Vector Community Project: Show Us Your Wire Frames!
Everyone loves a taste of the behind the scenes magic of creating incredible art. And in this quick Tuts+ project, we want the vector community to give us a little peek into your process by showing...
View ArticleHow to Create a Pixel Game UI in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingThere's a lot you can do when creating a menu or one f the numerous interfaces that exist within a video game. In the case of this tutorial, we'll take the time to play with...
View ArticleHow to Crosshatch a Landscape from a Photograph
What You'll Be CreatingBreak out your pens and pencils and learn how to crosshatch a landscape. You'll start by making a value scale to learn how to use lines to create depth and then you'll ink your...
View ArticleCreate a Set of Art Brushes You Can Use to Make a Linocut-style Illustration
What You'll Be CreatingLearn how to create a completely vector illustration that has the look of a handmade linocut or woodcut, in Adobe Illustrator.To find out even more about brushes in Adobe...
View ArticleCreate a Retro Gold Leather Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingCreating 3D text effect does not always require using the 3D tools. This tutorial will show you a simple way of using the shape attributes in Adobe Photoshop CC, along with a...
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View ArticleBooklet Essentials: Page Counts and Binding
What You'll Be CreatingBooklets are an extremely versatile print design thanks to their size, format and ease of use. You've more than likely run across booklets when skimming through a playbill at...
View ArticleHow to Create a Water Pistol Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed water pistol illustration in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a simple grid and how to...
View ArticleTo the Point: Interview With Dave Perillo, aka Montygog
What You'll Be CreatingFor this installment of our To the Point series, I got to fire questions at Dave Perillo, aka Montygog, whose often pop-culture-themed vector pieces are inspiring and harken back...
View ArticleHand Lettering: Letterforms at Their Core
What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will provide you with a very basic understanding not only of lettering, but also of overall concepts of typography, which a lot of designers these days don’t have....
View ArticleHow to Design a Folky Gig Poster in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I'll show you how to use Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Intuos Pro tablet to design and illustrate a poster for a folk music and poetry show. I'll take you through...
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You have until September 30th to grab a student subscription at our special price of just $45! Thanks to our friends at PayPal, we’re pleased to bring you this fantastic discount to help you with your...
View ArticleDesigning a Web App UI Kit in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingStyle guide driven development offers a hugely flexible approach to modern web design. In this tutorial I'll walk you through designing a UI (user interface) kit, whilst also...
View ArticleHow to Make a Cute Pig Face Icon With Simple Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be Creating1. Draw the Pig FaceStep 1Start with a New Document approximately 6" x 6", or whatever size you feel most comfortable working with. The main goal is for it to be square.Use the...
View ArticleCreate an Isometric Pixel Art House in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingYou've made an isometric pixel art character, but where could that character live? It's time to make a home for it!Much like with Lego sets, buildings are almost the whole point...
View ArticleHow to Draw Animals: Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises
What You'll Be CreatingWhales are so similar to fish, especially to the shark family, that it's very easy to confuse their body traits when drawing. That's why we need to know them better to draw them...
View ArticleCreate Detailed Spa Stones and Flowers in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingAre you seeking inspiration and inner peace? Do you want to relax and enjoy your day? This tutorial is right for you! Feel calm and relaxed as you draw a minimalistic spa scene...
View ArticleLive Perspective: A New Approach to Depth in Drawing
What You'll Be CreatingPerspective. The word freezes the blood in the veins of every aspiring artist (and even many of those who seem to be pretty good at what they do). This “method of drawing 3D...
View ArticleHow to Create Buttons in Photoshop and Adobe Muse
In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a button in Photoshop and use it, with all its various states, in an Adobe Muse project. Once we've designed and imported our Photoshop assets into Adobe...
View ArticleCreate a Super Simple Infographic Template in Adobe InDesign
What You'll Be CreatingYou must have had your head buried in the sand if you haven't noticed the infographic invasion across the design world! Infographics are enjoying a surge in popularity, and it’s...
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