圖片合成技巧
Newcastle-based commercial artist Ian Keltie gives us an insight into his working methods and reveals how to create a bold and distinctive layered illustration using basic Photoshop tools, a pen and a little bit of Illustrator
紮根在紐卡斯爾的商業藝術家Ian Keltie帶著我們了解了他的工作方法，以及怎樣運用基本的Photoshop工具、筆和少許的Illustrator技巧制作壹張顯眼而又層次分明的圖像。
The inspiration for this illustration came from the idea of a personal journey and how making money often reflects the journeys we take – from the three tower blocks that watched over the estate I grew up on to dreams of one day living and working in a country where it doesn’t rain quite so much.
工作方式往往反映了我們的生命旅途是如何度過：從那三座守護著我成長的土地的大樓到夢想著有壹天能工作和生活在壹個沒有如此多雨水的國家，這樣的生命旅程帶給我圖畫的靈感。
（這壹段的語序和原文的有出入，這裏的修改是為使中文閱讀更加通順）
Visually, my inspiration comes from many areas, including fashion, T-shirt design, graffiti, old fairground and boxing posters and US films – in particular, the illuminated images in the film Casino.
看得出來，我的靈感來自很多領域，包括時裝、T恤設計、塗鴉、老集市、拳擊賽海豹和美國電影，特別是電影《賭城風雲》裏那燈火璀璨的場面。
During this tutorial you will learn how to use a variety of simple Photoshop tricks and techniques, and create a multi-layered, graphically-inspired piece of art.
通過這個教程妳將學會如何運用壹系列簡單的Photoshop技巧與手法來制作壹幅多層次的生動藝術品。
For this image I used a mixture of stock imagery, drawings, textures, typography and photos. Most of the source material has been supplied on this issue’s CD, but I would advise you bring elements of your own style and influences into the piece. Get out there and shoot your own little journey, cut it out, desaturate it, spin it around and whack it into this piece.
我參看了壹堆圖片素材庫、素描、材質、印刷品和照片。這裏面的許多資料已經附在了這本書的CD上，然而我建議您把自己的風格和影響因素放進自己的作品中。擺脫它們的影響並開始妳自己的創作征途，重新剪裁、降低飽和度、旋轉或拆成碎片。
Photoshop is a complex package, and I’m always finding something new and amazing within it, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. I like to use basic steps and repeat them, creating shapes and forms that can be reflected and rotated to create simple details that add life and colour to my work.
Photoshop是壹堆復雜的東西，我總是在尋找其中令人感到新鮮和驚訝的部分，但也無需刻意令它復雜化。我喜歡運用基本的步驟並重復它們，比如說制作可以翻轉和旋轉的形狀和框框，以便往我的作品中加入生命力和色彩。
I use Photoshop as a canvas rather than a stage to show off any fancy tricks. For me it’s about form and colour – there are no clipping paths or lighting effects. I have always been a fan of Egon Schiele’s line work, rather than Da Vinci’s perfectly formed drawings, and love the idea that it doesn’t have to be beautiful to be beautiful.
與其說我用Photoshop炫耀自己的特殊技藝，不如說我只把它當成壹塊畫布。對我來說這只是關於形狀和顏色的東西——沒有修剪通道和光影效果。壹直以來，對於達芬奇那些加工完美的畫作，我更熱衷於埃貢?席勒那些素描作品，我很喜歡那種“未必要漂亮”的思想。