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Illustrator Quick Tip: Using the Blend Tool to Create Repeating Patterns

5 Awesome Techniques for Using Textures in Your Designs

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

At some point in my design career I came to a realization that I can add incredible depth to my art by applying elements from the real world through scans and digital photos. Perhaps the greatest use of "real-world" elements is through the use of textures. We offer a ton of great textures here at We...

Illustrator Quick Tip: Working With Grunge Splatters as Symbols

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

If you're used to creating grungy splatters in Photoshop because you're not familiar with the flexibility of vector symbols in Illustrator, this article may change your workflow dramatically. Not only are symbols incredibly flexible they can also reduce the file size dramatically over using standard...

Create an Exploding Light Text Effect in Photoshop

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

In this tutorial I wanted to take a look at a couple of techniques for an exploding text effect. I knew going into this tutorial that I wanted a thick heavy font with portions that are corroding and breaking apart with various explosions, and I want some dramatic lighting to punch it up a bit. ...

Illustrator Quick Tip: Creating a Color Spirograph

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

Using the Rotate Tool in Illustrator you can create some awesome radial designs. Today we're going to look at using the tool to create a color spirograph. Spirographs are always elegant and impressive, and creating them is quite simple with just one tool in Illustrator and a little bit of simple mat...

Painting with Fire Using Photoshop's Liquify Filter

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

Recently I was searching for a way to shape flames and change the direction of fire in a Photoshop composition. After a little experimentation, I discovered that Photoshop's Liquify Filter handles the task brilliantly. Below is the method I used to essentially paint with fire and change the directio...

How to Create a Vintage Circus Poster with the Photoshop Puppet Warp Tool

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

I've marveled at the Puppet Warp Tool in Photoshop for quite some time, but I've never actually used it. Not that I didn't understand how, it was just that I never had the need. So I decided to sit down and create a concept that would utilize this tool in a cool way, that would be fun and interestin...

How to Create Incredible Photoshop Brushes from Hand-Made Art

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

There is a huge collection of great Photoshop brushes here at WeGraphics. But what some don't realize is that most all of our brushes are created by hand and then scanned and converted to brush sets. There are simply no Photoshop filters to reproduce what you can do by hand with brushes and paper. B...

Creating Dynamic Video Game Cover Art in Adobe Photoshop

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

In this tutorial we're going to explore how to recreate an awesome video cover art with just a couple of photos and a single Photoshop brush set. The intent of this tutorial is to show you how what looks like a complex design can really be very simple when deconstructed. Let's dig in. Below is...

How to Create a Cold Snowy Winter Scene in Photoshop

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

As we're approaching the end of the hottest summer and worst drought in recorded history here in Texas, I decided a nice cold winter scene tutorial was in order. In this tutorial I'm going to walk you through my process and the techniques I used to create this nice cold winter portrait. Preview ...

Photoshop Quick Tip: Changing Brush Settings On The Fly

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

When designing in Photoshop every little tip and trick to reduce your amount of clicks can add up to better workflow and more time saved. That's exactly why I find this next tip to be an invaluable asset to my daily production. When working with brushes and the brush palette I find myself going bac...

Illustrator Quick Tip: Selecting Behind a Shape

Tutorialsby Nathan Brown

Sometimes there are little things I do in illustrator that I just accept and do without seeking out an alternative (better) solution. For example, in the past I would always lock top objects in order to select and move objects underneath. Last week I discovered a much easier way to select objects be...

Create a Dramatic Western Style Movie Poster in Photoshop

Tutorialsby Conor O'Driscoll

Movie posters are always a lot of fun to design, and there are a number of things you have to take into consideration - The graphic, the typography, overall mood, and so much more. In this tutorial, we?ll have a look at making this awesome Western movie poster, and hopefully learn a whole load of Ph...

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