Although its name clearly implies a close relationship with photography, Adobe Photoshop is widely used as an illustration and design tool. Photoshop has also excelled as a color separation tool for prepress and photochromy jobs. Cartoonists and Illustrators find the possibility of using pressure sensitive tablets with Photoshop a huge asset. Architects use Photoshop to embellish their perspective drawings. Industrial designers and 3d artists can correct and enhance their 3d rendering. Pixel perfect images are created by icon and web designers. This section is a guide to different art and design resources, such as books, software, fonts, clipart and tutorials to help you to build a creative way of thinking and working.
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Painting from photographyCategory: Painting and illustration techniques If you are painting from photographs here are a few tips to make them easier to work from
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 261 |
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Painting on locationCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Tips to help you cope with painting under the gaze of others and at the mercy of the elements
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 336 |
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Painting shadowsCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Advice on painting convincing looking shadows
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 324 |
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Painting small figuresCategory: Painting and illustration techniques An easy way to paint small figures in watercolour
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 265 |
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Panamericana fontCategory: Font foundries and collections Panamericana is a family of calligraphic origin consisting of 10 styles: Blanca, Gris, Negra, Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Seis and Dingbats (Dingbats includes 26 illustrations characters). The blending of each and every one of these styles allows the designer to work with countless grunge characteristics that inject happiness and originality to any word. All of the 10 fonts include the complete character set with lower and upper case letters, numbers, accents, diacritics, punctuation and monetary symbols. The fonts included in this family are available in the Open Type format and they are Mac and PC compatible. Author: MyFonts | Visits: 487 |
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Paper Tips: Bend Over BackwardCategory: Design and imaging tutorials There are so many ways to fold printed pieces, and so many odd terms to describe the folds: accordion, gate, exotic, map, parallel... If you're even a little confused, read this primer. The easy-to-understand descriptions, helpful drawings, and tips for what folds are best for particular situations will make you a master of folds.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 772 |
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Paper Tips: Paper Cuts that Help, Not HurtCategory: Design and imaging tutorials One way to reduce printing costs is to cut the cost of your paper. And who better to give advice on that than PaperSpecs.com, an independent, online paper database? In this article from PaperSpecs, you'll find 27 ways to trim paper expenses.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 242 |
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Pen and Tablet ExerciseCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This is not really a tutorial. It's an explanation of an exercise I use to get better at controlling a digital pen and tablet. A pretty awkward experience when first getting started. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 139 |
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Perspective - Quick Down & DirtyCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This tutorial assumes that you already know how to use Photoshop's adjustment and transform tools, and you have a good grasp of the fundamentals of perspective drawing. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 176 |
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Photoshop How-to: Total Color TranformationCategory: Design and imaging tutorials When clients supply photos for Web sites or print materials, you're never sure what you're going to get. If the images are less-than-ideal but you must use them, Photoshop can help. This tutorial walks you through the process of completely altering colors. The end result would be a positive addition to any project.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 433 |
