“45 Ways to work smarter in Photoshop CC” Advanced Photoshop magazine

Hey look! I contributed to the latest issue of Advanced Photoshop “45 Ways to work smarter in Photoshop CC”. The issue is available everywhere now.

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Advanced Photoshop issue 100

'Vintage' illustration by David Cousens

Way back in 2006, Advanced Photoshop magazine featured the first ever internationally published appearance of a then unheard-of (yet still very handsome) illustrator  David Cousens. (If you dig through the archives of this blog you can still see the original post where I was awarded 'Best in show' in issue #23 of AP's Peer Pressure section). 

The editor of Advanced Photoshop at the time, Emma Cake (now Emma Davenport founder of Big Bouquet photography) took a liking to my work and commissioned me to produce and my first ever illustration tutorial in the following issue, cementing a long working relationship with Advanced Photoshop that goes on through to this day. 

To celebrate its 100th issue, Advanced Photoshop has commissioned some of its favourite artists that the magazine has featured over the years and I was honoured to be asked to provide this Vintage inspired illustration.  Thanks to Emma Davenport, Julie Bassett and Adam Smith for all of the support over the years.

Advanced Photoshop issue 100 is available to buy in the UK now and you can also follow them on twitter.

Have fun,
David


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Happy Little Trees: A Photoshop CS5 painting tutorial for Advanced Photoshop magazine

You may have guessed by now that we're huge fans of Adobe Photoshop CS5 since we got to play around with the beta version, so we were more than happy when Advanced Photoshop magazine asked us to provide a tutorial to highlight how the new CS5 painting brushes work.

You can see the "Happy Little Trees" tutorial in Advanced Photoshop issue 70.

Have fun,
David

Animated Avatar tutorial for Advanced Photoshop magazine & The Roberto Blake interview

This little guy is a Grogling, and he's the star of our latest tutorial for Advanced Photoshop magazine (issue #64) where we tell you how to make animations in Photoshop. It's really easy so it's well worth a look!

Also Roberto Blake's interview with me is on his website now. Go read it! :)

Have fun,
David

Passengers- Advanced Photoshop Tutorial

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a woman perched precariously atop a balloon-suspended, rocket-propelled tortoise? Erm, well yes actually, it is...

And if you pick up issue 61 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine you'll find our most recent tutorial on how to colour this image yourself, with some free custom brushes and the image lines to start you off.


Enjoy! :)

"Rising Starr", Advanced Photoshop Tutorial

Issue 58 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine is out now, and in it you will find a tutorial which will take you through how we created this image, called "Rising Starr". It starts off a little differently from our usual method, using photo reference to help generate an initial sketch, to help readers who aren't that confident with their drawing skills.

"Dark" Advanced Photoshop Tutorial

If you happen to pick up a copy of Advanced Photoshop Magazine this month you'll find our in depth tutorial on creating depth in a 2D image, and you can have a go at colouring the image opposite. We've created several Photoshop tutorials over the past few years, and we always like to see what other artists' versions of our artwork turn out like. So if you've had a go at the "Dark" tutorial and wish to share your work, head to the Advanced Photoshop forum and post your artwork here. We've provided the lines there, in case you don't have a copy of the magazine (aren't we thoughtful!). We'll be keeping a close eye, and are always happy to give feedback, so get colouring!

Sarah