Learn how to transform a photo to a vintage style PinUp painting using basic tools and brushes in Photoshop. A great and fun way to learn and practice painting!

Paint like the Masters Gill Evgren, Alberto Vargas and Art Frahm
For beginners!
No skill of painting a.o Photoshop is required
Impress your friends

What You’ll Create

An authentic looking Vintage style PinUp Illustration / Painting

Examples I've made myself using the same techniques you will learn in this class

What You'll Learn

The fundamentals of painting using a photo as a guide to learn and shortcut your way up to a masterful painting.
Very simple photo manipulation techniques
Brushing using the Mixer Brush
Colour grading using Curves
Very basic Photoshop skills

What You’ll Need

Photoshop
A sexy picture
A drawing tablet, although not a requirement it does makes things easier

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Getting Started

Before we can begin with the class you need a picture of a model.
You can either grab a picture from the internet or even better, snap a shot of a close friend or spouse.

Some things to keep in mind when grabbing or taking a picture:

Picture does not have to be sharp or professionally taken. A simple picture taken from your phone is perfect!
Make sure the photo is properly lit and to your liking. The angle of light, the way shadows fall etc.
Try to avoid wild and long loose hairstyles as it will make painting later on difficult.
Preferably no visible large tattoos. Unfortunately the techniques we will be applying will not work well with tattoos.
Look for inspiration in terms of clothing and styles online. The more appropriate to the time period the more authentic the PinUp illustration will look when you're finished.

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Some notes for beginners / Photoshop first timers

Hold the spacebar to move around the canvas.
Hold ⌘ Command and press - or + to zoom in and out.
Use the bracket keys [ and ] to decrease and increase the size of the brush on the fly.
⌘ Command and Z = Undo
⌘ Command, Shift and Z = Redo
⌘ Command and I = Invert Selection
⌘ Command and T = Transform and will let you transform the selection or layer
⌘ Command and E = Merges two selected layers
Save often!

Some notes for students on Windows

⌘ Command = Ctrl
⌥ Option = Alt

Enjoy!

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