Bert Monroy — a true Photoshop Guru (see him in our Inspiration section) — is considered by many as the finest photo-realist painter working in the field. To see his work is awe-inspiring, and the detail that he can achieve is almost frightening. Below you will find a recent online Interview. You'll also find links to 36 of his step-by-step Photoshop Tutorials and to his Online Galleries, and info on his latest Photoshop Books. Enjoy!
Bert Monroy Launches PixelPerfect Photoshop Podcast
Digital artist extraordinaire Bert Monroy has created a podcast titled PixelPerfect that is distributed through revision3.com, a new site associated with Kevin Rose from TechTV fame, on which Bert was a frequent guest.
The first thing about this podcast is the quality- which is super clear, HD perfect, and delivered in a nice widescreen format. But the best part is that Bert spends lots of time explaining all the various details in his creations, making sure you understand Photoshop concepts and tools as he goes along.
PixelPerfect is a totally professional, totally enjoyable podcast, and a great resource for any aspiring Photoshop artist — and at over 15 minutes a piece, this is a pretty amazing training freebie!
There are 2 episodes so far:
Episode 1 - Using Photoshop in fantasy art — Create lightning, sparkles, and a mystical vortex the same way professional effects and movie matte artists do.
Episode 2 - Patterns and Animations — Watch as Bert teaches how Photoshop is also capable of animation.
Listen to this Inside Mac Radio Interview with Bert Monroy (it loads as an MP3, lasts 39 minutes, and is 4.5 MB). Bert discusses how he started going digital in 1984, first with the MacPaint program, then with the first version of Photoshop. He also talks about how some of his individual canvases can take over 130 hours to complete.
Since May of 2001, Bert Monroy has been a monthly regular on the TechTV show "The Screen Savers." TechTV archived all the tutorials for easy access but since the merger with G4, the tutorials have been taken down from the site. Below are links to the Photoshop tutorials that Bert has posted on his site, presented as they originally appeared on the TechTV website. They have been listed in order of appearance, with the most recent ones last.
Create a Rainy Sidewalk with Photoshop Filters
Create a Winter Wonderland
Create a Wooden Name Plate in Photoshop
Create Rain
How to Use the Photoshop Displace Filter (create a waving flag effect)
Use Layer Styles for Special Effects
Use Photoshop to Make Your New Photos Look Like Antiques
Clipping Group
Create a Brick Wall in Photoshop
Create a Digital Landscape
Create a Holiday Greeting Card
Create a Neon Sign Animation
Fix Overexposed and Underexposed Image
Make Crop Circles in Photoshop
Make Shadows
Start a Fire in Photoshop
The Alpha Channel
Wedding Glasses
Speeding Bullets
Colorize Comics
Compensate for Camera Distortion
Create 3D Illusions
Create a Felt Appliqué in Photoshop
Create Fireworks
Create Metallic Logotype
Extract Part of an Image
Icy Letters
Make an Underwater Scene
Seamlessly Join Multiple Scans
Shadows Over Rough Surfaces and bullet holes
Put Your Name on a PS Marquee
Save Time Tweaking
Make Heavy Metal in Photoshop
Create a Racing Flag
Create a Rusty Logo Against Concrete
Create Lightning
Fine Art contains digital paintings that were created entirely in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop without the use of scans.
Make sure to click where is says "click on image for detail" to see why Bert Monroy is truly a mad genius.
The Commercial Work gallery includes Ads, Products, Covers, Posters, and Web and Interactive work.
You can also purchase a limited edition, original digital Iris print of many of the paintings. All prints are created on 140# Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor paper.
Each print is hand signed by the artist and numbered.
Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy
by Bert Monroy
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Bert Monroy has long enjoyed successes as a digital artist, and is a well-known and highly regarded expert in the Photoshop community. He has received heavy exposure on TechTV in the past year and his reputation as a master teacher of Photoshop and digital illustration has grown dramatically as a result. In this newest book, Bert switches from sharing the secrets behind his personal portfolio to unleashing the Photoshop tips he uses when working on commercial projects. This book is complete with case studies that walk readers step by step through the commercial design process — including concept creation, digital editing, production, and working one-on-one with clients. Whether you're looking to better your Photoshop skills, break into the field, or are simply a fan of Bert's work, this book will not disappoint.
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Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy
by Bert Monroy
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"This is a book of techniques. They are the techniques that I have developed in the creation of my fine art. My art is considered photo-realism because the final product looks like a photograph. As a commercial illustrator, I am commissioned to create photographs of products or situations that can't be photographed with a camera. In most cases, the product does not yet exist. To achieve such a high level of realism, I have developed the techniques I share with you in this book. This does not imply that you will become a photo-realist painter, but you will find that many of these techniques can be applied to many of the imaging problems that can arise in the workflow of anyone involved with the use of images. They are also techniques that might inspire you to explore the outer reaches of your own creativity." — Bert Monroy.
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