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BTS : Fractal…

July 30, 2014
anime, BTS, Design, Fractal, Illustration, Photoshop, RBST, Wacom
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I’ve been watching Persona 4 Golden Animation lately. As far as anime goes, the line work and coloring in that series is my current favorite. It’s really vibrant and everything is so crisp. One of the things I’m trying to work towards is letting the color and cel shading volumize my illustrations without heavy gradients. I originally called this piece, Broken Glass. But, Fractal sounds cooler…
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K20: A Rationale for CMYK…

March 11, 2014
Analysis, CMYK, Design, drawing, InDesign, K20, Photoshop, Rationale, RBST, RGB, Workflow
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When using Adobe Photoshop (PS), what color space do you work in…?

The two things I hear all the time are:

  1. Work in RGB. You can choose more colors. They’ll pop more. And, you’ll have access to more filters.
  2. Work in CMYK. If you start in RGB, you’ll have to convert to CMYK before you print anyway.
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My final goal with most of my work is print, so this explanation is geared to that end. The following charts were created using PS Creative Suite (CS)  5.1 and InDesign (ID) CS 5.5; then exported as RGB *.jpg’s for web posting. 

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