Hard Lander: Multiple Pilot Training Trailer
Hard Lander needed a promotional trailer for its launch on the Ouya Game console so I put together this humorous take on how to play the game. UPDATE: the game is also now available on the Desura Game service. http://www.desura.com/games/hard-lander
Photoshop Fireworks for the Fourth
For the Fourth of July I thought it would be fun to show you how to create some fireworks in Photoshop. There’s a ton of different ways to make fireworks but here’s a few tricks and filters you can use to create some quick digital fireworks. Watch the above video for the entire process of how […]
Process for creating a book cover: Legend of Halloween
In this post I’m going to walk you through my process for creating a book cover. A self-publishing author, Thea Berg, approached me to do a cover in her book series The Magical World of Sebella. The first book cover was illustrated by Wilson Williams, Jr. who sadly passed away last year. So I thought […]
Painting the Legend of Halloween Book cover
Thea Berg, writer of the Magical World of Sebella book series, commission me to illustrate the Book cover for her second book in this series. Thea was gracious enough to allow me to share my process with you. This is a sped up video showing my coloring process for creating the color cover.
Creating a vector graphic from a bitmap image in Adobe Illustrator
In this edition of the Once Upon a Sketch screen cast we show you how to use the live trace tool in Adobe Illustrator. In Adobe Illustrator CS two Adobe added a handy tool called the live trace tool which allows you to convert bitmap images into a vector based image very easily. Check out […]
Using Layer Masks in Adobe PhotoShop
In this episode I discuss one of the most helpful things I found in Adobe Photoshop. This feature is called layer masks. The use of a layer mask is to hide something you don’t necessarily want to get rid of. Watch the video to find out what I mean.
Inking and coloring artwork in Adobe Illustrator
When I first started doing the Once Upon a Sketch Screen Casts I created a series of two videos about how I ink and color my drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Well, it’s been over a year since I created this set of videos so I thought I would share them again for those who haven’t […]
“You don’t look so good”
My first try at making a eLearning Cartoon for work. It’s call “You don’t look so good” eLearning Cartoon “You don’t look so good” from Norman Grock on Vimeo.