Archive : 3D

Create a Festive Ornamental Christmas Text Effect

Create a Festive Ornamental Christmas Text Effect

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Christmas offers a plethora of fun design possibilities, with ornaments, stockings, candy canes, reindeer, lights, trees and other items playing signature roles in decoration for the season.  One of the most requested

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Create a CMYK 3D Text Effect in Photoshop and 3D Studio Max

Create a CMYK 3D Text Effect in Photoshop and 3D Studio Max

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3D Text effects are highly popular, and we’ve published a few tutorials on them before.  There are almost endless possibilities, with glossy or reflective 3D text, or grungy, dark text, or intricate

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Create a Cosmic Space Girl 3D Photo Illustration

Create a Cosmic Space Girl 3D Photo Illustration

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In this tutorial, we’ll be putting together a variety of techniques from previous tutorials, including a 3D wireframe from our Liquid Explosion artwork tutorial, custom brushes from our Wild Effects with Custom

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Create a Pulsar Star Inspired Digital Abstract Artwork

Create a Pulsar Star Inspired Digital Abstract Artwork

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Combining abstract 3D elements with lighting effects is a great way to achieve great visual effects.  Several major art groups have released entire exhibitions on using similar techniques, using 3D Studio Max

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Colorful Candy 3D Text Effect in Photoshop and 3D Studio Max Tutorial

Colorful Candy 3D Text Effect in Photoshop and 3D Studio Max Tutorial

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Text effects are a common way to spice up typography for graphic design.  Instead of using a plain font with a solid color, a text effect can create a visual impactful design

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Create a Dramatic Urban Raining Composition with 3D Elements

Create a Dramatic Urban Raining Composition with 3D Elements

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Urban scenes can be used to create dramatic works of digital art.  The grunge feel of graffiti, concrete and the darker textures can result in great environments for a design or artwork. 

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