Photoshop workshop

Adelle van Zyl, illustrator and graphic designer, showed participants techniques and steps she used to create illustrations for Rympies vir Pikkies & Peuters.

The demonstration covered the following:

Scanning line drawings, ensuring correct quality and colour settings

Removing background, enhancing colour and touching up of line drawing using Photoshop - working with a stylus and tablet

Creating textured backgrounds in Photoshop - working with layers and the clone tool

Adding shading, highlights and detail in Photoshop - working with transparency and brushes.

Photo by Teresa Truda