Archive for Design Tutorials

Abigail Jane | September 4, 2011
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Create Cool And Funky Typography Logos

Creating cool and awesome typography logos/posters/designs is a great skill set to add to your collection as it is always needed and wanted by many clients and it is fun for your own personal projects!

1.    Open up a new canvas size 300px high by 600px wide.

2.    Use the colour picker tool to choose a colour for your background and use the Paint Bucket Tool to fill your canvas. I have choosen black as I feel it will work well for this project and style.

3.    Select the text tool (The big T) from your toolbar, choose big chunky trendy looking font and set the size to around 150px and the colour white.

4.    Now before we start customizing the lettering we need to rasterize the text layer by right clicking it and selecting rasterize type..

5.    Time to start customizing the type! To start with we are going to use the eraser tool to take away portions of the text. Select the eraser and then choose a splatter/scrathy brush this will add a grungy effect to the type (Photoshop preset brushes are great for this). Use the brush to erase around the edges of the text, change up the style of the brushes and the size of brush for a varied effect.

6.    Now we will make the image really finky by adding some cool brush strokes so select the brush tool and make sure the colour is white to match the text. I have used some spiral brush sets and a retro style dot art brush which I downloaded from www.deviantart.com but be creative and use brushes you think will fit with and enhance your design.

7.   Rotate the text slightly to shake things up a bit and add a little flair, do this by selecting edit > free transform > rotate.

8.    Finally add a little colour by adding a new layer and then using a diagonal colour gradient. I have chosen to use a blue and yellow gradient, all colours look good against black so be experimental! Once you have added the gradient use the eraser tool with a large soft edge brush to remove some of the colour from the text so the text can shine through, then reduce the opacity of the gradient layer to around 40%.

And there you have it in a few simple and easy steps you have the skills to creating cool and funky typography!

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Abigail Jane | August 18, 2011
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Digitally Enhance Makeup And Make Eyes Pop In Photoshop

Sometimes makeup in photos can end up looking a little dull and not as vibrant as it did in real life, in this tutorial I will show you how in a few easy steps you can enhance makeup to make it stand out and make eyes pop.

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After:

1. Open up your image you want to work on in Photoshop. Duplicate the background layer, and work on the copy so you still have the original image underneath.

2. First off we will start with the dodge tool set on midtones, use a soft edge brush with exposure around 12% and start by lightening the eye whites and pupils. Then brush over the eyelids, pay more attention to where the makeup is naturally highlighted and use the dodge tool to enhance this.

3. Now we will use the burn tool on midtones, use a soft edge brush again with exposure around 12% again. Use the burn tool on a small brush to bring out the eyeliner around the eye and mascara. Use a larger brush for the eyelid and brush along the indent of the eye and under the brow. Now your make up should really start to stand out. Keep working the makeup until you are happy with it. Use a small brush and burn around the pupil edge and inside the pupil to enhance the little flecks of colour in the eye.

4. Now go back to the dodge tool but this time set it to highlights, add the highlights inside the pupil where the light would have caught the eye also add this to the eyelid with a large soft edge brush very sparingly just to bring the makeup to life that little bit more.

5. Finally add a curves adjustment layer and make the image a little lighter and little more contrasty.

And there you have it the makeup and eyes look 10x better in 5 easy steps!

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Abigail Jane | July 25, 2011
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Get doodling and create your own scrapbook style notepad

With all the awesome free custom doodle brushes and brush sets available on the web today there is lots of fun to be had in creating your own note pad doodles and scrapbook art. In this tutorial I have used a brush set from deviant art www.deviantart.com (a great Photoshop brushes resource site) and a stock image from Stock xchng www.sxc.hu

What we once all did whilst sat bored in the classroom has become a massive art form all over the globe and it has become highly recognised and respected as a form of design.

This tutorial will teach you how to make a cool scrapbook/doodle style notepad image that you then can use to add your own custom handwriting or text too for whatever purpose you need or want. Maybe for an art project, to display your poetry or just for fun!

1. Open your notepad image in Photoshop to get started.

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Abigail Jane | July 18, 2011
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40 Amazing Fonts to add edge to your designs

Everyone knows that designers are always looking for the latest and most innovative Fonts to add to their collection, and when it come to creating logo’s the font you choose is everything!

So I have scoured the web to find you guys some of the coolest and most stylish fonts out there. I looked at a whole range of sites and thought about linking you to a variety of fonts each from individual people, when I came across this site.


And I decided why supply a whole list of different links when this guy has got some of the coolest and hippest fonts I have seen in a while and he’s got them all in one place!

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vidoetutorials | July 17, 2011
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Adobe Illustrator CS5 Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator CS5 Tutorial 37 Appearances & Graphic Styles

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vidoetutorials | July 16, 2011
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Photoshop Tutorial: How To Make Mesh Vents

A Photoshop Tutorial showing how to create Mesh Vents.

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Abigail Jane | July 14, 2011
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How to create an Andy Warhol Pop Art inspired picture

Everyone loves the iconic Pop Art image of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol, and with this easy to follow tutorial you can have your own Pop Art portrait, these pictures make great gifts for your friends or family or even yourself. They are fun and stylish and will brighten up any room in your house.

Final Image

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DesignerRamsey | July 14, 2011
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Designer on a Budget

Admittedly, designing graphics and websites are a fun job for me.  It’s more play and an artistic outlet than an actual grueling J-O-B.  Once upon a time I knew absolutely nothing about this craft.  I even had to call my ISP to find out how to check email (this was back in 1999.)

I was so enamored with the how-to’s of website building and design that I had to learn how to do it myself.  I remember so distinctly way back when I happened upon a group of “professional” designers.  I say this with my nose in the air along with my pinky finger raised as I lift my little cup for a sip.  (No offense to those who have gone to school and graduated as certified webmasters and graphic designers).  But back then I was naive, poor, filled with envy and had a huge desire to learn how to do it.

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