This Illustrator design tutorial will discuss how to create a grunge, handdrawn-themed poster with a cassette tape (which we’ll draw) as its central subject. We’ll use the Pencil Tool to make organic vector objects and also patterns in Illustrator. We’ll also use the 3D Extrude & Bevel Effect and take advantage of opacity masks to make certain elements semitransparent.
It isn’t always necessary to use a 3D program to create 3D text — they’re expensive and overkill if you just occasionally use 3D elements. Adobe Illustrator is more than adequate in allowing us to create some 3D objects with some basic shading for our text. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to make some 3D text using Adobe Illustrator, and also discuss techniques of shading the text to give it a clean, consistent, and stylized look.
I grew up always wanting to be a spy like James Bond. Who doesn’t? It’s all about fast cars, beautiful women, cool gadgets, and the occasional martini — and getting shot at by a few hundred henchmen. This vector pack comes with 7 doodled vector objects (in one EPS file). To celebrate all that is awesome about being a “Double-O” spy, I’ve created these vectors for your designing pleasure. Use them to add some “international man of mystery”-ness to your designs. Spy away!
As the summer months (winter months, for our readers in the southern hemisphere) stare most of us in the face, it’s easy for our creativity to get lost in vacation mode. In this article, I’ll share some ways to keep your creativity fresh during these arguably laziness-inducing months.
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we will create — from scratch — an external hard drive that has a smooth, metallic finish. We’ll take advantage of a few fundamental tools in Photoshop such as shape tools, layer styles, and transform commands — combining them with easy and creative techniques to come up with a graphic that you can adapt into icons, infographics, and other design projects.
This graphic design tutorial will use Photoshop to create a design composition with an icy and dramatic look. This is somewhat of a tribute to one of the greatest competitors in sports, UFC’s Chuck Liddell, who recently had what may be his last fight after a long and illustrious career. We’ll cover a lot of handy tips, tricks, and shortcuts that you should be able to apply to any of your own designs.
Emotubbles is a new way to express your emotions. The word “Emotubbles” is the union of two words: Emotions and Bubbles. Express your emotions with the help of cute and tiny chat bubbles that express emotions! This icon pack comes with 16 distinct icons as 27×27px PNG files. The PSD file is included so that you can edit the icons to suit your requirements.
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