Digital Painting in Photoshop: Wasp Attack

In this course, master Adobe Photoshop artist Uli Staiger takes you step by step through the process of using Photoshop to create a composite image, "Wasp Attack", from several different source images. Follow his instructions and learn how to combine the source images, create realistic-looking shadows and lighting throughout the composite, and add a swarm of wasps. The tutorials are presented in a series of simple, easy-to-follow lessons that give you plenty of room to add your own artistic touches to the final product.

Topics include:

• Opening the starting image
• Creating transparency
• Painting a shadow
• Nondestructive brightening techniques
• Inserting and scaling a wasp
• Creating a swarm
• Creating the lighting