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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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: 208 |
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Digital Painting
This is what the final image will look like. In this tutorial, I am not doing any work on the background, just the candle.
Author: Phillip Williams | Visits: 235 |
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Out of this world
Create a world all your own deep in outer space using a number of Illustrator tools and techniques. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 249 |
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Organic tech
Infuse your work with a high-tech, yet organic look by learning how to make this relatively easy shape. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 282 |
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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: 389 |
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Ghetto 3D text
Create dimensional text in Illustrator without a plug-in and get great results worth bragging about. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 2117 |
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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: 397 |
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Cartoon clouds
A handful of circles, an effect and a bit of path-finding, and you're on your way to creating light and fluffy stylized clouds. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 1446 |
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Quick incisions
Use some well-placed gradients to add an incised effect to interface elements with this quick trick in Illustrator. Author: Ergo Draw | Visits: 263 |
