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The existing park was not getting very many visitors, but the new design with paver walkways, comfortable benches, and improved landscape will be hard to resist.

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]]> http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/featured-design-studio---hillm.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/featured-design-studio---hillm.html ArtistsGraphicDesign Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:17:45 -0500 Ars Thanea http://www.thanea.com/ http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/ars-thanea-1.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/ars-thanea-1.html DesignFeature Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:58:35 -0500 Olive http://www.olivedesign.com/ http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/olive.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/olive.html DesignFeature Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:30 -0500 Avenue http://www.avenue-inc.com/ http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/avenue.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/avenue.html DesignFeature Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:47:07 -0500 2Advanced http://www.2advanced.com/ http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/2advanced.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/2advanced.html DesignFeature Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:27:23 -0500 Traditional Colors in Painter One of the biggest challenges in digital painting is choosing the right colors. Each type of traditional media has limitations based on the pigments available. Watercolors, for example, have a limited color range even when mixing various paints. Paint software, however, offers an unlimited number of colors, regardless of the medium you are trying to emulate. Using watercolor brushes, but unrealistic colors, will not create a traditional looking painting.

An interesting feature in Corel Painter exists in the color swatch dialog. It can really help you build an appropriate color palette. The first step is to open an image, a scan of an actual watercolor or oil painting for example, that contains the type of color palette you wish to use. Then select the triangle at the upper right of the color swatch dialog. A menu appears with several options available.

Paint Swatch Dialog

Select "New Color Set from Image". Painter will sample and create a color set of the swatches available in the image. Providing you use an appropriate source, you should now have a proper color range that will allow you to create a more true to life traditional painting.

]]> http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/traditional-colors-in-painter.html http://www.artnarchitecture.com/2009/11/traditional-colors-in-painter.html ArticlesArt Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:51:01 -0500 Digital Illustration from Linework If you are scanning in linework and want to create a color illustration from it, it is easy to do in Photoshop, here's how. Make sure the linework is on it's own layer. Set that layer's blending mode to multiply. Create layers underneath that layer and begin adding color. The lines will still show, but you will see the color underneath. If you want the lines to disappear, move your color layers above the line layer. Here is an example of an illustration created using this technique.

If you want to fill areas with color you can do that too. Choose the Paint Bucket Tool, and make sure the "All Layers" option is checked. Go to your color layer and fill. This method will keep the color separate from the line layer. If too much area fills, go to the line layer and close any "leaks" in the linework. Use as many color layers as you need, but it best to never add color to the linework layer. The reason is that each layer has it's own mask. By using color layers with a strategy, you automatically create selections that can be used for fine tuning your illustration later on.

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