Compositing and Illustrating a Propaganda Poster in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a print poster with a propaganda theme. Software required: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Lightroom.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a print poster with a propaganda theme. Throughout these lessons, we'll look at the steps required to illustrate a figure and background, beginning with using a photo. We'll start by learning some basic retouching techniques. Along the way, we'll use Photoshop to design elements used in this futuristic space design. By the end of this tutorial you will have a solid understanding of Photoshop curves, masks, and fundamental painting techniques. Software required: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Lightroom.
Table of contents
- Using Lightroom to Develop Our Images 11m
- Creating a Silo of Our Character 11m
- Forming the Figure 12m
- Blending in the Compositition 12m
- Touching up the Final Composite 10m
- Cleaning with the Clone Stamp Tool 10m
- Spotting the Face 11m
- Focusing on the Body and Costume 10m
- Brushing in the Hair and Eyes 11m
- Using Curves 10m
- Establishing Form 11m
- Using Channels and Curves for Color Correction 10m
- Implementing the Liquify Filter 10m
- Beginning the Illustration 11m
- Adjusting the Arm 10m
- Color-shifting the Skin 10m
- Painting the Hair and Face 11m
- Focusing on the Face and Eyes 11m
- Polishing the Face and Eyes 10m
- Defining the Planes in the Face 11m
- Blocking in the Hair 11m
- Sketching out the Costume 10m
- Refining the Costume Details 10m
- Revisiting the Face and Hair 11m
- Adding Freckles 11m
- Creating the Earpiece 10m
- Checking for Symmetrical Flaws 11m
- Painting the Eyelashes 9m
- Cleaning up the Face and Body 11m
- Focusing on the Costume 10m
- Working on the Glove 11m
- Addressing the Core Shadow and Reflected Light 11m
- Blocking in the Costume 11m
- Highlighting Form in the Costume 11m
- Making the Goggles 11m
- Adding Color to the Goggles 11m
- Adding Shadow and Highlights to the Goggles 11m
- Focusing on the Skin 11m
- Continuing Work on the Skin 11m
- Adding Details 11m
- Touching up to the Figure 12m
- Establishing the Background 10m
- Modeling the Environment 11m
- Incorporating the Figure into the Environment 10m
- Adding Texture to the Background 11m
- Applying Lines to the Edges 11m
- Designing the Spaceship 11m
- Modeling the Spaceship 11m
- Coloring and Duplicating the Spaceship 11m
- Implementing the Spaceships into the Background 11m
- Cleaning up the Figure and Spaceships 11m
- Simplifying the Form and Inserting Text 11m
- Arranging the Text and Colors 11m
- Aging the Poster 10m
About the author
David is a graduate of the Ringling College of Art and Design and has been accepted into the Society of Illustrators student competition two years in a row, in addition to being awarded a jury prize. David has also been awarded the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshield's grant. Currently, David is a freelance illustrator and retoucher for the gaming and advertising industry in NYC.