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Tutorials

How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect
In this tutorial we will be designing a cool retro text effect, which is growing more and more popular in today's design. Today you will learn how to use the...
Arik
14 Nov 2008
Design & Illustration
Design a Glossy Download Icon
The difficulty in designing web graphics is not so much in the actual execution of the design, but more in the planning of it. At the same time you want the...
Arik
17 Jun 2008
Design & Illustration
Super Fast – Speed Lighting Effect
Take an image of a fireworks display and turn it into an intense sensation of speed. Manipulate natural lighting to fill a motion filled scene. Use masks to...
Arik
8 May 2008
Design & Illustration
Design Soft Stylized 3D Type
The use of 3D type is an increasing trend in design today. Creating such type usually requires advanced 3D software. Yet, not all of us own such software,...
Arik
3 May 2008
Design & Illustration
How to Create a 3D Shelf Element Similar to Dragon Interactive
In the reader suggestions recently, I found a request to see how to produce the shelf interface on the incredibly cool Web site for Dragon Interactive, a Los...
Arik
26 Mar 2008
Design & Illustration
Quick and Effective Facial Photo Retouching
Whether it's for a friend, family member, or client, retouching images is very common these days. In this tutorial, I will lay down the basics of retouching...
Arik
4 Mar 2008
Design & Illustration
Creating a Vinyl Record in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will explain how to make a vinyl graphic. This tutorial will outline techniques to avoid choppy edges and create proper texturing and...
Arik
30 Nov 2007
Design & Illustration
Applying a Realistic Tattoo
There are lots of tutorials on the Web that claim to achieve a realistic tattoo effect. Usually these tutorials instruct the user to import an image they...
Arik
22 Oct 2007
Design & Illustration