by Eren Göksel

Cartoonist Nick Edwards offers up this informative look at his inking and colouring process.

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Quote from Photoshop help

“Tool presets let you save and reuse tool settings. You can load, edit, and create libraries of tool presets using the Tool Preset picker in the options bar, the Tool Presets palette, and the Preset Manager.“

HOW TO LOAD BRUSH PRESETS

First, we need to determine what constitutes a brush file and what constitutes a preset file.  A preset file has an extension of .tpl.  You can have any name you want but the extension is .tpl.  A brush file has an extension of .abr.  These files are loaded differently.

A tool preset contains settings that define the characteristics of that tool, such as size, shape and hardness of the brush.  It does not have to be a brush tool; it can be any tool, for example, smudge tool or art history brush.  They all have the ability to save their settings.

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This is a nice technique for creating a miniature effect. Link

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I put this little how-to together to demonstrate Zoomify, which you will find in Photoshop CS3. It’s a little program that lets you upload high-resolution images in a flash format. The visitor to your website can see high resolution detail without exposing the image to downloading. They just simply zoom in to see the detail not giving them the whole image at any given time.

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The idea for this came from Sandra. Thank you Sandra. If you have an idea  for a little tutorial or if you a question feel free to e-mail me steve@trimoon.com

I’ve recently finished a new artistic tutorial for Photoshop. The method of release (download or on CD maybe both) I’m still working on. I’ve been promising this tutorial for quite awhile. I got kind of busy over the summer and had to shelve the project till now. The title of the tutorial has yet to be determined. The topic of the tutorial will have to wait until I come up with a title. All in all, I should have everything ready by December 1. Below is a sign-up sheet if you wish to be notified by e-mail when everything is ready. Your e-mail address will be kept confidential.

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This is a video tutorial on how to outline fonts and shapes. This creates a wireframe effect and works on 99% of the available fonts. And no I didn’t try it on all fonts. I am just guesstimating. There are several ways of creating this effect, but the one I demonstrate in this video is the one I use the most because of its flexibility and ease. You can create an action to do the work for you if you like. I will expand in the future on this technique and will post it here. Steve

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Canadian comic book artist Stuart Immonen has penned an interesting article for Comic Book Resources on building an arsenal of tools and reference material in order to make drawing comics efficient and productive. His toolbox includes everything from 3D modelling software to old-fashioned paper photo and reference archives. And to those who think this is “cheating” he says:
Face it, deadlines are murder, especially when they come around every thirty days or so. The sheer volume is astonishing; even with a lowball mean estimate of four panels per page, the typical monthly superhero comic boasts nearly 90 separate drawings each issue– that’s over a thousand a year! I don’t think there’s another job in the commercial arts field which is similarly demanding. The comic artist’s motto might very well be “by any means necessary.”