Rendering Tutorial Video

[city_ofthe_south]

Originally Posted by DiasDesign

Hey all,

I'm the author of the second video. I saw a link to this forum in the "Insight" section of my video, and I opened it by curiosity Thanks for posting it!

city_ofthe_south: What I do is basically what you said... I draw a rough shape of what I want and in the next move I draw it more accurately. It's just my way to do it, I don't know if it's faster...

What you see in the corners is simple: First I draw, for example, a 90º corner with a single anchor point. Then I add two anchor points in each side of it. The 1st anchor point is then deleted which will give you a rounded corner that you can open or close with the anchor points you've added. The right clicks you see it's me adding the anchor points to the Path. It gives you more control in some forms, like for example the headlights/taillights that you see in the movie.

Was it clear? Any help that I can give you just ask

By the way, nice renderings.

Cheers

Dang, couldn't get any better than the artist himself. I follow you 100% and it makes sense. If I were coming to that corner I would click in the last point in Ai or alt click I think in PS. This way when I pull the next curve it has no impact on the one before. Lots of ways to get things done with Adobe products and it's always interesting to learn a new one. Great video.

[TonyG]

Originally Posted by city_ofthe_south

Dang, couldn't get any better than the artist himself. I follow you 100% and it makes sense. If I were coming to that corner I would click in the last point in Ai or alt click I think in PS. This way when I pull the next curve it has no impact on the one before. Lots of ways to get things done with Adobe products and it's always interesting to learn a new one. Great video.

This is the way I have done it typically.

Thanks also for the author of the video for chiming in.

[DiasDesign]

No problem mates
I'm here to help and to discuss new techiques... We're always learning something new.
Yeah I know that technique, but you know...when we stick to one it's hard to leave it sometimes lol

By the way, I'm from Portugal-Europe and I'm 25 nice to "meet" you all!

Cheers

[TonyG]

Welcome.. there are lots of great artists here and a few not-so-great like me trying to get there.

[DiasDesign]

Thanks TonyG.

Yeah I've seen some really cool sketches/renderings in this site, I will stick here for some time probably
Do you have any online portfolio TonyG?

[SRD Art]

Cool stuff. Tutorials are a good thing. I noticed in the first one looked like he was using the dodge and burn tool. That's one I've been experimenting with a lot lately for the same type of effects. Before I'd change the paint color and go over it with the darker or lighter color. Now I've seen the light! It's so much quicker with the D/B tools...

We used Wacoms in school and they're awesome. I have an el cheapo pad from Aiptek that I use. I picked it up when I was getting started and it's still going strong. Eventually I'd like the Wacom but budget says cheap is good for now. Check this link. http://www.aiptek.com/ Go to PC tablets. Sorry all you fruity guys , PC's only. I've got the 12000U. Works great for my needs and is 1,000,000,000 X better than a mouse. Occasionally they sell refurbished models even cheaper. I remember the Wacom being more pressure sensitive and a little more precise, but this works great for now. It's a perfect starter pad for you guys that haven't experienced one.

Another thing that I use that helps is I recently picked up a free monitor from a friend that upgraded his. I now have dual 14" monitors, and I have my art on the one in front of me and my tools and i-tunes or my folder or whatever on the right. On that small of a screen having no tools on my art board not taking up space makes a huge difference, and I love being able to migrate through folders or have an example photo from the web on the other side to reference without minimizing all the time. Just food for thought.

[TonyG]

I am going to search for the tablet you mentioned right now.

I only used a straight edge on the baseline and no elipse tool or french curve. I have looked for both locally with no luck. I may look for it online.

[ZVT]

Originally Posted by city_ofthe_south

Dang, couldn't get any better than the artist himself. I follow you 100% and it makes sense. If I were coming to that corner I would click in the last point in Ai or alt click I think in PS. This way when I pull the next curve it has no impact on the one before. Lots of ways to get things done with Adobe products and it's always interesting to learn a new one. Great video.

FUnny how we all really use the same technique that is almost exactly how I do it.I dont use the dodge and burn though I do my highlights and shadows on separate layers maybe thats why I ahve so many damn layers whne I am done.LOL

[city_ofthe_south]

Originally Posted by ZVT

FUnny how we all really use the same technique that is almost exactly how I do it.I dont use the dodge and burn though I do my highlights and shadows on separate layers maybe thats why I ahve so many damn layers whne I am done.LOL

Just shows that it's not the tools that make the art. Everyone here works in at least similar ways with the same tools but with totally different, unique results. The dodge and burn might not work for you Zee, you just keep doing what you're doing cause it kicks heavy ass. hehe.