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Saturday, 12 June 2004

Next Meeting: August 7th, 2010  (Meeting details are soon to come)

Meetings are generally held at the first Saturday of every month at the Art Institute Of California - San Diego. We start at 12:00pm and continue to 3:00pm, Attendance & membership is free and open to all interested. For directions page for location/map details just click on the "Directions" link. 

Stephen Burns (http://www.chromeallusion.com) will host the meeting.

 

SDPUG Members III Exhibition Reception

SDPUG Members III exhibit reception will be right after the meeting at 3:30pm - 5:30 pm in the Art Institute of California's main gallery near the entrance. Please click on the "Directions" link to the left for specific directions.    Come and support your fellow members and see their personal visions in art.  Refreshments will be served to go along with the great conversation.

 

Presenter 1

 

Making Caricatures from Photos Using Photoshop by Brian Haberlin (WWW.DIGITALARTTUTORIALS.COM).

 

 

 

 

Specifically using the Liquify tool, puppet warp, warp and mixer brush, Brian will use both digital and analogue techniques to take an illustration into and out of Photoshop and back again to achieve a result that is both painterly and efficient.

  

About Brian Haberlin:

 

Brian Haberlin has been a writer/illustrator for many years.  He co-created the popular Witchblade character as well a many other comic book titles.  His work has been included in multiple editions of Spectrum: The Best of Contemporary Fantastic Art and he and his studios have won many awards in the comicbook industry. He writes for 3d World Magazine and teaches at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  And produces tutorials through his WWW.DIGITALARTTUTORIALS.COM .

 

 

Presenter 2

Creating 3D Logos with the  Power of Repousse by Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com)

 


       


Adobe has given us the ability to custom create simple 3D objects through a new feature called Repousse.  We will take a tour of the interface and learn how you can create dynamic 3D logos for your website, business cards, brochures or artwork.

 

About Stephen Burns:

 

Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San Diego Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recent instructor to the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).

 

He has written the following books:

 

Author of “Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX” (Soon to be released) Author of "The Art Of Poser 8  Pro & Photoshop CS5" (Soon to be released) Author of "The Art Of Poser & Photoshop"

Author of “Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”

Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX"

Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX"

Author of "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX"

 

He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.

 

Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 12 years. He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few.

 

He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in the San Diego and is an instructor online at  http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns  . 

 

 

Enjoy,

Stephen Burns

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