Design Tutorials: 2007

Saturday, November 10, 2007

How to create Chrome Material

Posted by JakF at 7:41 AM

The Florence Design Academy has written a new tutorial which explains how to create chrome material in 3ds max

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Secrets of Swimsuit Babe

Posted by JakF at 7:39 AM

Making an attractive woman is always a goal for most CG enthusiasts and here are the secrets

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Glow Effects

Posted by JakF at 7:34 AM

Today we are going to practice some amazing glow effects, in combination with some PS standard filters.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Music dreamer effects Photoshop tutorial

Posted by JakF at 7:26 AM

Find the right Urban Vibe Illustration in this tutorial. Pure Street Style!

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Friday, November 9, 2007

Marquee Tool Effect in Photoshop

Posted by JakF at 7:19 AM

In this tutorial, you will learn an effect using the marquee tool. This is a popular effect used in almost every magazine and splash page. You will learn to use it effectively and be confident to apply this to your own digital photography.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Glossy 2.0 Web Badges and Buttons

Posted by JakF at 7:16 AM

The 3D badges are everywhere! Yes, it is the latest trend on those Web 2.0 web designs. These are the star-shaped labels that you see stuck on web pages, alerting you to something important. Well, it’s pretty cool to add it in to your website design. So why not start doing one now!

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Burning Halo

Posted by JakF at 7:08 AM

Burning Halo, a tag by Mania, one of the greatest signature artists on the web.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Jonah Tag

Posted by JakF at 7:05 AM

Learn how to make an anime signature, with tips of lighting and coloring.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Feburary 13th

Posted by JakF at 7:01 AM

Teaches techniques such as clipping masks and lighting.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Abstract Tags

Posted by JakF at 7:01 AM

Teaches coloring and how to work with abstract renders.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Purple Goo

Posted by JakF at 6:23 AM

A tutorial on how to make a purple sprite signature. Learn how to make effects and basics of signature making.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Bump The Music

Posted by JakF at 6:21 AM

Extremely detailed.
Some Photoshop experience needed.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Make Your Own Grunge Brushes

Posted by JakF at 6:17 AM

This Photoshop tutorial walks you through the process of making custom brushes. I've used grunge for my example, but you could make any kind of brush with this same method.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Add Focus To Your Photo And Grab Attention

Posted by JakF at 6:12 AM

This Photoshop video tutorial will show you how to take a photo that has great potential and turn it into one that will stop people dead in their tracks and have them gazing at the photo.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Beautiful Rainbow Island Wallpaper

Posted by JakF at 6:07 AM

Using some brushes and techniques to create a beautiful rainbow island wallpaper

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Business webdesign

Posted by JakF at 5:40 AM

A tutorial to design an impressive business layout with computer desks on the background

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Sunlight Shining Through The Trees

Posted by JakF at 5:35 AM

Learn how easy it is to create realistic beams of sunlight shining through the trees in a photo, then finish off the effect with patches of sunlight hitting the ground below.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Apocalypse

Posted by JakF at 5:30 AM

The Beginning: Any digital composition or matte painting have a idea, concept and source, this source is as usual photo or picture. My main Idea is a turning view frome window into a destroyed future reflection of itself.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Web 2.0 Portfolio Layout

Posted by JakF at 5:25 AM

Create a portfolio layout with a nice web 2.0 look.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Awesome Nelly Furtado model effect Photoshop tutorial

Posted by JakF at 5:23 AM

Learn how to use some brushes and techniques to make a beautiful effect for Nelly Furtado model photo

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Design a Glossy Vertical Navigation Menu

Posted by JakF at 5:21 AM

In this quick and easy tutorial, design a glossy vertical menu for your custom templates.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Assassin’s Creed Header Design

Posted by JakF at 5:13 AM

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a website header based on the game Assasin's Creed.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Alien Mascot

Posted by JakF at 5:11 AM

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll go through the steps of creating an Alien Mascot using circles and layer styles.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Sleek Header Design in Photoshop

Posted by JakF at 4:59 AM

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll go through the steps of creating
a professional sleek header. Perfect for gaming type websites.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Layer Mask in Illustrator

Posted by JakF at 4:57 AM

How to make a "Layer Mask" in Illustrator. It's not the same as a Clipping Mask, and it gives you more freedom with editing without ungrouping.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

3D Vintage Stars

Posted by JakF at 4:54 AM

Making 3D Vintage Stars without filters or effects (end result).

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Scaling Strokes and Effects

Posted by JakF at 4:51 AM

This simple setting will save you a lot of time and headache once you master it.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

One Gradient Across Multiple Shapes

Posted by JakF at 4:50 AM

The key is to use a compund path instead of a group.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Trendy lipstick

Posted by JakF at 4:46 AM

We will box-model a good-looking, trendy lipstick.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Interior Scenes Part 1 Composition-Camera Placement

Posted by JakF at 4:39 AM

There are many rules of thumb when it comes to camera composition, this tutorial will focus on the Rule of Thirds and a few other helpful tricks in 3dsmax for architectural interior design.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Creating glass bottle in 3Ds Max - Tutorial for beginners

Posted by JakF at 4:38 AM

Glass can be a pretty difficult material to make photorealistically in 3Ds Max, but once you have got the hang of it, it becomes easy to create some amazing scenes. Here’s how to do it. Follow the steps shown below... Creating glass bottle in 3Ds Max - Tutorial for beginners tutorial

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Realistc tablecloth on round table

Posted by JakF at 4:22 AM

We will create a basic table on top of which we will put a nice, realistic tablecloth, created with the help of Garment and Cloth modifiers.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Using White Balance to Avoid Overexposure

Posted by JakF at 4:46 AM

White balance settings can make a big difference in your digital photo results, learn how to make sure that the white in your photos is not overexposed.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Learn How To Create The Sky

Posted by JakF at 4:37 AM

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a sky for your images.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Learn How To Create Fire

Posted by JakF at 4:29 AM

Learn how to create fire from nothing, just like the cavemen used to!

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Create An Electric Liquid Effect

Posted by JakF at 4:23 AM

Learn how to create a weird effect in a few simple steps.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

The Making of - It Comes a Time of Death

Posted by JakF at 12:41 AM

he author shows you how to proceeded with the creation, modeling, texturing and composition through this wonderful work.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

The Making of Al Pacino Sculpt

Posted by JakF at 12:36 AM

My modeling process is simple. I start by creating a plane in the top lip, and keep extruding edges, maintaining shapes in both side and front angles, also looking at it from the perspective.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

The Making of "Rreturn of the light"

Posted by JakF at 12:27 AM

The biggest "making of" of 3dm3 history! Just amazing full tutorial about how to create high technically and impressive artwork.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Monday, November 5, 2007

The Making of Salad

Posted by JakF at 11:45 PM

"Salad" is a computer generated image created in November 20 06. It is a tribute to the fantastic artist H.R. Giger and the classical painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Friday, November 2, 2007

The making of a lake building

Posted by JakF at 1:24 AM

In this detailed tutorial I will show you how I blended two buildings together for a contest. You will learn about blending, reflections, shadows, color matching, perspective, distortion and much more.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Advanced Interfaces

Posted by JakF at 1:18 AM

Create advanced interfaces in photoshop using simple techniques.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Lens Filters and Their Photo Effects

Posted by JakF at 1:16 AM

Learn how each kind of lens filter works and how they can assist you in capturing vibrant, well-exposed photos; includes information on ultraviolet, infrared, natural density, polarized, and optical filters.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Professional Logo Design

Posted by JakF at 1:14 AM

Learn how to create a professional logo using Adobe Photoshop.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Add Focus And Interest To A Photo With A Light Source Cast From A Window

Posted by JakF at 1:12 AM

Give an ordinary photo a more focused and dramatic look to it by creating a light source that appears to be shining through a window onto your main subject.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

How to make realistic theather curtains

Posted by JakF at 1:08 AM

Make theather curtains from scratch in a 11 simple steps.

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

Wedding layout

Posted by JakF at 1:03 AM

Create a detailed wedding layout with this step-by-step tutorial

VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

5 Situations When Manual Focus is Better than Auto Focus

Posted by JakF at 1:00 AM

Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots - however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects and manual). It’s no wonder then that many photographers never make use of their camera and lens’ ability to focus manually. In fact this week I spoke with one DSLR owner recently who hadn’t even noticed the manual/auto focus switch on the side of his lens. Image by dsevilla When is Manual Focus Better than...