Tune in with Brady from Texturelabs as he designs a Star Wars themed propaganda poster a day in Photoshop. Starting with a reference image – he’ll share how to prep your designs before adding color, shadow, typography, and his signature textures!
Guest Brady is a graphic designer and the founder of Texturelabs.org based in Sebastopol, CA.
Host Andrew Hochradel is a freelance brand identity designer based in Southern California: https://www.behance.net/hochdotco
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00:00 Start
01:45 Intro of Brady
03:00 A look at Brady’s art
12:00 Adobe Bridge and it’s value
13:50 Working with Stormtrooper silhouettes
17:00 Editing shadows and highlights
24:00 Using the Hard Mix blending mode
26:00 Altering Fill versus Opacity
29:00 Creating stripes with halftone patterns
31:20 Custom textures versus using the filter gallery
36:00 Using liquify
38:00 Different themes in Propaganda Posters
50:10 Adding noise textures to the piece
54:50 Using gradients to create a background
01:04:00 Stacking layer styles
01:13:00 Adding type to the design
01:16:30 Funny stories about client conversations
01:22:00 Adding a “rolled ink” texture to the piece
01:29:00 Using levels to alter values
01:30:00 Artist Spotlight: Kerwin Simeus
01:39:30 Adding color to the design
01:44:45 Applying final effects
01:46:15 Using Camera Raw
01:47:00 The difference between Texture and Clarity
01:51:20 Designing with emotion
