Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. Traditionally, matte paintings were made by artists using paints or pastels on large sheets of glass for integrating with the live-action footage. The first known matte painting shot was made in 1907 by Norman […]
30+ Great environments concept art and illustrations
Concept art is a term used for illustrations used in special for storyboards, from movies and games to advertising, where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of an idea, environment, and /or mood before to be put into the final product. Sometimes is a combo between speed painting and 3d renders. The […]
Photo Manipulation – 35 examples of photo manipulation to learn graphic composition
Do you remember the times when the photo manipulation for almost all the peoples was the result of a photo touch using a purchased camera software? With effects like fish eye, with tools like smudge tool in few seconds anyone had managed a “photo manipulation”. Today the photo manipulation become a true digital art, where […]
40 Free Professional PSD Website Templates for Download
Each day a new web design layout template is released to catch potential buyers for the sliced version or WordPress integration. Others, are just good content released for the blog visitors. This article is meant to help you to save time when surfing through all the free online content and selecting the quality releases from […]
Showcase of fantasy, sci-fi characters and scenes by Phil McDarby
Phil is a Freelance Digital Artist, Photographer & Composer. He has been drawing and painting fantasy and sci-fi characters and environments for most of his life, and made the jump from traditional to digital around 1998. He uses a number of methods to create his imagery, from 2D painting using a Wacom tablet to 3D […]
30 Celebrity Caricatures by Rodney Pike
Rodney is born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which is close to New Orleans, and is specialized in Photo-Manipulated Caricature Illustration, Humorous Illustration and Political Satire. What is amazing at Rodney looking at his digital artowrks, is that he have no formal training in any medium. Incredible isn’t it? Course, the following photorealistic and […]
Photography and Digital Art by Oleg Dou
Oleg Dou is a young and very talented photographer and digital artist born in Moscow, Russia. If you didn’t have the chance to see his works before, starting with Adobe Photoshop CS6 you’ll see it very often, because one of his artwork become an icon for this new version. At the age of 13, his […]