Creating Templates, Wallpapers, and Composites! Live from San Francisco on June 6th

9am PST – Templates for Father’s Day: Join Andrew Hochradel as he builds remixable templates in Adobe Express that you can customize for YOUR dad on Father’s Day! Tune in live to make requests, ask questions, and learn how to use Adobe Express in your everyday workflows. 10am PST – Designing Summer Wallpapers: Get ready for the summer with Tyler Pate as he shows you how to create vector illustrations in Adobe Illustrator! Learn how to create endless variations using Generative Recolor to find the perfect palette. 11am PST – Compositing with Light: Join Ted Chin for a breakdown of how he uses layers and light to bring his images to life. 12pm PST – Texturing Your Vector Designs: Add depth and texture to your vector art with Tyler Pate in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Use subtle brushes and textures generated with Adobe Firefly to bring your flat vector art to life. Andrew Hochradel is a freelance brand identity designer based in Southern California: https://www.behance.net/hochdotco Tyler Pate is an art director/graphic designer, illustrator, and all-around creative based in Los Angeles, CA https://www.behance.net/tylerpate Ted Chin is a digital artist and photographer based in San Francisco, CA: https://www.tedslittledream.com/ Subscribe to the Adobe Live YT Channel: https://bit.ly/adobeliveyoutube Try out Adobe Express NOW: https://adobe.ly/tryAdobeExpress Subscribe to Adobe’s Podcast: https://adobe.ly/inthemaking ----- 00:00 Start 01:21 Intro 02:33 Generating 1920s poster in Firefly 06:53 Creating art deco borders from reference in Illustrator 13:12 Bringing designs into Adobe Express and adding type 18:21 Adding icons 20:26 60s inspired designs 31:21 Creating a custom star and type placeholder design 37:11 Searching for fonts 43:20 Designing a 90s inspired Father’s Day card 46:16 Grunge textures in Adobe Express 51:25 The ultimate “study s” tutorial 52:48 QR codes in Express 1:03:01 Intros 1:04:35 Tyler’s process 1:07:34 Starting w/ basic shapes 1:11:41 Andrew’s reference 1:14:21 Shape Builder tool 1:18:12 Creating the label 1:24:02 Searching for fonts - syncing fonts 1:29:01 Transform tool 1:34:02 Adding graphical embellishments 1:37:58 Working w/ the pen tool and creating a bag 1:41:21 Tyler’s sketchy philosophy 1:45:45 When is a project done 1:46:52 Text effects and background color options 1:51:21 Creating a pattern in Illustrator - scale preview options 1:59:43 Ted’s intro 2:01:25 Lighting discussion 2:05:29 Atmospheric perspective in your image 2:09:15 Lighting and edges 2:19:02 Painting atmospheric haze 2:25:31 Brush variations - adding dust clouds 2:29:32 Giant’s eye composition walkthrough 2:33:20 Adding veins process 2:37:05 Before and after 2:39:15 Northern lights/jellyfish composition 2:43:11 Adjustments layers 2:44:45 Glow creation process 2:46:39 Gen ai for sand dunes in PS Beta 2:49:31 Gen fill for a sword in the composition 2:51:20 Quick composite of the sword 3:03:16 Tyler’s introduction and overview for today 3:04:57 Bringing Illustrator file over to Photoshop 3:08:02 Adding background, editing smart objects between Photoshop and Illustrator 3:11:07 Naming and grouping layers to prepare for texturing 3:12:36 Texture brushes to paint in selections, adding blending modes 3:17:43 Pressure sensitive brush setup, erasing out highlights 3:20:28 Adding texture to background, adding finishing textures overall 3:25:16 Painting in shadows (dark noise) 3:29:10 Painting in highlights (white noise) 3:31:36 Adding creases and imperfections with pressure brush 3:36:06 Q&A from the chat, does Tyler use actions 3:39:26 Adding watercolor textures to label 3:43:28 Studying real world materials to recreate them 3:45:06 Reducing opacity and masking to reduce some textures 3:48:11 Adding adjustment layers, what Tyler would add post-stream