Category: Tutorials
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Stained Glass Illustration
I was asked to take this pencil illustration (see art here) and create a graphic for a poster that will advertise a newly written opera. I’m not much of an illustrator myself but I at least had the pencil sketch from the client to work off of. I used Adobe Illustrator to outline and ink…
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Tutorial on making a thought bubble, new card design & and a puppy
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] I recently took pictures of an adorable Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy and some of the photos have been accepted at Shutterstock. This one of of the sad puppy pose in particular I am making into a greeting card for when you are missing someone. The front of the card shows her as a sad little…
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Animated graphic for a newsletter created in photoshop
Tis the season to make little holiday graphics so I thought I would share how to make a little animated graphic you might embed in an email to encourage someone to click it. Below is several I put together along with how to create one in photoshop. These were to encourage viewers to click through…
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How to clip a section in a flip book
I’ve been a fan of ISSUU for a pretty long time. Besides the fact it sounds like you are sneezing when you say their name it’s a pretty easy and relatively low cost option for embedding printed documents in your website and adding some interactivity. Sometimes you just have to present information exactly as it…
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Design process for building an interactive map
This isn’t really a tutorial of how to create an interactive map as this blog post would be way too long and too complex. It’s more about the process of taking various resources and putting them together to create something. As I write this post this map is a work in progress. View Demo The…
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Flag wrapped gun with displace filter
Ok so this is not my usual cute little fluffy kitten or flowers photo. I assure you there are more of those to come! For now the pressing issue of the day seems to be guns and violence. Not making a stand either way on that issue but as a graphic designer you have to…
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Lady bug revisited
Sometime ago I wrote a post on how to draw a cute little ladybug. I was pleased when I found out someone a halfway around the world in Australia was trying it out. Anthony Cerra emailed me to show me his creation that I thought was just too adorable not to post! If you want…