So, I’ve been messing around with Photoshop, SAI, trying to learn a bit about typography, PSDs, and… it’s pretty daunting. There are tutorials everywhere, a million resources, and copyright laws. There also seems to be… different directions to take this in.
One thing I see a lot of, for movies and whatnot, are edits. Taking screencaps and doing things with them. For example, my first attempt (quite awful, but I have to start somewhere):
This seems involve an eye for textures, adjustment layers, etc. I’ve downloaded a few PSDs I’ve found out there, but since they’re basically pre-made effects that can apply to (almost) any photograph, I’m only going to use them as learning tools to study what things people do and what Photoshop is capable of. Photoshop is pretty frustrating though… not intuitive at all. SAI is much more manageable and natural to use, though of course it’s much simpler and works better for art:
As of now, most fonts, textures and PSDs I have are found at this Tumblr site: fuckyeahresource. I’ve also found some great textures and brush packs at Ex-posed. All of those are posted for personal use, but not for commercial. I guess professionals either buy these resources or create their own?
ta calligraphie 