Extractions are essential for creating compositions or sky replacements. In this series of videos we cover all the main methods of extracting a subject from the background. We compare different methods and even a popular extraction plugin!

By far one of our most exciting Summits! We bring together FIVE top Photoshop artists and challenge them to create compositions using the SAME starting elements. Check out their results and watch a video by each of them showing how they did it!

In this creative Summit we look at how to assemble fantasy creatures using a variety of techniques. Learn how Gail Edwards creates a mythical Sea Serpent and a fierce Vampire, how Caroline Julia Moore puts together a Dragon and a Banshee, and how Andrei assembles a rising Phoenix. Soon you'll be ready to create your own mythical creatures!

In this Summit we explore building characters. Creating a new character in your artwork brings together many different skills and concepts. Caroline and I will show you a few concepts and ideas in the videos below. You are welcome to recreate our characters using the included resources, but we strongly encourage you to build your own unique characters!

In this Summit we'll look at "Frankensteining" model images. You'll learn how to combine limbs and body parts from multiple images of the same model. You'll also learn how to use the Puppet Warp tool and some other great techniques. There's some really fantastic tutorials here, so have fun with it!

In this fun Summit we are presenting an instructor challenge! Bunty, Bethany and Caroline were given the exact same starting images and asked to create a sci-fi image with a surreal twist. Below you'll find the amazing results in tutorial form! You'll be able to download the exact same starting images and we look forward to seeing all your creative work!

In this Summit we dive into some fun and very useful ways to modify model images for your artwork. You'll learn how to replace clothing, replace hair, and alter hair color. You'll also find a magnificent bonus video for creating hair using ParticleShop!

This month’s Summit is all about mood! Do your images lack a certain punch or cohesiveness? How do they make you, and your viewers, feel? We tackle several different ways to develop a sense of mood in your work. Bethany covers using composition, cropping, and effects, plus a tutorial of a piece she created with various mood options.

In this Summit, we take a look at storytelling in our imagery. This is an extension of last month’s Summit on Creating Mood, only we’re taking it a step further by looking at how to deliberately create a narrative in your work. Bethany suggests some great questions you can ask yourself to define what you want to create, and how to get your story across to your audience.

In this Summit, we’ll be touching on some more advanced methods of extracting your subjects, how to improve the selections once you have them, and even some ways to work around complicated extractions. You’ll learn how to use the pen tool, channel pulling, advanced blend modes, removing matting, replacing skies, and much more!

Watch this intro video to get a good feel for Robert's illustrative style and an overview of the process he uses to create it. This lesson is excellent prep for the very detail oriented and in-depth videos that follow!

The first part of Robert's method is a prep phase leading to the main events of step two and three. However, it plays a crucial role in setting up the final effect and is definitely NOT to be skipped! Get ready for steps two and three.

In this second video of the three part process, you'll see how much drama can be added with just some simple painting of light in just the right places. This is not only a great part of Robert's method, but also a technique you can use in any situation where you want to paint in light!

To add the final touch, Robert uses the High Pass filter to accentuate and enhance the work he created in the previous steps. This sharpening technique has many other applications, but Robert's method is a perfect use for it!

This complete workflow tutorial, created by Robert himself, shows how he creates an image from start to finish. This is really the MAIN EVENT in this whole Summit cycle. Watch the Master at work and learn what it takes to produce high quality artwork!

Enjoy this incredible workshop recording with special guest Robert Cornelius! Learn a bit about what makes him tick as an artist, and then watch as he works live on a unique portrait piece using his famous illustrative style!