Rachel - Portrait from Mirror

Rachel - Custom Brush

I created this brush to make a nice feathered effect. To achieve the look pictured above, go to Shape Dynamics and select "pen pressure" for the "size jitter," then turn on pen pressure for the "foreground/background jitter" in Color Dynamics.

Click here to download brush from Dropbox

Retouching Blemishes

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs4/getting-started-03-retouching-blemishes/

Robb Ruppel, concept art inspiration

Message from Michelle Robinson:  

Robb Ruppel is an amazing digital painter that you guys might want to check out. He was an art director at Disney, and creates some amazing quick digital plein aire paintings. http://www.robhruppel.com/gallery-9-digital-plein-aire/ 

 Be sure to check out his blog, too. http://broadviewgraphics.blogspot.com

PS CS6 The Missing Manual: online access

This is where to have all your PS questions answered – and it is free....

Go to library.tamu.edu       
 Search for Photoshop CS6 the missing manual
 Hit View Online

Look over Table of Contents.  Study subjects in order: Basics, Editing Images, The Artistic Side of PS (particularly Painting), Printing and the Web, and Photoshop Power (optional?), or start with Painting first and then study the rest.

Kaitlyn Experimental Portrait

Custom Paint Brush

drop box link to brush:https://dl.dropbox.com/u/42277243/si.abr