Computer Arts (July 2004)

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GILLIAN CARSON EDITOR
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RODDY LLEWELLYN ART EDITOR HELLO!
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VICKY MITCHARD DESIGNER
[email protected] Welcome to the latest issue of Computer Arts. This month our
SOPHIE EMBLEY PRODUCTION EDITOR cover tutorial comes from France courtesy of 123Klan. And what a
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JOSEPH RUSS NEW MEDIA CONTENT EDITOR fantastic cover it is. We just love the detail and the vibrant colours
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MATT GALLIMORE SENIOR CD EDITOR
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JON ALONGI CD EDITOR
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JEN WAGNER ONLINE EDITOR Arts France. Thanks guys!
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CD PROBLEMS 01225 822 743 Also thanks to everyone who took the time to send in feedback
[email protected] on our new look. As predicted, some of you loved it and some of
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM you hated it. The cover tutorial was extremely popular and the new
123Klan, I Love Dust, Jason Arber, Graeme Aymer, navigation icons, by twelve:ten, were praised by all for making it
Mat Broomfi eld, Dylan Channon, Simon Danaher,
Christian Darkin, Robert Firebaugh, Craig Grannell, quick and easy to get to the content. Of course, we still want to
Scott Hansen, Jacey, Chris Kenworthy, Andy Potts,
Chris Randall, Ed Ricketts, Chris Schmidt, know what you think, so please keep those comments coming!
Andy Wyatt, James Wilson
PHOTOGRAPHY Katherine Lane-Simms GILLIAN CARSON EDITOR
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CONTENTS
JULY ISSUE 98

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Buy Computer Arts tutorials online for just Give photos new focus with
99p at www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials Photoshop’s Lens Blur fi lter
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ON THE COVER
ON THE CD

P22 ANIMÉ MAGIC Get creative with

WireFusion 3.2 to
Use bold colours, strong create your own
line work and clever shading to game selection
recreate this funky cover image, screen. Plus: 175
all with a little help from French After Effects plug-
designers 123Klan. ins and an exclusive
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application.
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EFFECT Use this full multimedia app
Make a statement with worth £208 to create great
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selection screen.
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Get photo realistic with Flash P66 INTERFACE P50 PRO TRICKS creative with 175 trial plug-
DESIGN Create original illos in ins for Adobe After Effects,
Construct a Flash-compatible Photoshop using photos, fully working for 21 days.
mp3 player in Fireworks sketches and textures

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EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
Send your work to Computer Arts and be seen by thousands!
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TODD LAWSON
JOB Self-employed Illustrator/Designer
CONTACT www.toddlawson.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator,
traditional media and various 3D freeware
1. Rank “My personal play on the word rank.”
2. Uniforms ”I believe that like society,
private schools force students into faceless
clones and that uniforms limit individuality.”
3. 100 Classic Flex “This piece was inspired
by old circus posters and Russian wrestlers.”
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NEWS
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EXPOSURE
To fi nd out more about this section, please
go to www.computerarts.co.uk/gallery/
About Todd Lawson illustration skills. But unable to let go of his work has, “Found a voice of its own in a
After years of slaving over his computer, ten-year digital love affair, he decided he’d try physical reality”.
workaholic and insomniac Todd Lawson combining them. The result? Lawson’s mixed Lawson is also founder of Toy Twuk
realised he missed painting. He wanted the media paintings originate from various 3D and Studios, a small virtual creative fi rm, but still
opportunity to show his work in galleries 2D applications, but are now collaged onto any fi nds time for personal projects, searching for
and sell originals in an effort to expand his paintable surface he can fi nd. In his words, his vinyl records, toy collecting and comic books.
4. The Rules of Trash Talking
4 “This is a recent piece about the
long-held testosterone-fuelled skill
of professional sportsmen who talk
trash, and can back up their words.”
5. Pain ‘n’ Glory “Dedicated to the
nameless light-weight who fi ghts
his way up from the streets.”
6. Thinkin’ Lincoln “A Presidential
portrait.”
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The Website
Todd Lawson claims to have been
“Destroying young minds since
1978”. But his Website illustrates a
shift towards a more personal,
low-brow, comic, pop art style.
URL: www.toddlawson.com
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