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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Separating a Drawing From Its Background
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: 422 |
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Simple Two Point Perspective
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: 575 |
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Son of aquaballz
Photorealism with a slight touch of Animé gives these ballz their ultra-cool, "Let Me Touch" look. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 429 |
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Spanish soldier for museum Signage
This is one of nine illustrations that I did for an historical arms museum
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 338 |
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Swanky text effect
Enhance your work with shiny, candy-like text that's available in a delicious vector flavor. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 428 |
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Texture
Give your work a more interesting surface
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 291 |
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Texturing a Sweater
It looks like a lot of work, but it's really not. Once this process is understood, you can add this sort of complex texture to something like a sweater easily and in about 20 or 25 minutes. Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 239 |
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The Remarkable Caricature Art Of Hanoch Piven
Using very few elements in his caricatures, Piven assembles a portrait using paint and objects that create a "dimensional" portrait. Read the full interview to Hanoch Piven by Jennifer Apple from PhotoshopSupport Author: Photoshop Support | Visits: 336 |
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Third labor of Hercules
This is the second illustration that was done for a direct mail campaign promoting a motivation lecture. The campaign used the Labors of Hercules as its theme.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 395 |
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Tips for making your characters look manly
Some tricks that helps you improve your characters who you drawing look manly. Author: KolorfulTutorials | Visits: 193 |
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