Domen Lo

Eskobars – Ni Dovolj

Domen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:16:24 +0000

So my first directed music video was released. Take a peek

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Artita 10 International Festival

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:35:29 +0000

Here are two videos of captured moments from Artita 10, the international workshop, where I exhibited two new works: “Eve’s Temptation” and “The Evening Stroll“. Also exhibiting with me were Franc Mesarič, Dubravko Baumgartner, Mirko Rajnar, Patricia Dubien, Denis Serre, Denis Cheret, Pierre Ganloff, Patricia Erbelding, Silvano D’orsi, Alastair Strachan and Kohei Ota. Article by [...]

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Painting A Dragon

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:45:50 +0000

This tutorial will teach you how to paint an almighty snow dragon in Photoshop. First off, this tutorial is done with photoshop only, and only interresting for people, how know this program well… because i cannot explain every little step here, but what i can do is, to show how i work out this little [...]

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Making-Of “Tac”

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:43:20 +0000

In this step-by-step walktrough tutorial we will show you how illustrator Anze Versnik uses the Photoshop/Illustrator workflow and creates his artwork called “Tac”. Exclusive to ArtCone. Well here is the tutorial how I make my ilustrations. For all my work I am using two programs that I am combining together.These two programs are Adobe Illustrator [...]

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Beginner – Animal Skin Text

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:41:17 +0000

A few quick steps to achieving an animal skin text effect. In this tutorial I will show you a quick way to apply animal skin to your text. This process is simple and easy for all to understand with little Photoshop knowledge. I do suggest using a fairly large size image of skin or creating [...]

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Making-Of “Thinking Egg Broken”

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:39:51 +0000

Digital artist Domen Lombergar shows you a step-by-step walktrough in the making of one of his images called “Thinking Egg Broken”. Alrighty, welcome to the walktrough of creating “Thinking Egg Broken” by Domen Lombergar. This is one of my later work done for a battle and took about an hour to make. It should give [...]

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White Eyes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:36:46 +0000

The tools that will be used in this tutorial are: Stamp Tool, Healing Brush, and Dodge Tool. Select your photo. For this tutorial I used a regular eye stock photo. To Lighten up the skin/eye Go to Image>Adjustments>Replace color. Do this a few times, selecting different areas each time to pale the skin down to [...]

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The Digital Modern Painting

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:35:38 +0000

In this beginner-level tutorial we’ll be teaching you how to achieve a modern painting effect using only a few steps. Hello and welcome to this quick tutorial in which we’ll mimic a nice semi-impressionist painting. Let’s start by opening up the building image. You can use the one that’s provided here or your own work. [...]

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Believable Water Reflection

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:32:31 +0000

Allright, here is a tutorial how to create a realistic reflection on the water, quite easy one if I might say :> There are various ways how to achieve this effect really. In this tutorial we will use a displace filter. Ok, let us begin shall we? Open the image with water, that you would [...]

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Making Of Tempus Fugit

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:30:18 +0000

This tutorial will only cover part of the completed tempus fugit. It will show only one of the faces. To show both would make this tutorial too long and complicated. I begin always by converting the image I am going to be working on into grayscale (image/mode/grayscale). Then I increase the working space to 16 [...]

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Huge Eyes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:25:38 +0000

Digital artist Shelley Bergen shows you one of her hallmark techniques called “Huge Eyes” to create a very interesting effect in the end. I have been asked many times how I make the huge eyes in some of my images. This simple technique was taught to me by noir. It’s really quite simple to do [...]

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Denim-Like Cube Textures

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:23:37 +0000

This tutorial will teach you how to quickly create very belieavable denim-like cube textures using Photoshop’s built in features. Open new document. Set it as 700 x 700 pixels and resolution to 300 dpi. Make new layer and fill it with any colour you want, i chose blue to have a bit more of a [...]

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Simple Recoloring

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:22:03 +0000

In this tutorial I’m going to recolor this white rose into a red one. Start by opening the image you want to recolor. You can use mine if you want. Then choose the color you would want on your image. I took a dark red color. After that you choose a hard 70px or so [...]

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The Amazing Dissapearing Horse

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:20:04 +0000

In this detailed step-by-step tutorial we will teach you how you can mimic the amazing horse dissapearing act in Photoshop and start to become one with David Copperfield and Houdini. In this tutorial I will show you how to take a horse completely out of the picture, and how to simulate the background that is [...]

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Fashion Retouching: Advanced Soft Focus

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:17:27 +0000

Hello and welcome to the third part of the fashion retouching series! In case you missed the first two parts here are the links to artificial make-up & fashion retouching – skin & body tutorials. In this tutorial I will showyou an old technique done in the digital age with much more precision and control. [...]

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Dark Eye – Blend Modes And Gradients

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:16:00 +0000

Hello everyone. I’ve used a lot of these tutorials, so I thought it was only fair to contribute to them myself. First tutorial, but I will give it my best. Stocks Used (Eye – Kitty from DeviantArt, Textures – SXC: 1. Layer the stocks 3 at the bottom, 1 at the top. Texture 1 should [...]

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E-Painting With The Art History Brush

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:14:03 +0000

For this tutorial you won’t need any real canvas or paint. You won’t need a real brush or some naked dude posing for you. All you need is a computer and some basic knowledge of Photoshop. (I’ll be using Photoshop CS) 1. Oky doky. Class, please be seated. Lets begin. Open a new document. In [...]

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Advanced Sepia Toning / Antique

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:12:21 +0000

How to turn a colour photograph into a sepia toned/antique image without loosing depth or definition. Hello Everyone! I found this method a few days ago – How to convert colour images to sepia *without* loosing depth, as most sepia conversions cause. While other methods may give a more “aged” effect, I am including the [...]

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How To Read Histograms

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:10:53 +0000

How to tell with a quick look at a histogram display whether an image is correctly exposed and contrasting. Hello and welcome to this tutorial. I will be outlining some of the information you can read straight off a histogram with very little understanding of what it is showing. It is a very underused tool, [...]

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Polarising Your Images

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:09:11 +0000

How to make your images more polarised, without the need of expensive filters. Hello and welcome to this tutorial. With only a few steps, you can greatly enhance the look of your images, simulating the use of a polarising filter. Lets begin. Stock : 1. Duplicate the layer. Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate, [...]

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Auto Levels

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:04:46 +0000

Hello and welcome to this tutorial on Level Adjustment. At first, Auto Levels may seem crude and hard to use effectively. Learn how to enhance images easily with this tool in just a few steps. Stock: from Rod L. As you can see, this shot had the potential to be good, but poor light and [...]

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Rgb To Infrared

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:03:12 +0000

How to convert RGB images to infrared in a few simple steps. Hello and welcome to the tutorial If you have been put off infrared photography because of all the hastle with film storage etc, you can now make convincing infrared shots with your digital camera and a few tweaks in Photoshop Stock: 1. Open [...]

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Extracting Images With Photoshop

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:01:52 +0000

This tutorials covers 3 methods of extracting an object from the background: the easiest (and least precise) using the Extract Filter, Polygonal Lasso Tool which is not hard to use and gives good results, and Quick Mask which takes a bit more time, but gives the best edge smoothing. Open your image and choose a [...]

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Creating And Using Custom Patterns

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:00:01 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to efficiently create and use patterns within Photoshop. Find out everything you need to know about patterns and start using them right away! Patterns can be used as backgrounds, or become helpful when making image blends. Learn how to create and use those popular patterns you can see [...]

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Creating And Using Brushes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:56:36 +0000

What are brushes? How are they used? How do you make your own brushes? How to convert stamps (image packs) into brushes? After reading this tutorial, these questions should be cleared Brush usage Brushes are in fact imitations of the real-life brushes. The idea is to be able to draw with them the same way [...]

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Blending Your Own Cd Cover

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:53:39 +0000

Learn advanced blending techniques that were required for the creation of this great-looking imaginary CD Cover. If you have read my other Photoshop tutorials, then you know how to extract images, and how to use and create brushes and patterns. This is essential knowledge if you want a quality blend. Note that this tutorial only [...]

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Realistic Clouds

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:51:14 +0000

This tutorial will attempt to explain how to get realistic (or at least surreal) looking cloud formations in Photoshop 6 (and up to cs version) ON CLOUDS… No two clouds are alike in nature..it is impossible to find symetrical patterns in swirling gases. Luckily, Photoshop has the means to re-create a natural look. With the [...]

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Cyanotyping

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:46:00 +0000

Learn how to create cyanotype effects quickly and effectively in Photoshop Hello and welcome to this tutorial on cyanotype effect photographs. Cyanotyping is not quite as easy to acheive well as, for example, sepia effects; hopefully this short tutorial will show you how to get good effects with a fairly simple technique (A more Stock: [...]

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Environment Painting – A Little Insight

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:44:25 +0000

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Ok Now I Want To Print – Color Management

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:41:32 +0000

The Color management Basics Color management: This tutorial will be written from the perspective of the artist. Photographer or other. Essentially what an artis does is communicate a creative idea via a variety of mediums. In the visual arts a great deal of the image will be created using color or grey scales. (I dont [...]

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Blend Modes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:39:32 +0000

A comprehensive guide to what every blend mode does and how! Ever wondered exactly what all those blend modes do? Here’s a very detailed guide explaining exactly what goes on and what makes them different! The interaction between your layers is important, the exact effect depends on what the blend mode selected does to “add” [...]

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Lith Prints

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:37:59 +0000

How to recreate an old Lith-style print with a few simple steps. In this tutorial, I am going to try and reproduce a lith-style print. Lith printing has a distinctively warm tone and grain, high contrast and some film grain. Open a picture to work with, and Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate it. [...]

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Sun Prints

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:36:38 +0000

Quick and easy tutorial to creating an accurate Sun Print. It has been long known that leaving negatives on specially treated paper in sunlight causes an exposure. Later versions of the paper also had the toning salts incorperated, so no other developing process was needed. The typical results of this process were rich and vibrant [...]

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Mastering Curves

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:20:17 +0000

The curve tool is essential when it comes to contolling the colour and tone of an image, don’t be afraid of this feature of Photoshop – Once mastered, you will gain precise control over your work! The curves command works around a graph, Original image against New image with variations being made to the shadows, [...]

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Gel Text

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:15:17 +0000

How to create a gel-style text effect with only a few steps. Good for sigs and web layouts. Welcome to this quick tutorial on making a gel-style text. You will need to make the text slightly bigger than you want the end result to be. Im using #139DDE for my colour, works well against the [...]

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Faking Depth Of Field

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:13:39 +0000

A few simple processing tricks to fake Depth Of Field in Photoshop. In this tutorial, I will show you how to easily ’fake’ depth of field in Photoshop, rather than with your camera itself. While there are other methods which may be used to create this effect, mine will only work in Photoshop CS and [...]

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Basic Emo/Goth Makeup

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:10:12 +0000

I will try to make-up on a lady’ s photo. Very Easy. Just paint on the photo and change the blending modes. Open a new photo. 1. Duplicate the layer and rename it Girl or what ever you like 2. On the Girl layer. Go Filters – Blur – Gaussian Blur. Opacy % 5 On [...]

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Cross-Processing

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:02:37 +0000

In this tutorial, I’ll recreate the effect of Cross Processing – the method of developing slide film with the chemicals for developing print film. Here is the photo I’ll be using: Firstly, we need to adjust the levels; So Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels. Rather than manipulating the layers together as RGB, we’ll [...]

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Creating A Stylish Engraving

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:54:30 +0000

In this lesson you can study how to stylize your photos and pictures as hand-made original engraving. For this tutorial we need a special plug-in filter Engraver (this filter works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Picture Publisher, Image Ready, Painter, Photo Impact, PaintShopPro, Coral PhotoPaint and some others). The latest trial version of this [...]

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Recreate The Reuters Photoshop Scandal

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:49:18 +0000

In this tutorial we will show you how to recreate the image from the Reuters photoshopping scandal of the Beirut bombings. Learn step-by-step techniques and finish up the tutorial by also adding Godzilla. Hello and welcome to the Reuters tutorial, soon to be taught to photojournalism photographers worldwide. In case you aren’t up to date, [...]

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Achieve The Indie Movie Look

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:45:38 +0000

In this easy-to-follow tutorial we will be learning a couple of quick tricks that converts every photo to a still from an indie movie using adjustments. In this tutorial I will show you how to take an ordinary photo, and make it look like it’s a still from a movie. Now this photo is great [...]

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Finishing “Angels No Longer Desired”

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:42:35 +0000

In this in-depth tutorial we will tag along as Fantasio completes his artwork. You will see a complete walktrough from the photoshop composition till the finishing of the printing process. Please note: this tutorial is a beginning of Starting “Angels No Longer Desired” tutorial. If you haven’t seen the first one I suggest you take [...]

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Your Own Massive Signature In Sand

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:38:49 +0000

Recreate this massive alien-crop-circle effect and write your own name in the beach for all to see. No buldozers needed, just Photoshop. Hello there and welcome to this week’s tutorial. We will be making our own massive signature in the sand. Open the beach image that we will be working with in this tutorial. Select [...]

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Compositing 101: The Lake Tower

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:36:14 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn the basics of image compositing – some rules for composition, cutouts, creating reflections and color correction. All this while merging a tower into a lake photo. Greetings and welcome to another ArtCone Photoshop tutorial. In this tutorial we will be taking a look at some basic image compsositing skills [...]

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Sleek-Looking Sticky Pitch

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:33:41 +0000

Create sleek-looking sticky pitch with this easy-to-follow tutorial. Welcome to my second tutorial. In this one we will learn how to make a pitch-like substance or in this case it will be a pitch. (Some of you don’t know what pitch is so lets say it is the tree juice… All you need for this [...]

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Creating Futuristic Logotypes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:52:14 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn some simple techniques to create a stylish futuristic logotype. Get your design groove on and let’s begin! Hi there and welcome to the futuristic logo creation tutorial. Hopefully you’ll learn some very exciting new tricks along the way. Let’s begin! Create a circle using the Ellipse Tool (U, third [...]

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Clothing Naked Women … In Photoshop

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:46:41 +0000

In this funny tutorial we will turn an art nude into a politically correct version by equipping the model with a red top while teaching you everything about the new Warp tool in CS2. Greetings and a very warm welcome to this advanced “not safe for work” tutorial on using the CS2 Warp tool. In [...]

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Advanced Portrait Retouching

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:42:29 +0000

In this tutorial you will be learning the intricacies of real-world photography touchups and manipulation. Follow photographer Mitchell Kutney as he shows you step-by-step his workflow of manipulating close-up portraits… Alrighty, this is what we have to work with – a high resolution (resized for tutorial) photograph. This tutorial will be conducted with Photoshop CS, [...]

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Starting “Angels No Longer Desired”

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:37:14 +0000

No, the idea for this work of art does not have any religious background although it sounds that way. It is an experimental work of art, which represents my occupation with symbols and their meaning. As we know, surrealists like DalÃ, Magritte, Bosch or Escher often hid messages, visions and dreams in their artwork, which [...]

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Ultimate Rock & Stone

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:00:44 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn everything it takes to create totally belieavable rocks and stones in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we will exercise on drawing rocks, stones, cliffs or anything made of stone. There are many ways to achieve this… I will just show you my favorite one. depending on their structure, rocks look [...]

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