Tutorialsby Diego Sanchez
Back in the 60's, new artistic movement known as "Pop Art" emerged from various artists, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The aesthetics of this movement is still used today in various designs, though mostly digitally. So today, I will show you how you can replicate the aesthetics of Pop Ar...
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At some point you may faced the challenge to get your files ready to print on a printing company, and you may have noticed that there are a few instructions on how to setup your file to guarantee a perfect result. Making folding and cutting lines, converting text to curves and many more instructions...
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Adding glass reflections to an image to make it look like the picture was taken through a window is a very easy process if you use the right tools in Photoshop. Of course, there is more than a way to make this effect, but the one I will show you today will let you control how much of the reflection ...
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You probably saw a lot of images on the internet with a black moody color grading that are often used on Instagram and many different backgrounds and advertisings. That kind of image effect can be easily made in both Photoshop and Lightroom and can be used over any image. So today, I will show you a...
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In the latest Illustrator version, there are a few new and updated tools that will make your work easier than ever. Among those tools, there is a new one called "3D and Materials" - a new and improved version of the classic "Extrude and Bevel" tool (which is still available). It comes with a 3D pane...
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You probably saw a few backgrounds (on posters, books and magazine covers, etc) using topographic maps to make a design more appealing. Those kind of maps can be made by hand, scanned and cleaned or more easily made combining Photoshop and Illustrator capabilities. So today, I will show you a quick ...
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​Halftone is an effect you may have seen used to mimic newspaper or old magazines prints. Often made in Photoshop, this effect can be also made in Illustrator and having it as a vector element will allow you to scale it to any size without losing quality. So today, I will show you how easily you can...
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Although there are millions of textures available on the internet, sometimes you can have a hard time finding the texture you need for your design. Fortunately, most of the textures can be quickly made in Photoshop if you know which tools to use. So today, I will show you how easily you can make a b...
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In Illustrator, there are many different ways to make your own scatter, art, or pattern brushes as well many different brushes types. When it comes to making a rope brush, you can also choose how simple or complicated you want this rope to be. It can be a very simple one (with only fill or only stro...
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There are many different techniques in Photoshop to mimic a Heatmap. But many of these will take a long time due most of them using several curves, hue/saturation, and even lens blur adjustments. But today, I will show you a very simple way to mimic a heatmap in Photoshop that will take you less tha...
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Photoshop is probably your first choice when you think of giving an effect to a text; but there are times when making that same effect is easier and quicker in Illustrator, where you can make a wide range of effects that can be reused over any other text without having to make the whole effect again...
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In Photoshop, there are many different methods to make a sliced text effect. However, most of them require you to rasterize the text making it impossible to edit after you make the effect. But today, I will show you how easily you can make a sliced text effect in Photoshop while keeping the text ful...
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