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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Heavy Metal Madness: A Focus on Hocus PocusCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Kids may no longer dream of growing up as magicians, but at one time magic was not just a popular hobby, but a thriving business opportunity. In this installment, Gene Gable unearths a secret cache of magic tricks from the days before David Copperfield.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 301 |
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Heavy Metal Madness: We, the Yearbook NerdsCategory: Design and imaging tutorials It's the time of the year when graduates around America pick up their yearbooks and flip through the pages in anticipation of what surprises or embarrassments might await. Gene Gable wonders how many other graphic professionals got started while working on a yearbook staff, and considers that not all the lessons learned are about layout or photo cropping.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 298 |
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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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Industrial stuffCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Exercises aimed at forcing you to take a different approach to your subject
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 292 |
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Ideas for Business Card LayoutsCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Heres a few ideas for those struggling to come up with professional business card designs, along with card sizes and how to setup your document for print. Author: Wipeout44 | Visits: 290 |
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Linotype Font FoundryCategory: Font foundries and collections The Linotype Library is one of the biggest libraries of the world. The importance of font usage and the loyalty and creativity of today's highly renowned international type designers have made the Linotype Library the center of both traditional and innovative modern type design. Author: MyFonts | Visits: 285 |
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QuarkXPress How-To: Set the Table in QuarkXPressCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Formatting tables in QuarkXPress used to leave a bad taste in your mouth. Now they're a piece of cake. These tips and tricks will help you set tables in the time it takes to boil water.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 284 |
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Landscape featuresCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Breaking landscape subjects down into simple elements to aid composition
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 282 |
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Using compound coloursCategory: Painting and illustration techniques A technique to aid colour harmony
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 276 |
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Creating a monster with Photoshop 5.5Category: Painting and illustration techniques This illustration began as a detailed pencil drawing that was scanned and used as a guide in Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 272 |
