Hello everyone and Happy Easter! For today I have prepared another tutorial on how to create your own brush. This time it is about creating fractal Photoshop brushes. I am sure many of you will like this kind of graphics: But, if you are a beginner you probably assume that it’s extremely difficult, first, create […]
What makes the Photoshop brushes great tool for beginners too?
The story about Photoshop brushes has some controversy in it. On one hand, many people, even experienced Photoshop users, don’t really use this feature very often. Maybe because it was pretty limited before and not so widely known among early Photoshop adopters. On the other hand, beginners know even less about it as it sounds […]
Winter scene, Photoshop tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to create, fast and simple, but effective, winter scene in Photoshop. Use it for your own postcard, greeting card or scrapbook page. 1. Create a new document 6”x4” and color the background using Linear Gradient Tool with light blue (cyan) to white like this: 2. To make hills landscape […]
How to Install and Use Brushes in Photoshop (basics+video)
During the last few days I received a number of questions on installation and usage of the Photoshop brushes. So, here is a short tutorial on installation and usage 🙂 Please note: This tutorial is made on a PC. Since all Photoshop Brushes are Mac compatible, the procedure to install them onto Mac is similar. […]
Tutorial: How to draw a banner (scroll) in Illustrator
Wrapping scrolls around illustrations or images are quite popular designers little trick these days. I’ll show you how to draw a scroll “easy way”. Step 1Assuming that you know how the scroll (banner) looks like, draw just one half of it (start left or right from the center). I am using the Wacom tablet and […]
Tutorial: How to create a shiny Web 2.0 button in Illustrator
Easy 🙂 A few days back I was playing with Photoshop creating crumpled paper with torn edges and today it’s Illustrator time! First, draw a circle (using Shift tab) and fill it with radial gradient like this: Now, copy that circle, paste it on the top of the first one and make it smaller. Rotate […]
How to make a crumpled paper with torn edges in Photoshop – cool ad example
Now, this is one cool Ad!First read the content of the ad and then I’ll show you the links that will help you how to do this. ************************************************************************ UNCONTROLLABLE BODY SHAKER You can shake uncontrollably (and irresponsibly) each time the phone rings! With this little implant in your head, you will experience the indescribable pleasure […]
Cover page layout for the Vampire’s Health magazine
And now something completely different! Following the rumors on more and more people claiming to be Vampires, I decided to start a magazine “Vampire’s health”, or at least design a cover page in case anyone ever decides to make a magazine for that particular “type” of people. So, since I took the time and effort […]
Tutorial: Simple web shop icon
Let me show you how I created a simple web shop icon (shop trolley). In Illustrator (or similar vector software) make a simplified shop trolley “L” shape (the handle + basis). Now, we will select the basis line and copy it two more times to get something similar to E shape where the left vertical […]
