reADactor » 2D http://www.readactor.com A mixer of inspiration and tips, a reactor of your future design ideas, tutorials, freebies, wordpress and joomla templates, showcase of great looking websites. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Creative Digital Illustrations of Nik Ainleyhttp://www.readactor.com/design/creative-digital-illustrations-of-nik-ainley/ http://www.readactor.com/design/creative-digital-illustrations-of-nik-ainley/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:49:48 +0000 reADactor http://www.readactor.com/?p=15230 Nik is constantly trying to expand his range of abilities and is happiest when learning new software or techniques. He works in both 2D and 3D software to produce his images and especially enjoys the results combining the two can achieve. Nik find a great inspiration in using tools in ways they weren’t originally intended, and the more tools he have to experiment with, the greater his work can be. The Transform tools, Liquify filter, layer masks, and blending modes in Photoshop give him virtually limitless creative options.

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Where to find Nik Ainley on the web

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Carrie and Ben

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Corny Jack

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Cotton Eye Jim

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Cuba the scuba

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Francois le chef

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Landon loud

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Nosy Ned

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Perry the pirate

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Q-Pack

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Rocky Rock. A painting tutorial for this doll was featured in 2DArtist Magazine. You can see it here.


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Taliban Joe

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]]> http://www.readactor.com/design/helltoyz-the-dolls-will-never-look-the-same/feed/ 0 25 Matte Painting tutorials for Adobe Photoshophttp://www.readactor.com/design/25-matte-painting-tutorials-for-adobe-photoshop/ http://www.readactor.com/design/25-matte-painting-tutorials-for-adobe-photoshop/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:40:17 +0000 reADactor http://www.readactor.com/?p=1336 A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit. Historically, matte painters and film technicians have used various techniques to combine a matte-painted image with live-action footage. At its best, depending on the skill levels of the artists and technicians, the effect is “seamless” and creates environments that would otherwise be impossible to film (wiki)


From years, digital matte painting is more then a movie feature. Like a part of 2D digital painting and exceeding the professional uses, now is an area for pure imagination exercises. Almost all 2D painters started with matte painting. In fact, you will see that some tutorials are based 100% on digital painting. For such kind of tutorials you need a bit of drawing skills, many hours spend with pencil in front of your paper (yes, the basics cannot be replaced by any digital painting tutorials), studies about proportions and architectural perspective.

Like you can see, Adobe Photoshop (or any other performant paint software) is not a skill saver or a patch for our missing artistic education. Yes, using them you can save time and can make more many things with more low costs, but when you are looking at tutorials or on other matte painting showcases, think at how many hours was spent in background, many of them with unsuccessful results.

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1. Cleopatra Queen of Egypt. Matte paiting tutorial by Frederic St-Arnaud. Web: www.starno.net

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2. Dark House. Matte paiting tutorial by Sébastien Gaucher. Web: www.seb4d.com

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3. Making Of The Lost World: Temple of Nature. Matte paiting tutorial by Tiberius Viris. web: www.suirebit.net

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4. Digital matte painting.

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5. London National History Museum. Matte Painting tutorial by Sorin Bechira. web: www.bechira.com

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6. Extend a live action set with custom matte painting. Video matte paint tutorial by Andrew Kramer. web: www.videocopilot.net

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7. Create a mystic night scene with rainy atmosphere. Matte paint tutorial by Shantanu Jahagirdar. web: www.thesign.info

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8.  Winter. Matte paiting tutorial by Sébastien Gaucher. Web: www.seb4d.com

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9. Making of “Distant Shores”. Matte painting tutorial by Andreas Rocha. web: andreasrocha.com

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10. Matte painting Environment – Tunnel. Tutorial by Henry H. Pashkov

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11.  The Making of The Decline of Babel Myth – Jacobsen War. Matte painting tutorial by Frederic St-Arnaud. web: www.starno.net

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