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20 Best Typography Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:17:14 +0000

Create “Cool” Typography Using Paths in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create some “cool” custom typography. Let’s get started!

L.A Noire Neon Style in Photoshop

A few months ago I started seeing some poster in San Francisco about this game called L.A Noire. The text effect was really cool, sort of old style neon effect. I know I have done a few tutorials showing how to create this type of effect, but I needed to do that again in Photoshop.

The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio

There we are about one month since my last tutorial with Abduzeedo! And here am I again with another tutorial for you guys! First I wanted to thank Abduzeedo again for giving me this great opportunity for sharing my knowledge. I will show you how to create a super light effect using blending options, shapes and tools in Photoshop.

Easy Casino Style Sign in Photoshop

A few weeks ago while walking on the streets of NYC, I saw this big billboard of a movie called Burlesque. What really caught my attention was the effect applied in the text, sort of those old signage that casinos used to have. I loved that effect and thought it would be a good exercise trying to do that in Photoshop.

Smoke Type in Photoshop in 10 Steps

Last week I decided to upgrade to the new Adobe CS4 apps, as usual I did my backups and of course I forgot very important things, such as my Photoshop Brushes and Patterns. I hate when that happens, but it does happen all the time. So I had to look for my brushes and I found some really cool new ones and decided to play a bit with them and with the new Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Create an Ice Cream Type Treatment in Photoshop

It’s funny to see how simple objects can inspire creative type treatments. In the past I’ve played with plates, paper and wood. Today I will show you how to realize an awesome text effect using ice cream! The process is simple enough for any level Photoshop lover. We will be dealing with illustration techniques, and will explore the power of layer styles applied to custom brushes. So… give it a try!

How to Create Candy Cane Typography

In this tutorial we will create a superb candy cane type design using Illustrator and Photoshop. Apply this effect to your own text and create cool and unique Christmas cards! Along with creating this, you will learn how to:

Design a Retro Typography Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn to create a cool poster using Photoshop & Illustrator. This tutorial demonstrates some useful techniques combining Illustrator and Photoshop to get the job done.

Cool Text Effect with the Puppet Warp Tool in Photoshop CS5

When Adobe started announcing some of the new features of the CS5 version of Photoshop they showed the Puppet Warp tool in which they played with an elephant’s trunk. I was really impressed with that tool but never used it that too much, because of that I decided to give it a try, especially after seeing a screen cast with Russell Brown in which he was showing how to manipulate a rope with the Puppet Warp Tool.

Vintage 3D Typography in Photoshop with Repoussé

Sunday is the day to play with Photoshop and try some new ideas. As usual I went through some books and Web sites to find some inspiration. I am still addicted to the Handy Book of Artistic Printing, it’s a must have book for some old style print references. I got some ideas and also found this amazing image from Alex Beltechi on Dribbble called Twisting in the Wind. Then I new the effect I wanted to know how to create in Photoshop.

Yummy Cookies Typography in Photoshop

I woke up this morning thinking about an idea for a tutorial, then I remembered that last week I saw a really nice text effect that the characters were made of bread if I am not making any mistake. So I thought it would be really nice to create a text made of cookies just using Photoshop.

Create Super Glossy 3D Typography

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started!

3D Textured Text Effect

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can make a stylized 3D textured text effect using various textures to give it a unique look with Illustrator & Photoshop. I will be giving you the step by step instructions along with the links to the resources & stuffs used.

Retro Text

Retro Text and Video Layers Retro text like this looks great but isn’t easy to create in Photoshop alone so here we use a mix of Photoshop and Illustrator, raster and vector to create some unique text. The second part of this tutorial explains video layers, something which is relatively new to most people. The final result will be an animated image that could be used for a web header.

Create Elegant, Glassy, 3D Typography

In today’s tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create elegant, glassy, 3D typography using Photoshop and Illustrator. For this project, I used my company logo. Feel free to apply this effect to any logo, text, or shape. Let’s get started!

Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop

This past Friday was the Abduzeedo meetup here in my hometown of Porto Alegre. It was really cool, we had a lot of fun and a lot of beers! When I was leaving I noticed the neon sign outside the pub and it really inspired me to create a tutorial on how to acheive that type of effect in Photoshop.

Playing with Inflate in Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended

Adobe has just released the CS5 family and you can download the trials including the new Photoshop CS5 Extended. With this new version we have the Repoussé feature which allows us to create 3D objects in Photoshop. The last tutorial I showed you how to create a simple extruded text, now in this tutorial I will show you the Inflate option in Repoussé.

Creating a Typographic

After writing my previous tutorial here about Creating a Zune in Photoshop, several viewers asked if I’d share how I created the wallpaper graphic. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make something similar, and it’s quite easy!

Create Gold Ornamental Text in Photoshop

Ornamental text can be created in several ways. Today we will demonstrate how to combine several stock images to create some nice gold ornamental typography. Let’s get started!

How to Create Typography Poster Enigma Using Photoshop

In this tutorial we will go through the process of making this typography poster called “Enigma” only using Adobe Photoshop. You will have a basic look into the 3D-Tool of Photoshop, how to texture and stylize your 3D Typography and how to make a shiny space background to create your own space-inspired text. This is my first tutorial and I hope you guys will enjoy it!

Best 10 New Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:37:24 +0000

Create a Surreal Upside Down Mountain Painting in Photoshop

This piece has been completely done with the help of a graphic tablet, to be precise a Wacom Bamboo Fun. Since I know that some of you don’t have one, I’ll try to explain during the whole tutorial, when it’s needed, how to achieve the same results using a mouse (and a lot of patience).

Advanced Orb Tutorial

O-hai guys Today we’ll go shopping in the web interfaces accessories mall ^_~ That is, we’ll learn how to beautify our websites with nice glassy orbs ^^
This is what we’ll be creating:

Character Design for the Boomrock Saints

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create character designs for the Boomrock Saints. Let’s get started!

Create a Black Swan Inspired Movie Poster

On CreativeFan awhile back, we published a series of Inspirational, Dark and Moody Black Swan Movie Posters, which all were notable for using a variety of design techniques that we’ve covered here, including photomanipulation, texture overlay, and digital painting of makeup.

Create a Vibrant Colorful Alcohol Product Ad in Photoshop

Alcohol is one of the most commonly advertised products on the planet. During major sporting events such as the Superbowl, the World Cup and the Olympics, companies spend millions on TV advertisements, and also product advertisements in banner and billboard format at the sporting venue itself. However, because alcohol is a liquid, it can be very difficult to design around since liquid stock images require significant more attention during isolation and blending in order to appear realistic.

Create a Flowery Natural Peace and Harmony Composition

Combining techniques such as texturing, custom brushing, stock images, 3D, lighting effects and typography can allow a true graphic design composition to come together. When combined with a conceptual style artwork, the results can be awesome.

Learn to Create Party Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use Photoshop layer styles, filters, and brushes to create an awesome sparkly text effect.

Create a digital paper sculpture

In this tutorial, we’ll take a close look at how to plan and gather imagery for use in an abstract manipulation. I find that this design process is playful by nature and generally encourages a large degree of experimentation as you go along.

Photoshop painting tutorials-drawing and coloring a Pear

This is a brief collection of fancy trick that Photoshop does not explain…and therefore the awesomeness is frequently overloked. It took a long time to figure this stuff out, so I figured I should share my knowledge about this. Here as you are going to see on this tutorial, these are all the secrets I use on rare occassions I can force myself to paint.

Make an Eagle and Hand-Drawn Composition in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going create a dynamic and powerful design with an eagle as the centerpiece. We’ll use Photoshop to bring together our concept by combining various hand-drawn elements with stock photos. If you’re ready to rock, then fire up Photoshop and let’s go!

10 Best Photoshop New Techniques Tutorials 2011

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:57:41 +0000

Design a Conceptual Album Cover in Photoshop

Album covers are always fun projects to work on. In today’s tutorial we will take a look at the step-by-step process of creating a conceptual album cover in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Draw a Roll of Camera Film in Photoshop

Icon design can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a roll of camera film using Photoshop. Let’s get started!

The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio

Create an Explosive Flaming Poker Card in Photoshop

Into this post, we will teach you to create your own custom poker card from scratch by using the wide variety of shapes that come with Adobe Photoshop. You will also learn the technique to manupulate fire by using simple methods.

How to Make a Textured 3D Spray Can

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to combine Illustrator and Photoshop to create a 3D, textured spray can. This tutorial requires some basic understanding of Illustrator and Photoshop as well as the pen tool. Let’s get started!

Fructiv product shot

Pete Harrison shares his pro tips for using stock imagery and Photoshop effects to make a lifeless product photo dynamic and eye-catching

Making of Waiting for Tonight

In recent times, when every third digital artist you come across, flaunts a snazzy Wacom tablet and comes up with extraordinary pieces of art, our very dear humble “Mr. Mouse” has little part to play…

Designing a Comic Book Cover with No Illustration

As much as I’d like to be… I’m no illustrator. But often times, as a designer I’m tasked with creating a digital illustration. Lucky for me with the right reference and resources an illustration can be created without ever putting pencil to paper. In this tutorial we will explore the process behind my mock comic book cover for a book titled Tour.

Photoshop Tutorial: Painting figures with liquid

In this photo manipulation tutorial, Jennifer Cirpici explains how to create a figure that appears made from water, working from a stock photograph.

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for BioThemes

It must be well over a year since I created the BioThemes logo, but the BioThemes website has finally launched with a bang so I thought I’d pull out my logo design to share my design process with you guys and girls. The BioThemes logo was pretty different to the majority of logos I’ve worked on in the past, which made it a super interesting project.

10 Best Flash Puzzle Games

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:40:14 +0000

Angry Birds

Play angry birds game online. Angry Birds is probably the most popular game those days. In case you lived under a rock and you didn’t hear about it, here is the story: the hungry pigs got tired to eat grass so they stole the eggs from some birds with an anger management problem. On the long run this doesn’t look like a good idea. Now you have to support the birds and attack the pigs. You have to use the slingshot to throw the angry birds into the structures where the pigs are hiding.
Play Angry Birds

Sieger

Sieger Game

Win 28 (+1 bonus) most notable sieges of the past 2500 years in this fairly simple physics puzzle-strategy game. To win a level you as the Siege commander have to kill all the castle defenders and save the hostages by carefully choosing what supporting blocks of the castle to smash. You can earn one of the three medals (Clear, Decisive and Brilliant Victory) and also you can loot each castle by hitting the treasure chest. The fewer shots the better. The Level Editor allows you to create and share your own custom levels. Check the People’s Empire to play the user submitted levels. The bonus level unlocks at the end when all the previous castles are taken.

Play Sieger Here

The Company Of Myself

Company Of Myself

The Company of Myself is a puzzle game, and that means that the challenge comes from the puzzles. Giving solutions to the puzzles is the equivalent of turning on godmode in an action game: You lose all of the challenge! If you’re having trouble with a level, try looking at it in a new way or doing something else for a while and coming back to it. And hey, just imagine how smart you’ll feel when you figure out that extra-hard puzzle. Good luck!

Play Company Of Myself

Penguin Quest The Adventure Island

Penguin Quest

You’ll have to use all your wit to corner the penguin before he escapes through the water holes! It’s a fun way of testing your intelligence and improving your skills, If you enjoy challenging and adventure games, you will love Penguin Quest !

Play Penguin Quest Game

Interlocked

Interlocked Puzzle

Wrap your mind around the next intensive puzzle game – Interlocked! A 3D puzzle game with a chilling atmosphere. You know those puzzles consisting of a few wooden blocks that are impossible take apart? Then you know Interlocked. Each level, you’re given a unique 3D puzzle consisting of blocks that hold each other together. Take it apart and you’ll feel ten times as smart

Play Interlocked

Chicken House

Chicken House Physics

This is a angry birds like flash game, your task is to solve puzzles with angry chickens in the house!

Play Chicken House Physics Game

Liquid Measure 2

Liquid Measure

Route water to the pots to fill them all. Move the pieces to the right place to control the flow. New items are available: overflow pots, water splitters, pots and tanks of many sizes.

Play Liquid Measure

Fragger

Throw grenades at your targets. Set the power of the throw and aim by moving the mouse. Click to throw the grenades and blow up your targets!

Play Fragger Game

Electric Box 2

Play the sequel to the world’s most electrifying puzzle game!

Play Electric Box 2

FireBoy and WaterGirl - Light Temple

FireBoy and WaterGirl

FireBoy and WaterGirl are back in a new adventure! New levels and puzzles to complete, activate buttons and levers, collect diamonds and help them reach their goal. Play Forest Temple for the first adventure.

Play Fireoby And Water Girl

BONUS

de Blob 2 Revolution

de Blob’s origins are mysterious, but he rolled up at the right place and the right time to be the hero that the Colour Underground was looking for. Create a path for de Blob to free the Graydians, the fair citizens of Prisma City!

Play de Blob 2 Revolution

Guardian Rock

You are the Guardian Rock. After millenia of slumber you rise to defend the glorious temple from intruding archaeologists. Use brute force or take use of ancient devices spread across the temple to achieve your goals and solve all 72 puzzles. Exclusive ‘Medieval Level Pack’ included!

Play Guardian Rock

Best 10 Beautiful Digital Painting Tutorials

admin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:05:24 +0000

Making of the Rest

This is a picture made only for fun and without references, using only my imagination, except in the flag on the jacket. I have a classical training and my way of working with digital tools is very simple, because I always try to paint with Photoshop as I did with pencils or brushes on paper or canvas. Maybe my skills are not the much orthodox, even when I paint in traditional way, because I´m very instinctive and fast, with not spectacular technical resources, but for me it works….

Making Of ‘Seriously No Joking’

Hi! My name is Jesùs Conde and I’m from Venezuela. In this tutorial I’m going to explain a little bit about how I work and I hope this help you to become a better artist. By the way, I should say that I don’t consider myself a great artist – I still have a lot to learn so you’d better teach me something in return one day!…

Making of Yin Yang of World Hunger

I created this personal artwork in September with the following text: “Enough food is produced in the world today to feed everyone, but it’s not the case… That’s the best way to see the total failure of our actual human societies. This is what I tried to represent in this picture. You can help with signing this free online petition www.1billionhungry.org to express your support against world hunger. Done with Mypaint and Gimp on Linux”….

Draw a Victorious Warrior Knight

The war is over. The battle has been won. In today’s tutorial I will demonstrate how to illustrate a victorious warrior knight who is happy and relived that the battle is over. This tutorial will require the use of a tablet and will make extensive use of digital painting techniques. Let’s get started…

Making of Where She Stares

First of all, I choose the image that I’m going to edit, in this image I choose Annalyn Ecal, My friend’s wife. Even though it’s just a normal picture (bad quality pic), it really doesn’t matter as long as the pose is good and also the structure of the face is presented well. Pixilated picture is not a problem, because I am going to paint over it anyway…

Making of Homage

This is a homage to Bill Watterson and his creation, Calvin & Hobbes, the best cartoon i’ve ever read. In this making I will share my techniques and will walk you through the steps and settings taken from initial concept to the final rendering of the image…

Concept Art: Create a Sci-Fi Interior

Artists often draw rough sketches of their artwork before they begin to add the final touches. This is also true for digital painters who will draw a rough sketch in Photoshop before they begin work. In today’s tutorial we will show you how to polish a rough sketch of a sci-fi drawing using digital painting techniques….

Painting Jake Sully’s Avatar

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…

creating ‘Sweet as Candy’

Even though ‘Sweet as Candy’ could sound like a simple, common title, it was still pretty important for the character and the theme. More so, it did get personal toward the finishing stage. Everything about her had to speak. Her expression, the color of her lips and hair, the styling, there’s even a strange sense of sharpness in her makeup, besides, ‘it’s all in her eyes….

creating ‘Umbrella Sky’

Marta Dahlig’s gorgeous ‘Umbrella Sky’ image was unanimously chosen for the cover of Ballistic Publishing’s EXOTIQUE 3, and after submitting, Marta continued to improve on perfection. Here, she takes us through her process of building on a dream…

Best 10 Photoshop Techniques Tutorials

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:55:03 +0000

Create Super Glossy 3D Typography in Illustrator and Photoshop

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Dance Photo Manipulation

I wanted to write a tutorial showing how to reproduce some of the really common elements, regularly found in graphic design these days, almost cliche elements.

Part1 , Part2

Create a Fantasy Girlbird Illustration in Photoshop

What is more fun than mixing people with animals? The results can often be cute, funny, or even a bit disturbing. In today’s tutorial, I will demonstrate how to create a fantasy bird girl illustration using digital painting and photo manipulation techniques. Let’s get started!

Create Beautiful Abstract Female Art in Photoshop

Sometimes, all it takes to create a stunning piece of art is a stock photo, a bit of creativity, a great idea, and some time. Today, I will demonstrate how to create a piece of art that I created titled, “Beauty of Gold.” Let’s get started!

Create a Cartoon-Like Fish Illustration in Photoshop

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cartoon-like fish illustration in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Easy Casino Style Sign in Photoshop

A few weeks ago while walking on the streets of NYC, I saw this big billboard of a movie called Burlesque (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126591/). What really caught my attention was the effect applied in the text, sort of those old signage that casinos used to have. I loved that effect and thought it would be a good exercise trying to do that in Photoshop.

Tron Legacy Tutorial

Since the very first time I saw the trailer of Tron Legacy I decided that I would have to try to do something inspired on that, all those light effects were exactly what I always love to do in Photoshop. Then I saw the James White design inspired by Tron and I was damn it, James nailed it. So I postponed my little experiment, however this week I decided that the time had come and so, I decided to recreate the logo effect we see in the trailer.

Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design.

How to Create Candy Cane Typography with Photoshop and Illustrator

In this tutorial we will create a superb candy cane type design using Illustrator and Photoshop. Apply this effect to your own text and create cool and unique Christmas cards!

Paint 80′s airbrush effects

Want to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details but with a bold 80s colour scheme? Design duo KittoZutto show you how in this tutorial on creating an airbrushed portrait tapping the glory days of Athena posters.

30 Flash Games Create Tutorials

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:25:41 +0000

Create Your Own Pseudo 3D Pong Game

In this tut I’ll describe how to create a basic 3D scene using the new 3D options of Flash Player 10. Then I’ll explain how to add interactivity to the elements and set up a basic pong game. Let’s go..

Create a Flash Racing Game Tutorial

In this tutorial we’ll cover the creation of a flash racing game.

I got the permission from Remus C. from gameSheep to publish this awesome tutorial.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Build a Classic Snake Game in ActionScript 2.0

Well, we’re approaching the end of 2009, and as ever, these final days in December are a time for reflection, memories and nostalgia. At Activetuts+ we endeavor to be forward-thinking, moving with the times and embracing technology.

Spaceship game Tutorial

So you would like to know how to make a game? Well, I can teach you but not in one sitting, that’s why this is part 1 of the Spaceship Tutorial.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Conquer the Universe With ActionScript 3.0 and the Flixel Game Engine

The Flixel game engine is an opensource ActionScript 3.0 framework written by Adam Atomic. Its aim is to take the donkey work out of building AS3 games, leaving you with all the fun stuff and saving heaps of time!

part 1, part 2

Speed Ball flash games

In this newsletter we are going to make small Flash Game. This also counts the score and shows previous as well as the highest scores.

Catcher game

Every flash gaming site you go to, I’m pretty sure you can find a similar kind of -is falling-from-the-sky-and-you-need-to-catch-it kind of game. I won’t say it’s exactly boring or fun, but to be honest, I’ve spent some minutes of my life on such games before.

Flash Tutorial Tower Defence

This is a genre made popular by Warcraft III editor. The tower defence game was included as one of the bonus stages in Warcraft III, and so many defence mods have been created since then. It basically involves creating towers …

Creating a Vertical Shooter

A fixed shooter has players only able to control their two-dimensional position on the screen and sometimes the direction they are facing*

Scary maze game in Actionscript 3

his post is the update for the Scary maze game. I will be rewriting the game tutorial using Actionscript 3 code.

Space Invaders Game

Space Invaders was an arcade video game that was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released by Taito back in the 1978. Various forms or spin offs of this kind of game emerged.

Side Scroller Game

Most games in the olden days could only handle 1 screen at a time. Look at the classic games like Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, etc … as advanced as they were back then, the player was still stuck with 1 screen.

Base Defender

The objective of this game is to defend the tnt beneath the grass by blowing up any incoming airplanes and the bombs they drop.

Creation of the engine behind “Nodes” game with Flash

I always surf the web looking for great Flash games. One site where you can find good ones is Newgrounds.

Platform flash Game

Previously, we looked at a jumping game that works pretty much like the Mario platform games we’re very used to. In a full-fledged platform game

Arcade Game: Bullets

Welcome to Foundation Flash tutorials once again. So far, we have covered a wide range of topics, so I thought ” Why don’t we actually make a game

part 1, part 2

Build an Intelligent Tic-Tac-Toe Game with AS3

“Tic-Tac-Toe, that’s boring!” you might think. In this tutorial I will show you that building a Tic-Tac-Toe game is anything but boring. It’s the ideal game to create when you would like to learn ActionScript 3.0.

Whack A Snowman Game

Whack-a-mole was a game which took stage in arcade centres many years back. The player interacted with the game by taking a mallet and whacking little moles which popped out of some nine holes randomly.

Clean up With a Beautiful Watery Game

In this screencast you’ll learn how to setup and use PerlinNoise with the DisplacementMap filter to create a water-like effect.

Create a Flash game like Talesworth Adventure

It’s a great tile based puzzle game with 30 levels I recommend you to play, but it’s also a game I am recreating with a tutorial series.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Build Your Own OOP Connect 4 Game

OOP can make development faster, and your applications run faster. During this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to build an ActionScript Connect 4 game, using an organized OOP approach.

Create a Flash game like Rebuild Chile

The game is a Sokoban-like game, with fixed and movable items. So, you must be able to create a working prototype in a day.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Make a Spot the Difference

This tutorial will show you how to a create a spot the difference game like my game Sunny Difference.

Music Game

Musical games gained immense popularity of the late when Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc took the gaming world by storm.

Create a Flash game like Gold Miner

It’s a Flash demo of a downloadable game, and I think its gameplay is interesting enough to deserve a tutorial.

part 1, part 2, part 3

Jumper Game

umping games are subsets of popular platform games like Mario. The action usually take place in a more subdued form, and the main priority is for the player to jump to safety, or to get more points.

Create a flash game like Security

Some days ago a reader told me about Security 2 game. It’s a simple game: navigate through a level by using the arrow keys avoiding security traps and guards.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Create a Flash game like Blockage

It’s a perfect game to make a tutorial series because at every level it introduces a new feature, so level after level you will see something new both in the game and in the prototype.

part 1, part 2

Basic level editor for a tile based game

I am sharing with you a basic level editor made for the platform engine but easily adaptable to any tile based game made by Daniel Felipe Rodriguez

part 1, part 2

Create a Flash game like Pixel Purge

I am going to show you how to create a replica of this game, and I’m starting from player movement.

part1, part 2

10 Best Illustrator Tutorials

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:48:43 +0000

Create a Detailed, Vector-based iPhone Illustration

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a photo-realistic iPhone illustration and every single icon you can find on the iPhone touch screen. That’s 18 icons! With so many fantastic tips and tricks we’ve broken the tutorial into two parts, in part two you will learn how to make the remainder of the icons and finish your illustration. Let’s get started!

Part 1

Part 2 Beautiful Vector Illustration

Hey guys! For this tutorial/making of I created a fun illustration for my sister Stella’s blog. In her blog she writes about funny daily situations and I thought that it would be nice to develop an illustration that expressed that somehow. I hope that this step by step help the new designers and illustrators. So, prepare yourself, and continue reading because even though it is a quite long post I hope it might be useful for your illustration projects. Also, feel free to share your thoughts with comments.

How to Create a Medieval Paper Scroll

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a medieval paper scroll with the 3D Extrude & Revolve tool. Using texture, you will also learn how to make an object look old and how to map artwork to a 3D Vector object.

How to Create a Lustrous Electric Guitar

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic looking electric guitar. We will start with basic shapes and build our way up using a couple of simple yet effective techniques. You will learn how to use 3D Effect, Scale and Blend Options, to make a guitar worthy of even the most rockin’ of vector fans!

Create summery poster artwork

Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 has recently arrived, and with it comes a new version of Illustrator, featuring some exciting tools. To give you a flavour of them, we asked Ben the Illustrator to put Illustrator CS5 to the test. He uses it to create a summery poster, as given free with the June issue of Digital Arts.

Create a Milk Bottle with a Funny Cow Label

In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create a 3D milk bottle. We’ll also cover how to create and apply a cute cow label to it. Let’s have some fun with this one!

Make Watercolor and Marker Style Portraits

With this tutorial, we are going to work through ways of creating digital portrait illustrations that have a unique and somewhat tactile feel of marker and watercolor. This tutorial will focus on using a drawing tablet and Adobe Illustrator. There will be a focus on technique and technical settings, but the overall product will rely on your own personal style and taste.

Elegant gradient ribbon in Illustrator

One of the Duoh! dot com illustrations called Grafiek Grafik Grafico has this special shape which I thought would be ideal for a tutorial.

Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

Let’s start off by creating a new document that’s 1024×768. Name this first layer “Maze.” Then, take the Rectangle tool and draw a 50×50 square. Give this square a 10px black outline and no fill. Then align it to the center of the canvas. Repeat this process, only this time make the square 700×700.

illustrator Pucker and Bloat Effect

There are lots of hidden secrets in Illustrator. Even I have the feeling I only use only a part of the application. That’s probably because I’m sometimes stuck in my old habit of doing things. If you’ve been working with the application since version 3 like I do, then you know what I’m talking about. It’s good to explore new and better ways. Ways to do things faster and in a more flexible way. Today I’ll show you how to use the Pucker & Bloat Effect. It’s another cool Distort & Transform Effect.

10 Best Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:27:33 +0000

Designing Realistic Interfaces

Learning how to design interfaces can be an enduring journey if you have to do it alone. My name is Tim Silva, and I have been attempting to design these types of interfaces for over 5 years now, and I have lots of valuable information to share with you to speed up and ease the learning process. Here is what I have come to understand about designing detailed, realistic, and cool looking interfaces: You have to be great in many areas of Photoshop to be good at interface design. So along with the actual steps needed to create this particular interface, in this series I will also provide as many references to other tutorials, resources and concepts as possible. That way, you can have access to some of the tools that will allow you to create completely original interfaces utilizing the same methods I teach in collaboration with your own creativity. Let’s get started with Part 1 of this two part series.

PART 1

PART 2

Foggy Window Effect in Photoshop

After over three days of nonstop rain I decided to use that as inspiration for a new experiment in Photoshop. In 2007 I did a video tutorial showing how to create water drops in Photoshop, but it was only the video without any text instruction, so a lot of people have sent emails asking us to put a text version of the tutorial. I always thought that simply repeating the same tutorial wouldn’t be cool so I tried to make a new effect and apply the water drops on it as well.

How to create a glamour style composition using patterns and masks

In today’s tutorial you will learn how to give a photo a complete glamour style using patterns and masks in Adobe Photoshop. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

Create an Abstract Cloud , in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we’ll manipulate a photo with abstract elements to make it more interesting and active.

Create a Cosmic Love Goddess With Photoshop CS5

Photoshop CS5 includes several new features to help improve your workflow. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cosmic love goddess using some of Photoshop CS5′s new tools including the Refine Edge Feature which really helps to streamline the process of masking and removing objects from their background.

Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorial: Urban type art

London is hip again, and in this tutorial Holland-based designer Bram Vanhaeren shows you how he created a new piece that draws on all that’s great about the city – taking inspiration from the Olympics, underground club scenes and the city vista from up high.

Photoshop Tutorial: Master brush and layer effects for type

Give your words a painterly feel with Fabio Sasso’s guide to finding your way around Photoshop’s brush and layer options

Create an Illustrated, Japanese Style Hand Fan in Photoshop

Before air conditioning and the electric box fan the only means that most people had to cool themselves on a hot day was a hand-held fan. Today, we will demonstrate how to illustrate a realistic, Japanese-style folding fan in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Use the in Photoshop CS5 to Turn a Photo Into a Realistic Painting

Before Photoshop CS5, transforming a photo into a realistic-looking painting was quite tricky. Now that CS5 has been released we now have some new tools to help achieve this effect a bit more realistically. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to use Photoshop CS5’s new Mixer Brush tool to transform a photo into a masterpiece in minutes.

Photoshop’s layer effects explained

Creating vibrant, eye-catching images like this one needn’t be a complex or time-consuming affair. In this tutorial, James White shows how to add a vivid retro flair to a striking model shot kindly provided by ThinkStock.com (which you can download from the Download Zone).

Create interlocking motifs in Illustrator

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:08:28 +0000

Stamp your style on a surface by covering it with your own connecting motifs, writes Sam Brade

How do you fill a space with interlocking motifs, each one occupying its own little piece of the jigsaw puzzle?

In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to rough out and plan your artwork before transferring it into Illustrator (CS3 or later) using the most important feature for creating vector graphics, the Pen tool.

Using the information provided in this tutorial, you will be able to have a shot at designing and filling a plane with your own interlocking motifs. Be warned: this activity is extremely absorbing and a total labour of love, which can become surprisingly addictive.

Click here to download the tutorial for free

source: http://www.computerarts.co.uk

Clouds Text Effect in Pixelmator

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:01:46 +0000

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a text made up of clouds in ten very simple steps, solely using brushes, blending, and basic filters. The technique is extremely simple and can be used to create all sorts of text effects as well.

Elegant 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:07:50 +0000

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create an elegant 3D Text effect using simple the shape tool, layer styles and paths.

Cool Typography with the Blend Tool in Illustrator

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:01:04 +0000

I have written some Illustrator tutorials in which I’ve used the Blend Tool to create swirls and other shapes, but I have never used it to create a text effect. Then we received this email suggestion from one of our readers quite a few months ago asking us how to create that effect. I really like the text effect and decided to give it a try.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a text effect using the Blend Tool in Illustrator and then we will use Photoshop for some final retouches to make the effect more subtle. The technique is very simple and it won’t take more than 30 minutes to achieve the same effect.

making of glow in dark painting

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:37:57 +0000

this tutorial easy way to making glow in dark painting using Glow powder (phosphorescent pigment)

if you want more info go to: http://www.readysetglo.com

watch and enjoy

What is Glow Powder?
Glow powder is actually called phosphorescent pigment. It is the basis of just about all glows in the dark products. This powdery substance absorbs light and then re-emits it over a length of time. The glow occurs when electrons fall from a higher orbit to a lower orbit. When they fall to a lower orbit, they emit energy as visible light. These products have chemicals in them with electrons that get excited by light waves. No chemical reaction actually occurs.

What can I do with the powder?
Let your imagination go wild! You can do practically anything with our versatile pigments! It is safe for the application in consumer products such as clothing, shoes, caps, watches, novelties, tackle & sporting goods.

It has excellent results in the fields of building, decorating, traffic vehicle, military installations, fire emergency system, & escape route signs.

The pigment can be mixed with a variety of transparent resins & binders including but not limited to acrylic resin, paraffin, PU Resins poly acylamonia resins, amino resins, glues, plastics-PE, PP, ABS, PVC. And, of course all your craft Mediums! Candles-gel/wax, ceramics, ceramic Glaze, fabric Paint, oil paint, acrylic paint.. What else? Nail polish, hair gel, caulking, acrylic/gel nails, glass, rubber Check out some Projects created by some of our customers with our pigments!

Is the Glow Powder safe for kids?
Yes, the glow powder is non-toxic and non-radioactive & environmentally friendly. Our products are Photo luminescent Safety certified.

Can I add it to soap & other skin products?
Green & aqua have been tested & are safe for prolonged skin contact. As with any chemical product, there is always the chance of skin irritation, so apply to a test area first.

How do I use Ready Set Glo’s Powder?
You basically just mix it with the medium you want to use it with. Powder will not melt but be suspended in the medium. You can use the glow powder in just about any application. Mix it with paint, candles-wax/paraffin, hair gel, fishing lures caulking, glue, plastic, inks, wax, plastisol, etc. Limitations are endless, just follow the basic instructions included with your order.

What is the powder’s composition? Green,Aqua blue & violet are Alkaline earth aluminate activated by rare earth ions. (Strontium aluminate with europium as the activator. (SrAl03:Eu) The wavelength for the green is 520nm, the blue-green is 505nm, and the blue is 490nm. Red & Orange are Zinc Sulfide.

How much do I need?
This is a difficult question because it depends on vehicle used, process and application. On average 10%-50% by weight is the best ratio for mixing Glow Powder to a vehicle. The percentage depends on how much glow is desired. If the base is a color other than white you may need to add more Glow Powder to achieve desired results.

(amounts shown are for MAXIMUM Glow)
1oz – 14gm pigment
1 Pint – 1/2 lb pigment
1 Gallon – 2 lb pigment
1oz=28gm
1kg=2.2lb

One kilogram of dry Glow Powder can cover an area roughly 3.3 square meters or 12 square feet with a 150 um thick film. One gram covers approximately 25 square centimetres.

How much area does powder cover?
A One pound of dry Glow Powder can cover an area roughly 1.5 square meters or 6 square feet with a 150 um thick film. One gram covers approximately 25 square centimetres.

Can powders be mixed to create different colors?
No, this theory does not work.

How do I charge the powder?
Glow powder responds best to light sources rich in UV rays such as sunlight, black lamps and halogen lamps. Tungsten lamps (typical household bulbs) take longer to recharge the pigment because their UV output is low. Fluorescent lamps, which are rich in UV, provide faster excitation when Glow-Powder is placed near them.

Sun light – 5 minutes / UV light (Black light) – 5 to 10 minutes / Normal light – 20 to 30 minutes. Sunlight is the best source for charging the products, but practically any light source will do. Black light is a good provider of UV light (Glow-in-the-dark Bowling with black lights would be excellent).

How many times can I charge it?
You can charge the pigment OVER AND OVER indefinitely! Shelf life is a minimum 10 years. Once mixed in the medium of your choice, indoor life is 5-7 years and outdoor life is 3-4 years.

What color are powders in daylight?
Green blue aqua are all a pale yellow powder, red, is red color, Zinc orange is orange, violet is grey/white, orange strontium is white, white is also white in day.

Will sunlight ruin the glow powder?
Our Super Phosphorescent pigments are very stable outside and can last many years. The Short Glow zinc sulphide powder cannot.

http://www.readysetglo.com/Faq_Glowpowders2.asp

Making of Be My Valentine

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:05:16 +0000

Introduction

Hello, my name is Omar Díaz and I´m a Spanish Graphic Designer and Digital Painter. I´m currently studying the concept of art for the movies and videogames, working at the same time with freelance.

In this tutorial I will explain how I have done one of my latest work, ”Be my Valentine” , I really hope you find it easy to follow even though this is not a strict step by step walkthrough, because I usually work on all elements of the image at a time, and then increasing the quality and detail gradually.

I rather prefer to work this way, and I never lose sight of the work as a unit, in this way, I ensure that there is no major difference in quality or detail between elements, and allows me much more freedom to improvise in the early stages, experiment or fixing problems without redoing a lot of work.

I will focus on the technical side, sharing some tricks and resources, as well as in theory, because most of the success of an image depends on finding the right solution in every situation.

Speed of Light Effect in Pixelmator

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:19:49 +0000

In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how to create a very nice abstract effect, using the super cool Travelator filter. I will make use of some of the Quartz Composer filters in order to show the many different exciting effects that can be achieved with them.