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Today we’re going to combine a few simple tools and techniques to produce an old and distressed blueprint effect in Adobe Photoshop. If you’re a bit of a whizz with 3D design software, this effect is ideal for creating cool technical drawings for your concept car, spaceship, or even character models. Export views of the front, side and top, and maybe even a wireframe view to combine into a cool presentation. Alternatively, you could also find some existing real life technical drawings, like my example of an F-16 fighter, or even create the effect from a photograph.
In today’s Photoshop tutorial we’re going to take a look at some handy illustration techniques that mimic the style of traditional tattoo flash graphics. Solid outlines, bold colours and a stipple shading effect are all key aesthetics of this style. I created the initial sketch of a panther on paper, which you can download to follow along with the rest of this guide in Adobe Photoshop.
So-called “Speed Lines” seem to have become a popular type effect recently. In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’ll show you how to add these fast movement lines to create a custom type effect using Illustrator’s various shape building tools. Along the way we’ll touch on a range of useful tips and techniques that are handy time savers to help take some of the tediousness out of the process.
In today’s video tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a vintage style marquee bulb letter sign in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll use Photoshop’s 3D feature to quickly build each letter with realistic depth and shading, then also add realistic surface materials and illuminated bulbs using photographs of real world objects. The result is a great looking effect you can use to add broadway style type to your designs.
In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial we’re going to play around with Illustrator’s type effects to build a vintage style logo design. Modern logo designs tend to be quite minimalist with a single icon graphic or wordmark, but this classic style is still popular when used for t-shirt designs or certain hipster brands.
I spent some time the other day experimenting with colorizing a black and white photograph. The image I worked on is a photo of my Grandad during WW2. The original has that washed out sepia look to it, as you would expect from a snapshot from the 1940s. But after scanning and processing it in Photoshop, it’s brought to life in full colour and much better contrast, which really helps you imagine the scene for real.
