Jason Chan is back in a new Massive Black/Conceptart.org video release. In Digital Illustration, Jason uses Photoshop and his mastery of painting to create this 100% digital image of a damsel in distress. It sucks to wake up and find yourself being dragged underwater by a slimy monstrous giant, but as Jason shows us, at least you can still look sexy on your way down.

And yes, the giant tentacle is removing her clothes.

If you’ve been following our posts on these videos, you’d know that we just love’em. This is no exception, and well worth the money as always. Purchase and download from dvd.massiveblack.com.

3DTotal has posted a collection of 100 tutorials for “creating beautiful art” in Photoshop. The tutorials are arranged on a single page using thumbnails, making it easy to find the subject matter or painting style you’re looking for.

Hover your mouse pointer over the thumbnail to view the short description and a link to the tutorial.

In the new Gun Design video series, Justin “Coro” Kaufman shows us how it’s done in the games industry. From thumbnail conception using Photoshop to full realization in 3ds Max, we’re taken on a wild (and hilarious) ride that is El Coro’s design process.

The series is available from Massive Black in two parts for $14 each, but we’re willing to bet you’ll just opt to get both for $20. These are quality productions and well worth the money as always.

Links: Part 1 – Part 2 – Full Series

Massive Black has unleashed the first part in a series of videos featuring artist and performer Andrew Jones. Unparalleled in the art industry, Andrew often expresses his talent in front of a live audience, classroom, or dance club. In volume one, he shares his unique approach to shaping three different images in Corel Painter X.

Although this video is considered Part 1 in a new series, a previous video by Andrew, called Thumbnail Demo, is also available from the Massive Black catalog. Viewing both in conjunction will provide deeper insight into Andrew’s unprecedented techniques.

Visit dvd.massiveblack.com to purchase the download, which contains a 1 hour Quicktime video and the three .PSD files created during the demonstration.

In The Dimensions of Colour, art instructor David Briggs brings us detailed insight on color theory as applicable to the digital or traditional artist. The material presented is based on ten years of classes at the Julian Aston Art School in Sydney, Australia.

See also the ongoing discussion thread on Conceptart.org.

ImagineFX has posted a new PDF tutorial on Painting a Realistic Nose, by Katarina Sokalova:

The nose is one of the most difficult elements of portrait painting, but Katarina Sokalova has some advice to make life easier…

Massive Black has released another set of videos, this time from artist Whit Brachna, aka Mr. Blonde. Whit explores creating a ‘Non-SciFi’ interior environment, from thumbnails to the finished product. He also makes use of a simple 3d model from Google Sketchup to lay out basic perspective and initial lighting.

Whit is a student of the Concept Art Atelier and currently works for Massive Black, based in San Francisco, with satellite studios in Shanghai and Bangkok. As usual, we are provided with the Photoshop .PSD files, Sketchup renders, and the final full-res image. Prices for these tutorials will go up to $14 after Jan 1st, still a great value and well below the industry norm.

For the full experience, be sure to purchase both Part 1 and Part 2.