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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Design How-to: Endless Pattern PossibilitiesCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Just one simple step-and-repeat technique is all you need to create striking background patterns perfect for the covers of books, annual reports, brochures -- you name it.
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 365 |
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Watercolour - getting startedCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Basic materials to introduce you to working in watercolour
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 357 |
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Well armed 1850s gamblerCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Here is another scratchboard illustration (there were 9 illustrations for this project) to be used on signage inside a history of arms museum.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 354 |
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CloudsCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Exercises and advice on making the sky a major part of the subject
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 349 |
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Watercolor: Getting started painting hatsCategory: Painting and illustration techniques A simple exercise using just three colours
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 348 |
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Drawing with photoshop halftonesCategory: Painting and illustration techniques This image that will be used for the cover of a bimonthly newsletter going to orthodontist, was done by converting sections of grayscale tones into line halftones.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 345 |
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MaterialsCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Information on paint, brushes, palettes, pastels etc
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 344 |
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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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Design How-To: Solve Color DilemmasCategory: Design and imaging tutorials No matter what you're creating -- a print piece, a Web site, an illustration -- the element with the greatest effect on your audience is color. How do you choose the right one, or even more daunting, the best mix?
Author: CreativePro | Visits: 342 |
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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 |
