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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RetroClipArt.comCategory: Clipart and icons downloads This is the true, authentic advertising artwork from the '40s and '50s, in high-quality vector format. Featuring some 1700+ images, with dozens more being added every month, this easy-to-use online shopping cart is now the world's leading source for retro art. Author: Tony Bosley | Visits: 1958 |
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Rikki-tikki-tavi in pencil and Photoshop 5.5Category: Painting and illustration techniques Rikki-tikki-tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. The story, and my illustration, were to be used by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in a text book for 6th grade students, used to teach reading skills.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 581 |
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Sailor & sails with Photoshop & ScratchboardCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This scratchboard illustration was to run in one of a series of three different ads for ASU Group, a Midwestern insurance company.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 477 |
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Scanning line artCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Getting a good line art scan with a desktop scanner is easy, but there are some extra steps you need to take to insure the best quality.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 367 |
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Separating a Drawing From Its BackgroundCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This is a pencil drawing that has been scanned. It is on one layer - black pencil lines on a white background. The problem is to separate the lines from the white background and get them on their own layer. Once on their own layer, colors can be added or painted on layers underneath the lines. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 313 |
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Simple Two Point PerspectiveCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This tutorial assumes that you already know how to use Photoshop's adjustment and transform tools, and the fundamentals of setting vanishing points for a 2 point perspective drawing. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 480 |
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Soft XP Stock Icons: 110 IconsCategory: Clipart and icons downloads Soft XP Stock Icon Set is a professional icon collection in Windows XP style, for use in commercial project, software application, website, or GUI design. Author: FastIcon | Visits: 1202 |
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Son of aquaballzCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Photorealism with a slight touch of Animé gives these ballz their ultra-cool, "Let Me Touch" look. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 343 |
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Spanish soldier for museum SignageCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This is one of nine illustrations that I did for an historical arms museum
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 296 |
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Swanky text effectCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Enhance your work with shiny, candy-like text that's available in a delicious vector flavor. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 342 |
