
How will you know who I am? See the sketch I used for my profile picture there to the right, that’s what I look like. That and I have big old holes in my ears. ^_^. Look for my name tag jm.
There are several sections to the survey results but I will save you all some time and direct you to the goods. If you click this link you’ll be directed to the corculator. It’s a tool where you can select your profession, say industrial design, and then your experience level or job title and it will filter the data for you. Here you can find the low, average, and high salaries in a particular region, in-house corporate vs consultancy and all kinds of fun stuff. So do stop by the website and see if you’re making good.
Also the 2010 survey should be around the corner so I will post again when it’s time to participate.
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It's finally here! So how do you render up plush in Photoshop? Well, there are many ways and this is just one of them but it's a great technique. It's fast, easy, and there's no customizing/creating brushes or finding textures online.sketchatoy nine from sketchatoy on Vimeo.
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This tutorial is a long one I know but I tried to pack it full of tips! I’ve gathered several tricks that I have learned from friends and colleagues over the years and joined them with a few of my own. I know the product is ugly but I designed it on the spot so please concentrate on the content and less on the design.sketchatoy six from sketchatoy on Vimeo.
Here's a tutorial on adding some color and value to a sketch to get a quick rendering. The video is actual time so without concentrating on talking and explaining this should take no more than 10min to add Photoshop. (Sketch approx 5min) This is a great way to express your sketches in a little more depth and prepare some variations for a final presentation rendering. This was a request by a reader so I hope it helps! Also please leave comments on any tricks you all may have when adding color quickly in Photoshop.sketchatoy five from sketchatoy on Vimeo.
Here's a trick I learned that I know will be useful to those who are working on portfolios or creating presentations using unedited product photography.
How does it work? Well in a nutshell, you simply select the tool, then select the color from the background using alt (mac the option key) that you want to delete and the eraser will only delete that color.
*Just a warning, this isn't the use all fail proof tool, it will only work so easily if you've shot your product with a consistent background. The results wont be the same if you're shooting your product in say the woods with trees in the background then want it on a white backdrop, that's another much longer tutorial.