Turn a Boring Bar Graph into a 3D Masterpiece (2)
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn to plot an accurate bar graph using Adobe Illustrator’s Graph Tool. We’ll also render the graph to give it additional visual appeal. Successful completion of this tutorial requires an intermediate knowledge of Illustrators tools. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Below is the final design we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join VECTORTUTS PLUS ...
Inking and Coloring the Comic Strip &8220;The Brads&8221; - VECTORTUTS (2)
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In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps of creating a comic strip using Illustrator’s Pen Tool, custom brushes and masking features. This is a fun tutorial that covers the process I use, while showcasing the comic strip I write called "The Brads." You can read the strip regularly on my blog. Final Image Preview Below is the final cartoon strip we’ll be working towards. Before starting you should have a pretty good idea of ...
New PS3 2.50 and PSP 5.00 Firmware Details Surface [Sony] (2)
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The official Playstation blog has dropped details of the upcoming PS3 2.50 firmware update, which finally includes an auto shut-down power saving feature for connected wireless controllers and the console itself. The update will also include a high-quality mode for the official Bluetooth headset, scene search stills during video playback, and a number of other enhancements. No release date, but PSP firmware 5.0 (the PSN store update) which is also detailed in the announcement is ...
Make a Steady Background Income from Selling Stock Work [How To] (7)
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Freelancer Collis Ta'eed makes about $200 each month from work she mostly did years ago and hasn't touched. From putting his (admittedly clumsy) illustrations up for sale on stock photo sites, she steadies her freelance income and makes better use of her time between projects: With the holiday season coming up, work usually slows down and it’s a good time to do some side work to build for the future. So that years down the ...
Draw A Realistic Vector Guitar in Inkscape (2)
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This tutorial will go over the techniques used to draw a realistic guitar from scratch using the free vector program Inkscape. To complete this tutorial, you should already have a basic knowledge of vector tools, such as: the Pen tool, Edit Path Nodes tools, and you should be familiar with the Fill and Stroke toolbox. Let’s get rockin’ vector style. Final Image Preview Have a look at the image we’ll be creating, or follow the ...
The DIY Quick-Draw Camera Strap That Puts All Other Straps to Shame [Cameras] (8)
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SLR Camera straps haven't changed much over the last, oh, century or so, which is surprising considering how awkward most of them are. Then came the R-Strap, a $44 strap that uses the tripod mount on the bottom of your camera instead of the rings on the sides, allowing for a comfortable over-the-shoulder sling paired with quick-draw action. Even better are these two how-tos, that show you how to make one yourself for just a ...
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Surprised that it took this long for someone to think of this.
Video of 'aluminum MacBook' surfaces (3)
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Filed under: Rumors, MacBook An often-blurry QuickTime spy video of what appears to be an aluminum MacBook enclosure is available now on apple.pro. (If the video link isn't working, try watching it on YouTube; there are stills available here.) The video is a series of close-up shots, none showing the thickness of the enclosure, nor the keyboard. The only features visible in the video are the new location for the power button, and a larger ...
TGS 08: Sackboy Solid Snake and Sephiroth to join LittleBigPlanet (4)
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Minutes ago on the Tokyo Game Show show floor, the Kratos and Nariko Sackboys/girls made a couple of new friends. Welcome Sackboy Solid Snake and Sackboy Sephiroth! I caught up to Media Molecule’s Alex Evans minutes before the announcement was made, and he talked about this dream collaboration: It all started with the Helghast thing. It was really funny because we were aware of a lot of possibilities of who we could work with. I ...
How to use Photoshop's Lens Blur tool for tilt-shift fakery (Part 1 of 2) - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (35)
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Filed under: Features, How-tos, Graphic Design We all know Photoshop is a powerful tool. In two tutorials, I'll take you through how to use Photoshop CS3's Lens Blur filter to do two things: today, we'll make images look like they were shot with a tilt-shift lens. Tomorrow, we'll create clipping masks for objects that aren't entirely in focus. Lens Blur gives the effect of a narrower depth of field, so some areas of your image ...
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I'm on a tilt shift bender these days. To do this properly takes a fair bit of work, but here is some help getting started.
Zeusbox Studio & blog (1)
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1. Wooden Texture 2. Wooden Class 3. Splashero 4. PaperBoard 5. Knight Rider 6. Black Pearl 7. Alu Curved 3D 8. Minimalia 9. Minii 10. Disco 11. IKEA HYLLA 12. Bapesta 13. Polished wood 14. TeleDock 15. NaMeless 16. Limelight 17. Steel 18. RTYR 19. Dashy Dock 20. FadeOut 21. StarCraft 2 22. Aele 23. Garden Dock 24. 2D HUD 25. EOS 26. WRZ 27. pdock 28. Lucidus Atra 29. Float Dock 30. EggShell
Designing a Typographic Concept Poster - PSDTUTS (5)
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In this tutorial I will take you through a few steps that will show you how I created a poster design. This illustration was created for a contest started by UPrinting Design over at You The Designer. I was one of the lucky winners. Also, because of the requests to write a tutorial on this design, I made some changes to it, and I decided to show you the design process behind this piece. Final ...
Spinal Tap Blu-ray Hits January; Game Lets You Create Your Own New Originals [Blu-Ray] (2)
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The upcoming This Is Spinal Tap Blu-ray is of course exciting to me. After all, it's been what, like seven years since I last hurled money at Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest and the rest of the lot for their well-deservedly best-selling DVD special edition. But while the Blu-ray will come with an intriguing-sounding game, this latest repackaging of the classic, due out January 20, 2009, could easily be dead on arrival, having choked on not ...
Lustre v.2 (1)
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Create a Swirly Type Treatment (1)
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In this Illustrator tutorial I will show you how to create a swirly type treatment. With a free font, some brushes, and gradients you can easily create this type treatment. Moreover, you can apply these techniques to other type treatments, logos, and illustrations as well. Final Image Below is the final type treatment we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? ...
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