| Event Handing in ActionScript 3.0 |
Learn how to make your movie jump to life, whether it was by reacting to a mouse click, a keyboard stroke, or any event happening in Flash using the Event Handling system of AS3. Read More... |
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| 3D Transform a Colorful Cube Design |
A while ago Sean posted a very interesting article called 6 Techniques to Compose Your Work Using Repeating Shapes and Flexible Patterns. I carefully examined the articled and got inspired by a great artist named Guilherme Marconi. In this tutorial, you'll learn one way to create a design using repeating elements in a style inspired by him. Read More... |
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| Achieve HDR Style Effects Using Photoshop and the Lucis Art Filter |
Hey everybody! In this tutorial, I'll show you some great techniques to achieve HDR effects. There are a lot of different techniques out there, but I prefer to use this specific filter called LucisArt. Soon there will be a new and better release called Lucis Pro. Till then we'll use this one. You can buy it from their website or take the 30 days trial to test and see if you like it. Also, the filter is only available for Windows. The new Lucis Pro will also be available for MAC though. Read More... |
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| Create a Vector Style Illustration in Photoshop |
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create an illustration of a model. We'll be creating it in vector style, though using Photoshops Burn Tool to add some dimensionality to the illustration. By the end you'll have enough information and practice to create your own. Although, it doesn't require any special ability you should be proficient in the use of the Pen Tool. Drawing skills would also help, as well as a tablet, though it's not necessary. Read More... |
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| Rendering a Striking Matchbox in Photoshop |
This tutorial consists of creating a digital illustration in Photoshop of a box of matches. We'll be creating the matchbox cover design, the striker on the matchbox from a pattern, and placing the cardboard texture on the box. We'll also create the matches and align everything into a 3D perspective. Read More... |
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| Create a Wicked-Worn Vintage Pop Art Design |
Pop art is alive! As I'm a big fan of grunge style, I'll show you how to design a simple but nice vintage pop art piece with some wear and tear. This is a basic to intermediate tutorial, so you don't need to be a guru to work with this effect and get an awesome result! Read More... |
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| Photo-Manipulating an Image Into a Realistic Night Scene |
Today we're going to make an original photo-manipulation by using objects of only one image. We'll learn to use guides to make it ourselves more easy. I will teach you all how to create realistic lighting and the use of the right perspective. We'll also be changing the purpose of an object and using Adjustment Layers to finish it all up. What you do need is a basic knowledge of Photoshop and entire knowledge of the Pen Tool for this tutorial. Read More... |
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| Turning a Photo into Lichtenstein Style Pop Art with Illustrator |
Roy Lichtenstein's pop art comic book images are as familiar now as they were in the 1960's. They demonstrate a stylized way of presenting a photo of yourself or anything else you can think of. Using Illustrator's custom brushes and swatches, we'll be recreating a Lichtenstein style of effect in this intermediate level tutorial. Read More... |
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| 5 Ways to Customize Adobe Illustrator |
Adobe did such a great job of thinking of everything in the entire Creative Suite, they even thought of ways to let us think of our own ways to improve upon it, if you can follow this twisted logic. In this article, I'll share some Illustrator tweaks and customizations that you may find useful. Read More... |
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