Design Tutorial 6 –...
For my sixth tutorial, I wanted to work on some vector character concepts. Like characters you would see in comics or video games. While checking out vectorized character tutorials, I stumbled across this gem. I really liked the finished product so wanted to give it a try. Holy crap, I had no clue how much effort and detail is put into making these characters. Granite I’m still perfecting the tools in Illustrator, so a...
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Design Tutorial 5 –...
For my fifth design tutorial, I wanted to work on some new text effects. I stumbled across this really cool tutorial showing how to make an asteroid entering the atmosphere effect. Now to figure out what text to use. I came up with the name for our umbrella company for the Plantilicious website, “Twizted Designers”, so I wanted to play around with some text effects on “Twizted”. I didn’t even...
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Design Tutorial 4 –...
For my fourth design tutorial, I wanted to work on some fun gradient effects while getting used to more of the tools that Photoshop has to offer. I stumbled across this really cool tutorial showing how to make an Aurora Borealis light show, similar to one you would see in Alaska. I couldn’t resist . First, I wanted to find a nice mountain scape to trace for the silhouette. I tried to find one from my personal...
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Design Tutorial 3 –...
For my third tutorial, I wanted to do a logo in illustrator. My friend and I are starting up a grow journal site called Plantilicious, so I figured it was the perfect candidate to start exploring logo designs. Given the nature of the site, I wanted our logo to be a plant growing out of the ground. I know, pretty ambitious for myself and I honestly didn’t know if I’d even be able to do it. Then while googling cool...
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