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Create 3D Effects With the Stardust Particle Engine

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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In my previous tutorial Shoot Out Stars with the Stardust Particle Engine, I explained the basic workflow of Stardust. This time, we’ll take things further and examine a couple of techniques for creating true 3D particle effects! Introduction We’ll begin with a demonstration of how to use the Stardust’s native 3D engine. Then, I’ll show you how [...]

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Henning’s 101: Colour

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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In the ranking of the most important art principles, you’ll find colour theory in  a solid second place, beaten only by values. Of all of the different aspects of art studies, colour studies are probably the most commonly undertaken, and they’re probably also  the hardest to master. Getting to grips with and successfully applying the most [...]

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How to create a fairy using photos

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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Here is a tutorial showing how you can create a fairy out of a human, as shown below. The psd file for this tutorial can be found at the bottom of this post. Read more

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Create Typographic Art using Illustrator and Photoshop

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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Final Image Preview This image is inspired from the cover of LAYOUT, dasar & penerapannya, a graphic design book by Surianto Rustan published by Gramedia in Indonesia. Before starting this tutorial, see the result below. Click here to see the image at a higher resolution. The Illustrator and Photoshop files can be found at the bottom [...]

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How To Design a 3D Glass Icon in Photoshop

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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Learn How To Design a translucent 3D Frosted Glass Box based on the Safari Icon in Adobe Photoshop Read more

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Painting Avatar Jack Sully

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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When I saw the James Cameron ‘Avatar’ movie for the first time I was very surprised. I’ve seen it 2 more times. The visual effects are amazing. So I decide to pay a small tribute and began to make a fan art of its protagonist, Jake Sully. Step 1 – This time I started doing two [...]

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Making Of Cliffside

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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Software Used : ZBrush, Photoshop & Google SketchUp Usually I start working by experimenting with the idea in different forms, lines and colors until I decide how the image should be. Obviously while working on the painting, the image is transforming and the final one might be very different from the original. In this case everything started [...]

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Make a Freezing Cold Snow-themed Abstract Piece

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a snow-themed large piece. You’ll learn how to plan the composition of the piece, to add elements into the composition, how to recycle the piece itself to generate more elements for the piece, how to incorporate pentools into a design and finally how to finish off and [...]

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Beach Girl Drawing

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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Learn how to create a delightful portrait from sketch to Photoshop. This tutorial will teach you how to color, shade, and create a gorgeous beach scene. Beach Girl Drawing Photoshop Tutorial The tutorial will teach you how to transform a pencil-drawing into a full-color piece of fantasy artwork entirely through the use of Photoshop. For this project, you’ll [...]

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Painting a Realistic Portrait by Photoshop Brushes

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by admin.

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When you look at some beautiful human portrait, you may wonder how the artist to start and process it. There are various ways to do, and this tutorial will present you how to use the photoshop brushes professionally to process it. Artist’s Comments (Foxbane) I figured that a lot of my tutorials were getting a bit out [...]