Lynda - Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square, The People torrent

Lynda - Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square, The People
3h 18m Intermediate | Uploaded in Oct 14, 2014 via Webcentara

Subjects: Design Illustration, Design Techniques, Digital Painting
Software: Illustrator, Photoshop


Take a virtual journey to the bustling streets of New York in Bert Monroy: The Making of Times Square. Digital painter Bert Monroy reveals how he created the minute details that build the impressive 108,000 x 21,600 pixel, 25-foot wide photorealistic portrait of this iconic intersection.

In this installment, The People, Bert illustrates how he created the hyperrealistic portrayals of the dozens of people inhabiting his painting, many of which he drew from real-life friends and family. The course shows how to construct eyes, lips, ears, and other facial features, paint natural looking skin, add hair, apply makeup, and create fabric folds, stitching, and texture to emulate clothing. Bert shows how digital artists can recreate these effects at home, using the tools in Photoshop and Illustrator and a little imagination.
Topics include:

Creating life-like facial features, such as noses, teeth, lips
Understanding the structure of the mouth
Creating facial contours
Adding details such as fingernails
Using a Cintiq to create realistic hair
Creating beard stubble
Creating the look of stitched denim
Adding ribbing to a t-shirt