a handlebar attachment to a bike frame
33 - Assembling the chain of a bike
34 - Assembling the gear of a bike
35 - Creating the reflectors on the bikes - Part one
36 - Creating the reflectors on the bikes - Part two
37 - Creating the seats on the bikes
38 - Creating springs on a bike
39 - Reviewing the variety of bikes in the painting
40 - Creating a distressed decal

Conclusion

41 - Goodbye

Bonus Movie

42 - Every object has a story

The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Vehicles

Authors

Bert Monroy