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How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4

16. March 2011

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 In this detailed tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 for the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s day. Combination of linear and radial gradients can be very useful for achieving nice results in [...]

Mix Cover Tutorial: Outer Limits Pioneer

5. March 2011

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Mix Cover Tutorial: Outer Limits Pioneer

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating a Mix Cover In case you didn’t know, whipping up mix covers is a great way to exercise some of your creative muscles. It’s an outlet I like to focus some of my more random ideas towards… whether it be subject matter, or a new technique I want [...]

How to model and render a basic mobile phone using 3ds studio max

9. February 2011

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How to model and render a basic mobile phone using 3ds studio max

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello again! I have been recently experimenting and working with mental ray and v-ray renders in both 3ds studio max and Autodesk Maya. For this tutorial I will be teaching you guys some basic modeling, easy rendering techniques using mental ray and creating textures in Photoshop to be used [...]

Creating Sagittarius in Photoshop

26. January 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating Sagittarius in Photoshop Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Photoshop Version: CS3+ Difficulty:Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hours Resources: Archer 1 Archer 2 Horse Ground Mountain Step 1 Let’s start by opening a new file with a size of 1000x1500px with a resolution of 300ppi (pixels per inch). Step 2 [...]

Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

12. January 2011

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Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Simon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Jeff Finley asked me to compile a list of some common distressing techniques as a supplement for his eBook “The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry.” Distressing graphics is a pretty integral part of designing t-shirts. This tutorial will demonstrate three easy [...]

Creating an Illustrative Monogram

6. January 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating a Monogram Monograms are an interesting way to go about making an identity. By nature they can be straight forward or extremely ornamental and illustrative. In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through the steps I (Chris Comella, designer at Go Media, hi!) took to making Go [...]

Learn to Create Collage Typography

21. December 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open mind. I always find that being noncommittal toward the [...]

Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line

25. October 2010

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Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: As I’m writing the “Designers Guide to the Apparel Industry” eBook that I plan to release soon, I started to take notice of WHO are the role models that inspired this book. Essentially, who are the designers who started freelancing and eventually started and now run a successful clothing [...]

Advanced Digital Painting in Photoshop

21. October 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello! My name is Hatice Bayramoglu and I am a 3D artist and illustrator from Turkey. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to draw and color a character design and illustration for a children’s book. I’m going to explain my choices and thought process throughout the tutorial. My tutorial [...]