It’s been a while since I’ve focused on social networking for the Tutorial of the Week series, but a recent post by Jason Moriber on the Dripbook blog got my attention.
If you’ve ever wanted to contact someone in a certain position at a company, such as an Art Director, then you might find this unique tutorial to be particularly useful, because it allows you to find out who is actually currently working in that position.
It’s called Using LinkedIn to Find New Contacts Using the Search Function, and it shares an effective way to seek out Art Directors and other professionals via their company profiles on LinkedIn.
If you’re looking to dig a little deeper into social networking, you’re not alone. More and more professionals are finding new ways of connecting with each other and doing business using the internet. This tutorial will help you to find more use in a site like LinkedIn, which can be a bit mystifying for new users.
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What’s your experience with LinkedIn? Please share your thoughts in the comments.
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- Tutorial of the Week – How to Build a Winning Facebook Fan Page
- EFII Episode 5 – Social Networking
- The Golden Rule of Social Networking
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Chris Oatley’s Digital Painting Series continues!
Some of you may remember that I featured the first part of this video tutorial series (Wookie Rage Part 1) as an early installment of the Tutorial of the Week series. In that post, I offered a friendly call to action to the tutorial’s creator, Chris Oatley to release part 2, because after watching Part 1, I wanted more.
To all our benefit, Chris went a step further and released Wookie Rage Part 2, as well as Part 3!
What I love about watching Chris Oatley at work is that you get an inside look at his methodical process of painting.
This is not speedpainting.
Each half hour video moves at a casual pace that allows you to observe the choices that are made and spend some time listening to the musings of the artist, which always alternate between insightful, resourceful, and humorous, but are always refreshingly human. In this series in particular, you can watch as Chris considers such things as composition, silhouette shapes, and contrast as tools to make an Illustration pop.
Chris is a positive light in the Illustration community, and one of the more rewarding ways to Escape From Illustration Island. Take a look at these video tutorials and check out his other podcast episodes while you’re at it.
Thanks Chris.
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- Wookie Rage Part 1 by Chris Oatley
- EFII Podcast Episode 7 – Chris Oatley’s Artcast
- Resource Review – Chris Oatley’s Artcast
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(In response to last week’s Tutorial of the Week, in which I highlighted Drew Struzan’s new tutorial DVD, Jonthan Woodward of the Zero 2 Illo blog brought my attention to Massive Black’s series of video tutorials, and he agreed to review them for EFII in the following guest post.)
If you’re anything like me, you’ll love watching other artists and illustrators work – seeing their artistic thought process is a fascinating way to learn new techniques and ways of thinking.
Well, you’re in luck as Massive Black have an ever growing range of demo dvds and downloads from some of the most successful illustrators and artists (both traditional and digital) in the industry.
The demos are very reasonably priced ranging from $15 – $50 for up to 5 hours of video/audio and most of them ready for immediate download too.
I’ve now purchased Massive Black demo’s from 5 artists ranging from traditional artists working in oils and pastels like Greg Manchess and Gary Kelley to digital masters like Andrew ‘Android’ Jones. The demo’s guide you through the artists process from conception to final artwork, with a bit of insight into the illustration business thrown in too.
The Dan Dos Santos demo is particularly good as it takes you through the full end to end process, right from receiving the initial brief to handing over the final artwork and at $50 for 5 hours worth of material, it’s exceptional value.
Production values are top quality and even if the demo’s don’t cover a medium you work in, you’re bound to learn a thing or two about work flow, conception, colour and composition.
I couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
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Drew Struzan has just released the mother of all tutorial DVDs.
You can now get a look inside the studio of this world-famous artist and creator of well-known movie posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Back to the Future, and countless others.
Up until now, I have only featured free online tutorials for EFII’s Tutorial of the Week series, but when Drew sent me a message announcing the release of his new DVD, I knew that every Illustrator on the planet needed to know about it.
It’s called Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art, and here’s a quick description in Drew’s own words:
“The DVD is a full feature, 100 minute long video of my process in the production of a movie poster. This is no pretend session of painting. It is the actual process from concept design to finished painting and all the steps, techniques and thoughts in between as I produce the original Hellboy movie poster art.”
Not convinced yet?
You can watch the trailer here.
Anyone who has been amazed by Drew’s work will benefit greatly by watching this inside look into the process of bringing great concepts to life and taking them to the next level.
Forget Tutorial of the Week.
Something tells me this is the Tutorial of the Year.
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Wookie Rage Part 1 by Chris Oatley
Digital Painting of a Creature by Bobby Chiu
How to Paint a Concept Environmental Scene by Xia Taptara
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Are you mystified by the process of creating vector shapes that don’t suck?
For this week’s Tutorial of the Week, I’m returning to Illustrative Designer Von Glitschka of IllustrationClass.com for an introductory video tutorial called Vector Build Methods.
Von Glitschka is a master of vector Illustration, and he shares his technique for achieving precise vector shapes using the pen tool, selection tools, and an Ai plugin called “Xtream Path” in this two-part series. For those eager to overcome the challenges of vector Illustration, this tutorial is a must-watch. Right now.
Related Tutorial: Artito Bandito by Von Glitschka
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Do you have a Facebook Fan Page to promote your Illustration or Design business?
If you don’t, Susan Payton thinks you should at least consider the idea, “or else you risk being left behind as more businesses shift to social networks like Facebook.”
Let’s face it. It’s an online world, and more people are connecting with each other to conduct business over the internet every day. In addition, the fact that you’re reading this at EFII is proof that the Illustration industry has a strong presence online.
And so should you.
This week’s Tutorial of the Week highlights one of the many ways that you can broaden your reach and increase your exposure as Susan shows you How To Set Up a Winning Facebook Fan Page. This is an easy, step-by-step walkthrough of a very simple but valuable process that will help you to do some of that social networking that you’ve been wondering about.
Did you find value in this tutorial? If you follow these steps, or you already have a Facebook Fan Page for your Illustration business, please take a moment to share your experience in the comments below.
Also feel free to recommend a tutorial for a future Tutorial of the Week.
Thanks!
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