Rick Schwab wins The 2014 Promax Gold

Rick’s talented retouching and illustration helps Viacom BRING HOME THE GOLD!

Above are the original images that I started with. We photographed objects. Other elements I created in a 3D modeling program and others I drew out of my imagination >>>>>

Art Directors:Jamey WelchAngelina Battista

Copy:Tom Mizer

Photo-realisticretouching:Rick Schwab

Here you can see how I used a classic brush technique called “stippling” with my Wacom stylus, to repro-duce the look and feel of old Kodachrome emulsion...making the whole shot work so much better!

I did a lot offill-in paintingusing my stylus. Here, for “Washington Kegging the Delaware” Ipainted reflectionssky and water effectsand even a man’shand, from my imagi-nation to complete the scene.

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Here, a mixtureof photos andillustration, againto make it allblend together...

I painted on the letters as I imagined an artist would, using a thick, gloppy brush.