My Entry Into Photoshop Masters – Paul Goodman
1: Tell me something about the image?
Nature’s Machine is an extremely complex photomontage. It has between 50 and 100 layers, each layer is either part of a photo or scratch built using photoshop brushes, layer blending options and layer styles.
It was done as a technical exercise for my degree. W had to show good technical skills in photoshop as well as create something appealing.
2: How did you create it? ( you don’t have to give away any secrets ),
I used numerous photoshop brushes, blending modes, layer styles, colour adjustments and photos (some stock some my own).
3: What version of PhotoShop did you use?
I used Photoshop CS3
4: Any tips or tricks you would like to Share?
Well I don’t really know, each person has a unique working method, no one doing my course truly understands how i work or how i file my work for that matter, lol. I suppose its a case of try everything at least once and if there is something you don’t know, ask somebody or look it up on the internet.
I’ll also agree with Julie Langford, get Photoshop Creative and Advanced Photoshop, those are two of the places I get my inspiration and tips from. I also use most of the other creative magazines because something that may appear to be useless maybe useful in a later project.
5: How did you go about learning PhotoShop?
Well, I started out as a fine artist, not really enjoying computing that much, but I learnt the basics from my friends on a multi media course and from then I’ve been hooked. Since then I haven’t let anything beat me, if i hit a stumbling block i won’t leave it til i’ve done it, but sometimes this can be draw back as you get tired and stop approaching the problem from different angles.
I learned mainly by just trying things out, but also used all of the resources mentioned in 4 above.
Interview by Julie Langford
