Once you've created a walking animated character in Flash, if you want them to look realistic you're going to have to give them a shadow. This video will show you how to do just that using the same movie clip as your character, which is the easiest way to do it. Don't let your character be afraid of their shadow. Watch this video.
In this clip, learn how to harness the Rule of Thirds when shooting video. The Rule of Thirds is a concept that consists of splitting a shot into thirds and keeping your subject out of the center of the shot. This adds a more interesting and realistic aspect to your filmmaking and can also be used for things like drawing and still photography.
In this video, Nick walks you through all of the new Daylight 2 from CSTools. CSTools is a free plug-in set for Cinema 4D. Daylight 2 features more realistic area shadows, but you need to work to get rid of the grain - this video will show you how!
Marvel comics have been a major inspiration to a whole generation of artists, particularly graphic novel and comic-inclined artists working in pen and pencil or digital mediums. This video demonstrates some cool techniques for drawing hands in Paint on the computer, with a focus on how to properly use lines to make the hands look more realistic.
Nick from Greyscale Gorilla presents a fantastic tutorial on texturing objects in Cinema 4D. This is especially helpful for creating realistic looking objects. Describing his workflow, his process is incredibly informative
How to draw comics: woman, female, girl face and shoulder step by step for anime, manga, and concept art design, female girl face, head dress and shoulder dy front view Video tutorial. Cartoon, illustration, comics, anime, manga learn how step by step from drawing realistic face online lesson.
Hello here's a quick time lapsed tutorial on how to draw a realistic rose for beginners.
This is a lengthy and detailed video tutorial on how to make a paper gun and paper bullet. This is not one of those realistic looking replica guns made from paper, but it's still pretty impressive for a gun made of paper. See how to make the paper gun, then watch to see how to make the paper bullets that you can shoot out of it.
This video tutorial from IndyMogul shows you how to create an ice frozen actor makeup special effect.
This software tutorial shows you how to use the Radium Glow plug-in for After Effects. Radium Glow is also available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and more. Don't settle for glow effects that are just a blur. Radium Glow simulates the way real light behaves, giving you ultra-realistic glimmers and glows. If you've never used Radium Glow, get started with this tutorial.
Learn how to draw with a humanistic concept of perspective based on a realistic field of vision. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to draw with an awareness of objects as they exist within space. How will an object change, in your field of vision, as you slide it back and forth?
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial Bert creates reflections from scratch with the help of the distortion filter. Learn how to make realistic reflections for your Photoshop artwork where you have glass in front of objects and other real life situations.
Scare the crap out of people this Halloween by sporting some very realistic fake blood. This recipe also makes for a nice and cheap movie prop. You will need 20 oz. of light corn syrup, red, blue, and yellow food coloring, cough syrup, and chicken livers. Watch this video prop making tutorial and learn how make fake blood.
Take on an unusual challenge and learn to make an origami balloon fish. Follow this clear example to fold some bulging white eyes of a yellow puffer fish. This step by step process will allow you to create charmingly realistic balloon fish out of paper.
The colors on a dead fish can get a bit dull, but a little bit of acrylic paint will add a life-like vibrancy to the stuffed taxidermy mount. The demonstrator walks through the steps of adding fresh and realistic color to a perch mount with the help of some paint. Watch this video taxidermy tutorial and learn how to paint a stuffed perch with acrylic paints.
This how-to video shows how to make your very own realistic UFO encounter. Learn how to make your own fake UFO picture and trick your friends. This can be a funny prank, if any of your friends think aliens exist.
Papa Tom teaches viewers how to build a realistic looking diorama replicating an American Indian home site from early American history.
Build a tepee diorama. Watch Papa Tom build a Native American Indian tepee using the Scene-A-Rama Building and Structures Kit. He'll then show you how to place it on a realistic wooden diorama.
Build a log home diorama. Papa Tom shows viewers how to build a log cabin home for a diorama using the Building and Structures Kit. Simple and easy to make a realistic miniature log cabin.
A video guide created by NextGenWalkthroughs for Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (RSV2) on the Realistic difficulty. RSV2 - Theater - Refinery.
The universal solvent takes center stage as Bert demonstrates how to create realistic looking water droplets and explains how in imaging it is important to study reality in order to re-create it.
In this tutorial, we learn how to create a 3D shadow matte in 3ds Max. If you have a scene where you need a realistic looking background, you can trick doing this by using 3ds Max. First, go up to the rendering and go to environment. Add an environment map and then click on bitmap and find the image that you want to use. From here, make sure your map is highlighted, then right click and show the background. If you render this out, you will have a picture of the background you want. After this...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw lips and teeth. First, you will need to draw the sketch or outline of the picture. You will need to make sure you take your time to create realistic lines for the lips and the teeth as well. From here, you will add in more lines on the lips to make it look more realistic. Then, add in the teeth in the middle of the lips and shade in the areas that are in between them. When you are finished with this you can add in more shading and lines into this and you...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw eyes with a pencil. First, draw the outline of the eye, giving it an almond type of shape. From here, you will add in the lines to the eyes and shade it in to make it look more realistic. Add in the crease above and below the eye, then draw another line on the bottom for the lash line. Then, darken in the areas around the eyes, then add in the lashes to the top and the bottom of the eyes. Shade in the pupil, then use lines to create a more realistic insi...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw manga bodies. Start out by drawing circles for the body. These circles will start at the head, then go to the shoulders, arms, stomach, hips, knees, and ankles. After you do this, draw lines to connect them all together and make out the basic shape of the body. Now star to use a bolder line to create the realistic outline of the body. When you're finished with this, you will be able to do the fun part. You can fill in these spaces with color and lines to...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a basic dragon. Start off by drawing the head of the dragon, then draw the neck and the rest of the body in a simple outline. Use circles throughout the body of the character to create a large body that looks realistic. Next, draw in details of the body of the character and the fur that is on the outside of it as well. Draw in the claws on the feet and the lines along the body to create a more realistic look. As you continue, erase any background lines a...
In this tutorial, we learn how to cut your friends in half with film effects. To do this, you will need an actor, a still frame of blood, and some gory looking meat. Have your wounded actor lay on the floor with another actor laying next to him. Then, have them all leave the frame. Next, bring all the footage in After Effects and bring in the meat picture as well. Add blood and the meat in the pictures and remove the lower half of the body. Play with the colors to make it look more realistic,...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a palm tree. Start off by drawing the ground on the bottom, then draw the base of the tree. Make it curved, so it looks more realistic. Two lines will be going up until you start to draw the leaves on the tree. After this, you will want to start in and shade one side of the tree that the sun will have touched more than the other. Add lines to the tree as well, so you can see the textures that are on it. When drawing the leaves, make sure you are drawing ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Cheshire cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Start out by drawing the large eyes, then drawing in the nose and face around the cat. Add in the many teeth, then draw on the ears of the cat. Shade in the eyes and make the pupils diamond shapes for a more realistic cat look. After this, shade in areas and make it look as though there is hair on the cat. After this, shade in the nose and add hair around the outside of the cat. To make this look more rea...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make paper look like it's 200 years old using coffee. First, take a regular piece of copy paper and then use a paint brush to paint a cup of coffee over the entire piece of paper. Use a blow dryer to dry the paper, then brush several more coats onto the paper until the brown looks like it' realistic. To finish, use distressed marks over the paper, then use a blow dry to dry off the entire thing. To finish, apply a couple more coats of coffee to the paper, the...
Time bombs are a stimulating and ubiquitous part of action films. This video features a handy tutorial on how to make a realistic-looking time bomb at home out of basic, cheap materials that can be used to add tension and drama to any of your movies. Warning: do not let the authorities see your bomb without knowing what it is first! It is very realistic.
This video will show you the process of how to draw a beautiful colored, and realistic looking bird. This is a crested bird resembling something like a robin. It Has earth toned coloring and a black mask facial feather pattern. This bird takes some hand drawn sketching and shading time starting from the head and working down the chest and filling in to the body and tail. You will need several different color pencils and with some practice and good quality pencils your will have a very subtle ...
This video will show you how to make flowers out of pipe cleaners. To start you'll need five pipe cleaners. The video shows the basic steps of connecting the first two pipe cleaners by twisting together the ends. Then pipe cleaners are bunched together and wrapped by another pipe cleaner. This creates the petals and the stem that extends downwards. After the petals and stem are shaped correctly, a green pipe cleaner is wrapped around the yellow stem to give it a realistic green appearance. Fi...
In this video, viewers learn how to add realistic camera movement to a still image using Adobe After Effects CS4. Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software. This tutorial will go over how to add realistic camera movement to a still image or photo and make it seem that it is an actually video. This tutorial will also teach viewers about motion tracking and basic chroma keying. This video will benefit viewers who enjoy producing videos and creating special effects.
A grenade is the best way to make your indie action war flick more realistic, but anyway you try it, it's not going to be completely "realistic". You need a prop grenade, and you can eerily make it yourself out of cheap household materials. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a movie prop grenade.
In this video, we learn how to draw the manga character Vash. Start by drawing the outline of the character from the head to the toe. After this, draw in the details of the body and the face. Next, use a paintbrush in black to start to draw over the outline to make a 3D version of it. From here, draw on the details of the body as well as the colors for the skin. After this, draw in the details for the hair and then color in the clothing. Add in shading and lines on the clothing to make it loo...
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply Tm Burton inspired Edward Scissorhands makeup. Start off by applying scar wax on the face to create realistic scars. Then, apply Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Ivory all over the scar. After this, apply white cream makeup all over the face, including over the scars. Use a sponge to blend this around the face. Coat this until your face is white. Then, apply white shadow over the eyelids using powder. After this, apply Ben Nye neutral set powder, then bla...
In this tutorial, we learn how to create fake blood effects. The easiest blood formula is to use soap and red food coloring, nothing else. It's the easiest blood to make and looks more realistic than anything else. You can also make blood out of different things if you want to make a more expensive version. Make sure you always add in red food coloring and make it dark to match the color of real blood. The liquid should flow so it looks like real blood. To create blood splatter, you will take...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a horse step-by-step. First, you will want to draw the face of the horse. You can use intersecting lines in the face so you place the features of the face equally apart. After this, draw the outline for the body of the horse. Once you have this perfected, you can start to add in the hair for the horse. Next, draw in the details of the body and draw the shoes on the bottom of the horses feet. Draw in the tail, then add in shading and other lines to make i...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Manga hair (curly vs. straight). When drawing the straight hair, you will draw lines first at the top of the head to indicate how the hair is coming out of the head. Then, draw some lines around the head you've sketched. Curve the hair around the body and draw it going behind the shoulders. Draw gentle curves so it looks more realistic. Add in lines in the hair to make strands. For curly hair, start by drawing in different shapes that kind of looks like ...
