Category: Tutorials

Create a Bulletin Board With Realistic Shadows, Part II –…

Create a Bulletin Board With Realistic Shadows, Part II – Basix

“Shadows and lights can make or break a composition. Bulletin boards (or corkboards) are popular types of graphics to use in web and print designs but often times they look unrealistic due to the way they are lit and shadowed. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a wooden texture and then how to create authentic-looking shadows and light using the still life objects that we will include on our board. Let’s continue this series (or jump over to Part I to get started), and place more elements on our board and finalize this design.”

Interview with Tony Soh
“To many in the vector community…

Interview with Tony Soh

“To many in the vector community Tony Soh needs little introduction. Tony runs an excellent vector blog called Vector Diary and is an all-around great illustrative designer. In addition to this, he also wrote the first tutorial for us here at Vectortuts+ and regularly contributes to various creative blogs and communities. Get some insider advice from Tony as he takes some time to chat with us about vectors, freelance and how to learn Illustrator in 30 days!”

Vivid Vectors

Vivid Vectors:

Check out this new collection of vectors by fet.

“Winner of the Vector competition on GraphicRiver, Fet is a talented vector artist with a portfolio of great illustrations not to be missed.”

This week’s featured item is vector parrot parakeet,…

This week’s featured item is vector parrot parakeet, graffiti by fet.

Create a Bulletin Board With Realistic Shadows, Part…

Create a Bulletin Board With Realistic Shadows, Part 1

“Shadows and lights can make or break a composition. Bulletin boards (or corkboards) are popular types of graphics to use in web and print designs, but oftentimes they look unrealistic due to the way they are lit and shadowed. In this two part tutorial series we will demonstrate how to create a wooden texture and then how to create authentic-looking shadows and light using the still life objects that we will include on our board. Let’s get started by creating our bulletin board and placing our first element.”

Clients from Hell

clientsfromhell:

Client: ”I want a flash on the tub saying 100% free.”

Me: “Err, you can’t say that. That means you’d have to give it away.”

Client: ”Look –  It’s twice the size, so you’re getting 100% free.”

Acc handler: ”No, you see if you say 100% free—”

Client: “--look, I haven’t got time to explain this to you, just put it on.”

Six Things I Think About When I’m Mutating a Rabbit
“Hi,…

Six Things I Think About When I’m Mutating a Rabbit

“Hi, I’m Chris and I’m addicted to creating bizarre characters. I’ve got a real soft spot for strange and surreal beasts, hybridized creatures, and mutated animals. Some people might call what I do “random,” but there’s actually a good deal of thought and sometimes even planning that goes into designing the characters that end up in my artwork. Let’s take a peek inside my twisted character design methodology.”

How to Create a Cubist Masterpiece in Illustrator
“Cubism…

How to Create a Cubist Masterpiece in Illustrator

“Cubism is one of the most outstanding movements in abstract art. Geometric shapes, vivid colors, simple figures, and textures are all distinctive features of this style. Let’s try to recreate the cubist painting in Illustrator inspired by works of Pablo Picasso – after learning some simple techniques you’ll be able to easily paint your own cubist composition.”

Featured Author

This week’s featured author is fet, who has uploaded 35 items and made 53 sales.

Check out fet’s portfolio.

End of CS 1 – It’s a Wrap

End of CS 1 – It’s a Wrap:

“This session has seen a mix of character illustration articles that cover theory, techniques, and in depth case studies. You’ve learned how to come up with character concepts, develop a character’s backstory, sketch character ideas like a pro, the process of taking that sketch to a final solution, and more. While this session has posted mostly on Vectortuts+, future sessions will post on other Tuts+ sites and across our network. We’ll continue to expand with each session we release.”

Tuesday Total Textures #16
“Tuesday Total Textures is post…

Tuesday Total Textures #16

“Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.”

Creating Personal Character Designs with…

Creating Personal Character Designs with Precision

“Designing a character can apply to both personal and professional projects. The character can be a mascot that works in the context of a multi-national brand, or it can simply be inspired by a well-known character within pop culture. The later is usually referred to as “Fan Art.” The character “Mickey Rat” first appeared in the early 1970’s as a subversive underground comic that I enjoyed as a kid. Many artists over the years have taken their own approach with the character, and this article goes over my creation of this vectorized vermin.”

Envato Community Podcast – Ep 1 – Get It Now!

Envato Community Podcast – Ep 1 – Get It Now!:

Hello Everybody,

Welcome to the launch of the Marketplace Community Podcast! We’re really excited to bring you the first episode of what we hope to be many in this series.

The Marketplace Community Podcast features all of the latest news from across the Marketplaces, direct from the Envato team. We’re starting to look at other ways we can reach out and connect with the greater community and we feel that this is a wonderful opportunity to do so. The show is co-hosted by Drew Douglass from Support and Jordan McNamara, the Support & Community Manager. We’re really, really excited to bring this to you and hope that you enjoy the podcast as much as we enjoyed making it for you.

Special thanks to Scott Wills, who edited this episode for us – his assistance has been invaluable and we are extremely appreciative of his time. Additionally we’d like to thank Jeffrey Way for being our fantastic first interviewee!

It’s worth noting that this episode is a pilot, depending on the reception and what you guys think of it we may or may not make more episodes, so please be sure to let us know if you enjoyed it! If we get a good response, we’ll go ahead and publish via iTunes next time and add all of the features you’ve come to expect from quality podcasts.

Create a Sleek and Stylish MP3 Player in Photoshop
“One of…

Create a Sleek and Stylish MP3 Player in Photoshop

“One of the best ways to learn how to create amazing interfaces it to practice by creating electronic devices in Photoshop. These days just about everyone has some kind of MP3 device to play music. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a sleek, stylish, and simple MP3 interface in Photoshop to play audio files for your Flash projects.”

“This is a photo manip I did for my Church, Crossbridge…

“This is a photo manip I did for my Church, Crossbridge Christian Church.”

SHIFT – Photoshop – Creattica