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.

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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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