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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Watercolour tips for beginnersCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Tips and techniques to help you avoid the most common problems encountered with watercolour. This section also includes notes on drawing and important advice on
enjoying what you have accomplished
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 442 |
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What to includeCategory: Painting and illustration techniques When faced with a complex subject what do you put in and what do you leave out? These examples show how to decide.
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 232 |
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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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DirectionCategory: Painting and illustration techniques The element of direction can have a powerful influence on the mood of a painting. Find out how to control it.
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 214 |
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TextureCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Give your work a more interesting surface
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 258 |
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Guidelines for selecting a logo designCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Simply put, a logo is a name, symbol, or trademark of a company or organization. Logos can be made up of text that is configured in a unique way. Author: Grantastic Designs | Visits: 200 |
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Psychology of color: projecting a professional image with colorCategory: Design and imaging tutorials Color selection is a very important element in your web image because colors have an effect on your visitors before they begin to read the content of your web site. Author: Grantastic Designs | Visits: 503 |
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Using white space in web page layout and designCategory: Design and imaging tutorials White space, also known as negative space, is the term describing open space between design elements. Author: Grantastic Designs | Visits: 488 |
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Classic Graphic Design TheoryCategory: Design and imaging tutorials This section is for the person who is completely unfamiliar with design. It gives brief descriptions of the elements of design, such as line, shape, space, texture, value and color, as well as describing the principles of design which are movement, emphasis, balance and unity. These design principles have been used in the creation of fine art as well as commercial art. Author: Usask | Visits: 623 |
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Human-Computer Interface DesignCategory: Design and imaging tutorials This section discusses recommendations for designing the interface between people and computers and recommends some principles to be considered. Author: Usask | Visits: 337 |
