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Freestyle c4d tutorial

Written by AEGIS of Gimptalk.comTABLE OF CONTENTSI.Introduction

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The tutoriala.A crash course in basic artistic theoryi.The rule of thirds and basic compositionii.Making an impact with coloursiii.Flow – bringing elements together b.The tagi.C4d and Clipping Masksii.Overexposure effectsiii.More c4div.Splatter effectsv.Ink Pen linevi.Custom Patternsvii.Adding depth and contrast to the tagviii.Recolouringix.Effective lightingx.The finishing touchesIII.NotesIV.Credits and acknowledgmentsV.Contacts and copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to my first tutorial. I’m going to be showing you step-by-step how tomake a tag like this:http://www.imageox.com/share/39087-toomanyc4d.jpegAs a part-time graphic designer, I used to read a lot of tutorials, and most of the time, those tutorials only scratched the surface of the topic at hand. I verymuch dislike that, so I’m covering everything, but if you don’t want to sitthrough all of that waiting for one aspect to come up, I’ve hyperlinkedeverything in the Table of Contents above so it jumps right to wherever youneed.As you read and follow this tutorial, branch out and incorporate some of your own techniques and style into the material. I love to see people demonstratetheir individual tastes and be unique. The tutorial is there not for you to followword-for-word, but instead for you to use as a loose guide.I would like to apologize in advance for the hyperlinks used to show theeffects of each step. Unfortunately, Microsoft Word seems to dislike high-quality JPEG images, and compresses them ridiculously. It also seems to likeenlarging them, for some reason, and because I simply cannot denote thesize of the pictures in pixels, it’s impossible for me to fix.Since it’s my first tutorial, I can almost guarantee that I’ll be doing thingswrong. Even so, I hope you enjoy the tutorial.~ Aegis

II. THE TUTORIAL

a.A crash course in basic artistic theory

The rule of thirds and basic composition

The rule of thirds states that a picture can be divided into nine equal parts by“slicing” it into three equal portions both horizontally and vertically. Doing sooutlines four areas of the image to consider placing elements of interest in.The theory holds that placing objects at intersections or along the lines givesit a more balanced feel. The human eye naturally goes to these intersectionsfirst rather than to the center of the piece, and thus placing elements of interest in those area lends energy.http://www.imageox.com/share/40180-ruleofthir.jpegI used the Grid in GIMP and positioned the man in the stock along the leftvertical line to add interest. His face is being used as the focal point, so I tookthe center of the face, the nose, and set it near the top left intersection.Of course, not following the rule of thirds isn’t necessarily a bad thing, anddoesn’t mean that your piece is unbalanced or boring.

Making an impact with colours

This is the colour wheel. I canguarantee you that if you ever took arespectable art class in grade school, itwill look familiar.There are three primary colours – red,yellow, and blue. When you mix two of these colours together, you get thesecondary colours, green, orange, andpurple. A tertiary colour sits betweeneach primary and secondary colour. Alighter version of a colour is a tint, anda darker one, a shade.The use of colour schemes can help to make an impact.