M'rr. My client wants to put my poster art on a digital billboard, and the folks in charge of the billboard need my "Photoshop PSD (with layers)" so they can make the billboard file themselves.
I compile my final layouts in InDesign; Photoshop is for creating elements, not assembling them.
Should I, like, export my InDesign composition into Photoshop for them?
I'm just not sure if that's gonna give them what they're actually asking for, I guess.
I've dealt with the folks behind this billboard before, and they're... not very good at defining what they want clearly. They ask for very general things ("the Photoshop file") and assume it'll have whatever they're after.
They were very disappointed the last time I tried to accommodate them.
Oh, well, burn that bridge when I get to it. [pokes poster design]
Well next week Ill see what Mac announces and how my annual review goes
if mac releases something exciting Ill get it probably unless my annual review goes really really well in which case Ill get a 2 bedroom apartment and a desktop
Wish I had my Wacom Pro here. Was trying to take a few minutes to finish up a digital painting I started but its just not as good on regular Wacom without tilt
She thinks she knows how to write and the plan is for her to do testimonials, press releases, and possibly ad copy
Her grammar is okay, maybe as good or even better than mine for proofing. Need to try to work with her on getting better at new ideas though
oh @johnp I'm going to create a makeshift studio in my living room on Sunday and shoot some stock photos. Not sure how itll go without flash. Might end up buying one. Might hit you up for help since you've done studio and flash stuff
had to close my browser there...installed the new affinity. ah cool :) yeah sure, ill help if i can lol. depending on whether u want to use ur own lighting id suggest getting a good blackout blind for your windows, unless you work at night
@Vincent yeah thats why I like the ones Dezeen shares. Usually interesting animation and they're blog generally discusses the artist and some of the behind the scenes along with music I can usually enjoy
@Vincent supposed to go to a friends tonight to play games. Then tomorrow supposed to photograph a friends kids final football game (not at all looking forward to this), halloween party tomorrow night, and seeing my mom sunday evening
Really only thing I want to do is go out sunday morning because we're finally going to have a cold front :\ supposed to drop to the 50s here. The rest I don't even care about I'm so exhausted
what you're paying for with extra $$ in flashguns is the faster sync times i think....so your maximum possible shutterspeed with flash. mostly needed for those still life freeze shots of exploding fruit and what not
my flashgun has this red sniper like laser haha. it was great for taking shots in the dark, or for when i had to hold the camera from a height and couldn't aim through the viewfinder
The wedding I shot I did all manual but next time I'll shoot in Aperture Priority instead and want a Flash that can handle that without seeing what the lens is doing
one good tip (that i never really got to try tbh as I usually work over my pencil sketches) is to only use hard brushes over layers and layers of a low flow or opacity
oh ok, thanks. Ya I mostly used soft brush for erasing (rarely do, didn't at all on this piece) or for masking (which I also didn't do at all on this)
This one was really just one layer. A few added layers only because I was scared I wouldn't like what I was trying to do and wanted the ability to delete the change
way back when i tried doing colour paintings i always made the mistake of soft brushes on portraits. I prefer to work with pencil brushes and dry media if i ever do any work now anyway so i dont really work that way
can barely talk tonight. yeah i think the fewer layers the better, forces you to commit to the illustration
far easier to rework something if you need to anyway via real life paper lol
my old lecturer used to say "paper remembers"...very true. even in packaging and other stuff
wow maybe I should've gone with normal pencils instead of these watercolor ones
I've barely had time to use them yet still, been so busy
and this is your old teacher?
she sounds young
whew she's incredible! I really need to spend an hour a day sketching and learning how to draw. this makes me jealous. drawing makes me frustrated though
yeah my memories of colouring pencils weren't like this at all till i started seeing what others were doing. but seemingly there is a huge jump in quality with colouring pencils - the wax/oil based ones
you should be able to achieve a similar quality with ...was it derwent you got?
for the pencils in that video^ they're oil based so you can use either methylated spirits or a much safer option - zest it...it's less toxic. I think that's a uk company though so prismacolour or someone probably has something similar over there. It's like an oil painting when you use that, it breaks down the binder or whatever and just leaves the pigment on the page