In this instructional video with Gerald Mendez you will learn the many uses that the Texture FX Templates have to offer and how to apply them. Gerald teaches 3 different pieces in this video with 2-1/2 hours of instruction. The first piece you will learn is a Sky portrait and how to create realistic clouds. Second, Gerald will show you how to create a killer skull mural with 2 skulls morphing into into one another. Lastly, Gerald teaches his secrets on creating a unique and realistic space scene. Each one of these tutorials is loaded with the Top Pro secrets and techniques Gerald has developed over many years of airbrushing. 

Some Highlights Include:

Freehand Template usage

Freehand masking

Creating depth with darks and lights

Realistic clouds

Realistic planets

Creating nebulas and stars

Dozens of texture techniques

Manipulating stencils

The use of Kandies

& Much More! 

Bio: Born in Mexico City, Gerald Mendez grew up surrounded by an artistic environment, all his life he was introduced to different aspects of art because of his father, who was an architectural model maker and also loved art. Gerald eventually worked on personal art projects when he started developing some artistic talents of his own at a young age. After his Graphic Design education in Mexico city, and a few jobs as a Technical Draftsman he discovered something that to him was a "magic tool" unlike any he had ever used: "the airbrush". He was intrigued about how this instrument could render such smooth blends and perfect detail that couldn't be matched by the tools he knew at the time. He tried different mediums like Oils, Acrylics, and Watercolors using basic techniques, but with no results compared with the Airbrush effects. In 1986, he moved to California and got a job as an Architecture Draftsman in Pasadena, California, he spent his first paycheck on a "Paashe VL" airbrush, and his first airbrush book: "Airbrush, the complete studio handbook by Radu Vero". He spent hours trying to discover how to handle this "magic tool" and improve his technique, trying to read and understand the book in english was hard for him since he didn't know the language. It was a struggle, at first he used the wrong paint, wrong airbrushes, and wrong techniques, because there was no one he could ask questions about airbrushing. At first he began practicing with illustrations, trying to apply these new applications to his old fashioned Graphic Design knowledge, next he learned how to airbrush on t-shirts, he opened his own business where he stayed for five years, learning how to work fast, accurately, and how to fix mistakes, this experience led him to work on metal, such as car hoods and motorcycles.Continued  

Run Time: 2hours 23min

File Size: 

Video 1: 1.02 GB

Video 2: 2.05 GB

Video 3: 2.19 GB

Links:

Gerald Mendez

Artool Templates

Airbrush Supplies:

Coast Airbrush