Understanding The Principles of Poster Design is an empirical guide to contemporary commercial poster design as well as its ingredients. From storytelling elements, through title treatment design, and technical requirements, to data-influenced design decisions for effective design to convey stories and deliver specific messages to desired audiences.

What is a poster? More importantly: What is the role of a poster? Sit back and relax while learning the complete life cycle of a successful poster — as mastered by a designer and art director with more than two decades of experience crafting campaigns for entertainment clients. Layer by layer, Tomasz walks through published poster examples and highlights the important cues and techniques that all designers should take note of.

Less is more in the world of realistic animation for film. Subtle character performance is a unique challenge in character animation for movies, requiring a light touch and an understanding of the psychology of a character as well as how that translates to their tics and mannerisms.

In this tutorial, Lead Animator Ted Lister takes you through his workflow and the decisions he makes as he animates an understated and naturalistic performance piece based on dialogue from Horror Express. The selected dialogue has many opportunities for acting to the subtext rather than to the literal dialogue, and provides an opportunity for the character to have an internal monologue, while also featuring some gear changes along the way.

In this beginner-to-intermediate-level workshop, Rodrigo Brea shares various professional techniques and approaches for building stylized environments. This 5-hour guide covers topics including how to analyze a concept and create a breakdown; how to set up a basic scene in Unreal 5; different ways to create a variety of assets, from grass/foliage/trees to a hero piece; as well as how to texture and create a reusable Substance Smart Material.

Rodrigo utilizes a few key software choices, including Unreal Engine 5, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop, TreeIt, and Autodesk FBX Converter. Using these tools, he offers an industry-insider’s perspective to tackling and approaching the creation of stylized assets for professional games.

Do you constantly find the need to photograph outdoors during the day? As photographers we know the lighting during the day isn’t conducive to most shoots. Tune in to see how Sue tackles this problem with her harsh outdoor light hack.

As you watch, you will see how Sue builds a box that helps to diffuse the harsh lighting from that afternoon sun. You will see how she uses her Vflats or the Skrim in order to get the light diffusion that she is needing. If you arent able to afford a Skrim, that is no problem. Sue shows you another hack that includes a white piece of fabric. She will show you how to set this all up so that you can achieve beautiful light even in the harshest sun. Then, you will be able to sit with Sue as she reviews the photos she was able to capture during her shoot.

So if you are needing help in the outdoor lighting department, this would be a great place to start! Sue’s Harsh Outdoor Light Hack course is very informative. It will have you diffusing light like a pro in no time!

Updated for 2022, in this video Susan Stripling explains her no-nonsense, business-focused approach to social media marketing. She encourages wedding photographers to concentrate on generating business—not followers, likes or personal validation.

“I would rather have 500 followers and two likes per image, but have my social bringing me in work, than have hundreds of thousands of people following me and no one paying for my services,” Susan says.