Working Within Limitations to Achieve Great Designs
in Designing by Sean HodgeLike haiku poets, we can embrace limitations, and in so doing create beautiful designs. We can choose to understand the limitations of the mediums we work within. We can also impose artificial limitations, by placing structured restrictions on our work, in order to create unified successful designs. Let’s review some minimalist strategies for improving both: your design work and your bottom line.
Create a High Gloss Graduation Hat Icon Design
in Designing by Constantin PotoracPhotoshop is great to use for creating quality icon designs. In this tutorial I will teach you how to make a professional, shiny, clean graduation hat icon. The techniques in this tutorial will help you graduate to the next level in icon design.
Create Rainbow Logos with Warped Grids
in Designing by FabioThis tutorial is another user’s request. It’s an easy technique, but I’m sure you will be able to use it in all sorts of designs. It’s very versatile. In this case I used this technique for a logo, but I could use it to create grids with light effects as well.
Create a Cool Music Logo on a Grunge Background
in Designing by Kyle PeroI really like the artwork that is used in Pitchfork’s website; So, I decided to re-create something similar in Photoshop, and make a tutorial on how I did it. These techniques can be used to make a logo and background for a cool grunge style website.
Design a Shiny Photorealistic Apple Remote
in Designing by Constantin PotoracApple has so many beautiful products. Their product designs consistently attain a sought-after status; This distinguishes them as an innovative company. In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to make a shiny new apple remote.
Adding Flames and Effects to Make an Image with Impact
in Designing by Ben MerckxInstead of riding snow, this boarder is flying through flames. In this tutorial we’ll create fire and smoke without using any photos. You’ll learn how to combine both to create a flaming, dynamic image that jumps right at you. Continue Reading
Creating an Urban-Style Piece of Artwork
in Designing by MarkusWhile grunge has its origins in the 90’s, recently the style has been gaining in popularity once more. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a dirty, urban style image using both well known techniques as well as a few new ones. You will learn to easily extract complex shapes and we will also create our own grunge texture.
Quick Grungy Poster
in Designing by FabioIn this tutorial I will show you how to create a sort of grunge poster. We will learn how to make some elements look a bit dirty, create textures and add some depths to the elements using shadows and blend modes. Continue Reading
Create a Constructivist Inspired Poster
in Designing by Sean HodgeIn this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a poster design inspired by an art movement called Russian Constructivism. We will cut up some images and paste them together to create a stylized revolutionary design. We’ll then tie it all together by overlaying some texture to give it a vintage feel.
Create A Textured Tag For Your Website
in Designing by Sean HodgeIn this tutorial we are going to create a textured tag that you can use in your website designs. Adding textured elements to modern web designs is a current trend. Learn how to create your own texture and then apply it to your design element.
