Fantasy Illustration and Father’s Day E-Cards - Live From San Francisco on June 13th

9am PST – Creating A Fantasy Cookbook: Join Wade Acuff and VooDoo Val as they illustrate their way to a full buffet of fantasy foods. Tune in LIVE to make suggestions, act as art director, and learn illustration tips and techniques from industry professionals.

11am PST—Father’s Day Portraits: Learn how to retouch your photos and import them into Adobe Express to make an e-card for Father’s Day! Idara Ekpoh will show you her retouching process and how to replace backgrounds with Generative Fill in Adobe Photoshop.

12pm PST—Layout Basics in Adobe Express: It’s easy to collaborate in Adobe Express! VooDoo Val will remix a Father’s Day card to teach you how to create a balanced design that is on brand using type, color, and photography.

- Wade Acuff is an artist and Adobe Live mentor based in Jackson, Mississippi: https://www.behance.net/wadeacuff
- VooDoo Val is a Creative Streamer & Community Moderator for Adobe Live based in Sacramento: https://www.behance.net/voodooval
- Idara Ekpoh is a Nigerian-American photographer, creative director, and educator based in Arizona: https://www.idaraekpoh.com/

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00:00 Start
1:35 Today’s project
9:44 Painting starts
10:10 Starting from greyscale
42:55 Tips on adding shine
1:19:10 Tips for translucency
1:42:00 Working in Adobe Express
1:02:20 Today’s project
2:03:40 Editing lighting & contrast
2:06:55 Before and After
2:09:35 Generative Fill in Photoshop
2:28:10 Using Selective color adjustment layer
2:37:45 Templates in Adobe Express
2:41:25 Remove background
3:01:16 Recap and plan for project, working with reference
3:04:18 Sketing out brain shapes
3:08:40 Adding dimension with shading
3:14:40 Val’s introduction, past work
3:18:41 Adding highlights and shadows to exterior of fruit
3:20:56 Planning painting for animation
3:27:09 Shading second variation of half of brain fruit exterior
3:31:57 Adding a seed to the center
3:34:46 Adding shading to the fruit segments
3:37:10 Sharper shadows and highlights, adjusting with blending modes
3:44:12 Scaling and exporting fruit illustration
3:45:52 Project from previous stream, importing new illustration to Express
3:47:07 Layering in paper elements and text
3:52:58 Animatinging in fruit , previewing both animations