Tutorial Ideas

[Man1c M0g]

A lot of people request tutorials and guides via Biorust, but I don't get time to make them all. For this reason, here is a list that I will update regularly which shows tutorials requested for Biorust. This list will undoubtedly be useful if you want to create a tutorial for us but are short of ideas, etc.

Adobe Photoshop

• Blood Smears on Walls, etc.
• Advanced Character coloring & detailing (from sketch)
• Anime/Cartoon Skin Textures
• Professional blemish correction of portraits, etc.
• Color Burst Text effects.
• Creating custom graphical icons (professional).
• Damaged Mesh Textures.
• Detailed explanation of curves.
• Making Sparks.
• Peeling Objects
• Puzzle Textures & Puzzle Pictures
• Smashed Glass (& Bullet holes in glass).
• Pressed-in Buttons (i.e. buttons in their 'pressed' state).
• Glossy Photo Effect (i.e. as in http://forums.biorust.com/photograph...over-cool.html (The cover of "Be Cool") )

Traditional Media
Not yet an active category, but there is a LOT of interest for tutorials that teach drawing and cartooning techniques on traditional media (i.e. with a pen/pencil and paper). If you need ideas, FARP is an absolute gem, and is exactly what I would love to see!


HTML/CSS/PHP/JS

• Simple Gallery with mySQL
• Simple Gallery without database software

Adobe Illustrator

• 3D shapes from stroked paths using 3D Revolve Tool.
• Editable 3D Text (Extruded, etc).
• Funky Blend Effects.
• Glassy Buttons.
• Use of Brushes & How to make in Illustrator.
• Hand-drawn look (via scribble).
• Opacity Maps.

Cinema 4D

• Caustics & Caustic-Effects.
• Glass Modelling & Texturing (Objects).
• Dynamics (gravity, friction, collision, pendulum actions, etc)
• Detailed Character Modelling.

Any more ideas? Place a reply in this thread and I'll add them to this list...

[blackhawk_996]

As far as the proffesional masking tutorial goes there is a very straightforward tutorial that I learned from on another site. It covers everything from basic use of the pen tool, cutting out an image, to using your path you made to make a vector shape. I have a copy of it saved, if you'd like I would ask if we could use it as well giving her credit? Have a look for yourself to see if it would be worthwhile. It's always produced the best results of any method I've ever used. I used to use knockout 2 prior to finding this.


http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-pentool.html

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by blackhawk_996

As far as the proffesional masking tutorial goes there is a very straightforward tutorial that I learned from on another site. It covers everything from basic use of the pen tool, cutting out an image, to using your path you made to make a vector shape. I have a copy of it saved, if you'd like I would ask if we could use it as well giving her credit? Have a look for yourself to see if it would be worthwhile. It's always produced the best results of any method I've ever used. I used to use knockout 2 prior to finding this.


http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-pentool.html

Ahhhh, we already have a tutorial on vector mapping over at http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/62/en/ . What I mean in this case is complex masking on difficult subjects (i.e. Hair, etc) using only default tools. :]

[blackhawk_996]

Did you have a look at it? It's primary purpose is masking off objects? The vector shape is just a nice side benefit.

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by blackhawk_996

Did you have a look at it? It's primary purpose is masking off objects? The vector shape is just a nice side benefit.

Errr... yeah! Same subject as my tutorial at that URL! Its not a feasible method for amazingly complex shapes though...

[sneeuwbal]

i'll try to write the two php tutorials in two weeks, got exams now and no time for it, but since I already made something like that a while back. i'm confient that i can make it

[Man1c M0g]

List updated and many new tutorial ideas added.

[enigmatic]

hi there.. maybe some stuff on back grounds..and props layers " enigmatic"

[zapphnath]

Dave Nagel recently released a nice set of Photoshop brushes for creating clouds.
http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/...e.jsp?id=36358
While you're there, check out some of his fur and hair brushes, too.

[Heruka]

Well, I suppose I could do a tutorial teaching basic drawing skills, but again, I wish you would be evn more specific as far as the topic is concerned. F.A.R.P. contains a lot of stuff on art, would it be worthwhile to hit on the same topics they cover? Should we aim for different schemes? Or try to build our own 'Basic-to-Advanced' set of encompassing tuts?

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by Heruka

Well, I suppose I could do a tutorial teaching basic drawing skills, but again, I wish you would be evn more specific as far as the topic is concerned. F.A.R.P. contains a lot of stuff on art, would it be worthwhile to hit on the same topics they cover? Should we aim for different schemes? Or try to build our own 'Basic-to-Advanced' set of encompassing tuts?

I've always admired FARP, but I don't see why we can't have our own set of tutorials covering similar basic-to-advanced topics. There is a massive lack of proper tutorials/guides for traditional media, so this is a definate niche to fill, and any content written for it would definately not go into the 'more of the same' category that many Photoshop tutorials seem to fill.

[enigmatic]

But yes thus what about the newbies in this learning.of skills are they to know set 1 set 2 and so on.catch my mmmm.enigmatic

[Westbury]

[ PHP ] Request.

Basically, I would love it if you could do a tutorial on how to award someone with a 'badge' with your usersystem.

I'm not too good with PHP but i had a go, and failed.

Thanks.

[turvas]

I would really love to see some tutorials on how to draw a human face. I'm really intrested in learning to draw good, but faces is on thing that i'm a total screw-up at work.

[alesianlarken]

Nice ideas..i will follow know this ideas..to search for any tutorial in online..
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