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In: blogging
26 Jul 2011This post is like a quick tip, but it focuses on helpful Illustrator features. Did you know, if you have a Wacom tablet, you can flip the pen over and Illustrator will automatically switch to the Eraser tool. It’s a cool little feature that can make drawing in Illustrator a little more natural. Remember, you [...]
In: web resources
3 Feb 2011Like with any software, if you work in it for many years you develop certain habits and working methods. Sometimes because of this you tend to make the mistake to overlook, or simply neglect some of the new features, not realizing that certain actions can be done in less steps. To give you an example, [...]
In: photoshop
20 Dec 2010Final image This is the image we will be creating today. Its bleak and captive tones was inspired by the Designers Against Child Slavery Files Used All photos in this tutorial were taken by the author herself. Aside from the photo below: Girl Photo Step 1 – Start with the background layer We start off [...]
In: web resources
16 Nov 2010In this post we will take a drawn design, scan it and clean it up in Photoshop, then trace it using the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. Live Trace was introduced in Adobe Illustrator CS2 but is still a powerful tool available in Illustrator CS5. This process really gives an artist the freedom [...]
In: tutorial
29 Oct 2010Inspired by recently viewed Mirrors 2, I thought it might be fun to play with reflections to make some haunting imagery for the Halloween season. I found a fantastic series of stock photos from A Crazy Charade over at DeviantArt. I’ve packed up all the resources you’ll need to do this tutorial in this >zip [...]
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