Create a Cosmic XBOX using Custom Brushes

March 10th, 2010 Posted in Design, Techniques by Joe Moore

Space is one of the common environments used in design artworks.  It signifies futuristic, high-tech, unknown beauty, and provides an excellent canvas on which to design.  The contrast between light and dark is easily done against the void of space, and a variety of elements are available for design.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create some custom line brushes, and then apply them to a subject to create a cosmic design.  The line brushes, combined with some simple techniques in Photoshop, give the image a sense of motion and help bring the design together.

Hopefully you enjoy the tutorial, as always, we’re happy to take requests and we value your feedback!  Thanks for reading.

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Design a Tropical iPhone Advertisement

March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Design by Joe Moore

The Apple iPhone was one of the revolutionary devices of the new millennium.  Apple’s overall brand recovery and rebuilding process has been stunning, charging back onto the market after losing significant market share to Microsoft, IBM and other technology giants during the 1990’s.  Part of the reason for Apple’s success has been excellent advertising and branding.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design a tropical underwater iPhone advertisement, complete with clownfish, starfish, and bubbles.  You’ll learn how to isolate a variety of stock images, using custom brushes, extraction methods, and image manipulations.  You’ll also see how to visually compose an image for maximum effect.

Hopefully you enjoy the tutorial, and please, leave feedback so we can provide tutorials that you want to see.

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Design an Underwater Omega Code Poster

February 21st, 2010 Posted in 3D, Design by Joe Moore

Omega Code is a band that ran a massive design contest to create interest in their music, by allowing designers to use their unique triangle logo and compete to win the contest.  Many of the Omega Code posters are masterful works of art, and range from steampunk to retro space.  One style that wasn’t seen, however, was an underwater take on the Omega Code.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn step by step how to create a brilliant 3D shatter triangle effect, and then combine it with a background and familiar underwater elements to create a brilliant finished work.  From polygons in 3D Studio Max, bombs to shatter the geometry, and incredible underwater creatures added in Photoshop, you’ll learn everything you need to create your own digital artworks.

Let’s get started!

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Design a Brilliant Product Advertisement

February 10th, 2010 Posted in Design by Joe Moore

Advertising is one of the primary markets for graphic designers.  Companies around the world rely on the talented and creative minds of designers to create visually impactful and memorable product advertisements.  Advertising differs from other forms of design, as you often have to incorporate a product, a logo, a company image and other details to meet the client needs.  Therefore, being able to manipulate results to match the color scheme, subject matter and target market are essential skills for any designer.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn the steps and techniques involved in creating a brilliant product advertisement.  You’ll start with a stock image of an Adidas shoe, extract it from the background, then combine it with various photostocks to create a liquifying product advertisement.  You’ll learn how to build around a given product, and how to integrate branding into the design work.  Let’s get started!

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Create an Electrifying Light Guitar

February 4th, 2010 Posted in Design, Illustration by Paweł Kiec

Utilizing blending modes in Adobe Photoshop is one of the essential skills for any designer.  They not only allow manipulation and blending of images, they also can lead to spectacular visual effects in a design.  In this tutorial, Pawel Kiec will take you though the steps of extracting an image, creating a background, and then making an electrifying glowing guitar that resembles pure neon light.

You’ll learn how to manipulate blending modes to achieve color and light, and you’ll also learn how to extract images with the pen tool, and even create flowing lines in Illustrator to compliment the Photoshop work.

This tutorial is for intermediate and beginner Photoshop users.  After the two larger and expansive tutorials, this one is shorter and will allow you to create a brilliant result in a shorter timeframe, and you’ll still learn valuable skills.

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Create A Beautiful 3D Text Composition

January 27th, 2010 Posted in 3D, Design, Photomanipulation, Text Effects by Joe Moore

3D text effects are common elements in graphic design and advertising.  The extra depth dimension allows images to visually pop from the page, and provide excellent building blocks for development of an image.  A variety of tools can be used to create them, but creation of 3D text effects often requires significant time, patience, and knowledge.

In this tutorial, Joe Moore will teach you step by step how to render beautiful and visually sharp 3d text in 3D Studio Max, render it using Mental Ray, and then combine it with additional visual elements to create an atmospheric, nature inspired 3D text composition using Photoshop.  If you don’t have 3D Studio Max, fear not, for a beautiful PNG render is included so you can still follow the Photoshop section.

This tutorial is jam-packed with techniques, tips and tricks to improve your workflow and design skills.  Whether you’re a rookie designer looking to learn new techniques to use, or you’re a veteran designer just looking for tips on taking your images to the next level, you’ll find a ton of useful information here.

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