Channel Title: Good Creative Academy Channel Description: Photoshop tutorials and more! I feature original tutorials on Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, and occasionally on Dreamweaver or other creative content. I've worked as managing editor of two graphic design magazines at Kelby Media Group, webmaster at a newspaper, internet development director at the award-winning Reed Advertising Design (later merged with Brand Madden), and I'm currently an assistant professor of graphic design and journalism at a local university. I have a BA in Communication from Southeastern University, an MA in Journalism and Media Studies from USF St. Pete, and a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. My dissertation focuses on mythic branding of Apple computers. Subscribe now for more Photoshop tutorials as well as InDesign and Illustrator tutorials and courses! <video> Making a Quick 3D Bowl or Vase in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Description: Use the Revolve command in Adobe Illustrator to create a three-dimensional bowl or vase in Adobe Illustrator. Subscribe for more Adobe Illustrator tutorials! #illustrator </video> <video> Introduction to Drawing in Perspective - Drawing Course Description: Learn how to draw in one-point perspective and more in our Drawing for Designers course. Enroll today and join us: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> Drawing a Cube-Based Product (Nintendo GameCube) Tutorial Description: After learning how to draw the form of a cube, we then draw a cube-based product in our Drawing for Designers course. Enroll today: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> Drawing for Designers Book Overview - from our Drawing Course Description: Our 10-hour online drawing course includes an ebook PDF with worksheets and more information on drawing techniques. Enroll today: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> How to Seamlessly Move People or Objects in Photoshop Tutorial - Content-Aware Move Tool Description: Learn how to move people or objects in photos using Photoshop's Content-Aware Move Tool so that the background and surrounding area blends in seamlessly after moving people or elements for a different composition. To download the same photos I use in this tutorial, here are the links: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-in-black-long-sleeves-doing-surfing-on-water-waves-5006976/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-playing-volleyball-6180393/ Be sure to subscribe for more Photoshop tutorials and click the bell for notifications! </video> <video> Photoshop Tutorial - Removing the Background with Object Selection Tool and Masking #shorts Description: In this Photoshop tutorial, I show how to remove the background using the Object Selection Tool and adding a layer mask. #shorts #photoshop Subscribe for more Photoshop tutorials! </video> <video> Drawing a Symmetrical Logo - Logo Design in our Drawing Course Description: Many designers apply symmetry in their logo designs. This example is from our online Drawing for Designers course. Enroll now and join us: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> Drawing for Designers Course Overview Description: Our online drawing course includes over 10 hours of video drawing demonstrations and tutorials and an included textbook PDF. Enroll today: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C Would you like to learn how to effectively communicate ideas in visual form? Would you like to learn how to draw? Would you like to draw interesting and aesthetically pleasing art and designs, including products, scenes, various objects, and more?  In this course, you will learn how to draw effectively as a strong foundation for graphic design and other types of design. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to visually communicate and draw effectively. Some graphic designers start immediately on the computer, but drawing first by hand is a common practice at many top design agencies, advertising firms, and other types of design businesses. This process is also taught at art colleges, universities, and other institutions. Graphic designers and other designers benefit from learning how to draw in order to brainstorm, sketch, visually communicate ideas, and design. Regardless of whether you are working on a logo design, editorial design, advertising design, digital design, or other types of design, drawing as part of the design process is an established practice that can help you more effectively produce clear and beautiful designs. In this course, you will learn about materials and how drawing can benefit designers. Then you will learn how to draw in various sections: Mark Making Exercises - Learn many different methods of mark making in the context of drawing and design. Gesture Drawing - Draw an organic object, a video game controller, a Holga camera, and a paintbrush using gestural drawing methods for quick drawings to capture the essence or gesture of an object or scene. Drawing Basic Shapes Effectively - Learn various ways to draw basic shapes which can be used in line drawings and structural drawings later. Structural Drawing - Learn how to draw a sphere, cone, cube, and cylinder, and also start to draw structure-based objects such as a vase. Drawing Structure-Based Products - Next, use what you have learned so far by drawing structure-based objects, including a tennis ball (sphere-based), a funnel (cone-based), a makeup applicator (cylinder-based), and a GameCube console (cube-based). Value, Lighting, and Shading - Learn how to add a lighting source, highlights, and shadows for depth and form in drawings. Composition in Drawing - Apply effective composition in drawings and logo designs. Examples include the rule of thirds, focal point, formal subdivision, drawing an asymmetrical logo, and much more. Product Sketches - Apply structural drawing and value practices in order to draw products sketches such as a still life and a power drill. Drawing the Head and Face Fundamentals - Learn the basics of drawing facial proportions, for those instances where drawing people is required in designs. Drawing in Perspective - Learn how to draw a cube, sideways cylinder, and interior space using one-point perspective. Follow along in additional exercises in two-point perspective in the included book. Enroll today and get started learning how to draw for design! About the Instructor: Jonathan Simon is a fine artist, illustrator and university professor. He holds a B.F.A in illustration from Memphis College of Art and a M.F.A. in painting from the New York Academy of Art. He has studied with a variety of talented artists in both accredited programs and private apprenticeships, including Tony Ryder, author of The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, Jacob Collins and Michael Grimaldi of Water Street Atelier / The Grand Central Atelier, and Frank Porcu at the Art Students League of New York. A studio artist for more than 26 years, Jonathan is also an experienced art educator who has held full-time faculty positions teaching intermediate- to advanced-level drawing, figure drawing, painting and illustration classes at colleges such as the New Hampshire Institute of Art. He believes in sound, proven methods, materials and approaches. </video> <video> Introduction to Applying Value in Drawing - Terms and Concepts Description: Beginner's Guide to Value in Drawing - Learn the terms and concepts of value (including lighting and shading) in drawing in our drawing course. Enroll now and join us: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> How to Make a Quick 3D Cube in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Description: Use Adobe Illustrator's 3D and Materials panel to design a quick three-dimensional cube. Subscribe for more Illustrator tutorials! #illustrator </video> <video> Drawing Tutorial - Using Overlapping Elements for Depth Description: Learn how to use overlapping elements in this series on composition in our Drawing for Designers online course. Enroll today and join us: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> Drawing Tutorial - Using a Focal Point (Composition Series in Drawing Course) Description: Learn how to use a focal point in drawing (and painting, photography, and design) in this drawing tutorial from our Drawing for Designers course. Enroll today and join us: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> Introduction to Product Sketching - Drawing Course Section Description: Our online drawing course includes a section on product sketches and drawing products. Enroll today: https://www.udemy.com/course/drawing-for-designers/?referralCode=582E2F7449D83C033C8C </video> <video> How to Remove People from Photos in Photoshop Tutorial Description: In this Adobe photoshop tutorial, I demonstrate how to use content aware fill technique to remove people (or other elements) from photos. Subscribe for more Photoshop tutorials! Here are the links to the support files if you want to follow along: https://www.pexels.com/photo/body-of-water-2273642/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-inside-building-2260838/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/action-australia-beach-fun-533509/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/architecture-area-bay-bridge-356968/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-storage-shed-on-brown-sand-825668/ Subscribe to our mailing list to get notified of new tutorials and classes about Photoshop, photography, graphic design, and more: http://www.goodcreativeacademy.com/online-graphic-design-course/ </video> <video> Retro Colorful Gradient with Black and White Threshold Effect in Photoshop Tutorial Description: In this Photoshop tutorial, I explain how to use the Threshold Command and the Gradient Tool along with masking or layer blending modes to produce a colorful, retro effect! Subscribe for more Photoshop tutorials and turn on the notification bell if you enjoyed this tutorial. Here are the support files to follow along: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-gray-sleeve-shirt-sitting-holding-a-bouquet-of-flowers-5852981/ https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-walking-on-beach-9320207/ </video>

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Photoshop tutorials and more! I feature original tutorials on Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, and occasionally on Dreamweaver or other creative content.

I've worked as managing editor of two graphic design magazines at Kelby Media Group, webmaster at a newspaper, internet development director at the award-winning Reed Advertising Design (later merged with Brand Madden), and I'm currently an assistant professor of graphic design and journalism at a local university.

I have a BA in Communication from Southeastern University, an MA in Journalism and Media Studies from USF St. Pete, and a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. My dissertation focuses on mythic branding of Apple computers.

Subscribe now for more Photoshop tutorials as well as InDesign and Illustrator tutorials and courses!

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