Source: http://design-muse.blogspot.com/2010/04/pet-food-packaging.html
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
5 websites to get Photoshop freebies regularly
Tired of searching like crazy for some useful freebies? A good way to avoid that is to follow websites or [...]
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Resources - Tweets of the Week (10.11.10 - 10.15.10)
This week's Tweets of the Week has some great business/freelancing info, some awesome inspiration, and even a couple random cool things. (Like some cool music, and a hilarious hipster joke :) )
Source: http://thinkdesignblog.com/resources-tweets-of-the-week-101110-101510.htm
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How to manually restore a corrupt table in PHPAdmin
Last week I logged into my Wordpress Admin and to my surprise, found that all of my site’s comments (12,000+) were missing. After some searching around, I narrowed down the problem to a corrupt wp-comments file. How the file became corrupt I do not know, but thankfully the comments are restored [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/10/10/how-to-manually-restore-a-corrupt-table-in-phpadmin/
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12 Logo Design Mistakes To Avoid
This was an article I originally wrote for the Sep / Oct 2010 edition of Layers Magazine, it has been republished here with permission. You can see pictures of the article in print at the bottom of this article or you can view the PDF here. The article is targeted towards designers, rather than business [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/08/24/logo-design-mistakes/
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Monday, November 29, 2010
How To Make Your Own Fonts
This is a guest article from Sonia Mansfield*.
So you want to be a Fontographer?boldly traversing a sea of letters, mapping new alphabets with naught but a pencil and mouse for companionship. Or maybe you simply have a vision for that special project, and you want the typeface to be [...]
So you want to be a Fontographer?boldly traversing a sea of letters, mapping new alphabets with naught but a pencil and mouse for companionship. Or maybe you simply have a vision for that special project, and you want the typeface to be [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/11/23/how-to-make-your-own-fonts/
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Free Halloween Icons for Your Spooky Designs
Another year has passed and Halloween is just a few weeks away. Spooky design resources are once again in demand and are sought after by designers everywhere. You may think that you have all the design tools you need to take part in this cool season. Well then, think again! We have searched the internet [...]
Source: http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/10/06/free-halloween-icons-for-your-spooky-designs/
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Book, TV & Blog Interviews
I’ve had a few interviews in the past couple of weeks, here are the links & a short summary of each. Take your pick.
Duane Kinsey, the owner of Logo Bird, recently interviewed me for his logo designer interview series. The interview is based around my recent job search experience as well as logo design & [...]
Duane Kinsey, the owner of Logo Bird, recently interviewed me for his logo designer interview series. The interview is based around my recent job search experience as well as logo design & [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/08/14/book-tv-blog-interviews/
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Interview With Bruno Borges
Bruno Borges has an extremely unique look to all of his illustrations; his portfolio is a barrage of color, retro imagery and a multitude of cool collages. This style comes from Bruno’s simplistic approach to design that we discuss in our interview, Bruno also gives some advice and insight into his art so please take a moment to review some of Bruno’s excellent work and insights.
Q Welcome to Psdtuts+, please introduce yourself. Could you tell us where you’re from and how you got started in the field?
Hi, my name is Bruno, graphic designer and illustrator based in S㯠Paulo, Brazil. I started doing Graphic Design in 2003.
Q Most of your illustrations contain a lot of retro imagery that you blend with your own style of colorful shapes and patterns, what exactly led you to create and stick with this specific style of design?
My collage work is really soaked by that retro imagery. It’s only because I like the way it can be revisited, reviewed and then matched to some current elements. I try and tell a whole new history. This kind of approach may stand out from the other stuff you’ll see in my work, but I don’t really stick to a specific style.
Q How does Photoshop factor into your design process? Do you do all of your work in it? And how important of a program is it to you?
It’s an amazing tool. Most designers use it at some point in their workflow but it shouldn’t be the only tool that you use.
Q You also seem to focus a lot on typographic illustrations, is there a difference in the way you approach a typographic piece apposed to a regular illustration? And if so, then why?
Typography has the power of delivering a complete message: verbal and visual. I love this possibility, when a message can hit you right in your face before you can react, or just pick you up from the ground, throw you into outer space and let you think about it. So, this kind of effectiveness affects the way you choose what is going to be said. I think that’s the difference.
Q “Mensageiro Do Vento” is a very creative and unique tribal esque illustration you created. Please tell us a little about the creation of the piece and a little history behind it if it has any.
The intention with that one was to make a mystical composition, but using familiar elements, South American ones. So it somehow looks like those hippie wind chimes that we hang on our verandas, but made out of feathers, a parrot’s eye in the center, a Brazilian landscape, quartz crystals, leaves, branches. And a native above everything acting as the sentry of it all. I know, sounds too stoned but I love that one.
Q What was the most important lesson you have learned since you started designing that might help the newer designers.
Try to have fun even when the job is annoying.
Q Where do you plan to take your designing career in the future? And what do you hope to accomplish in the next couple of years?
Just keep on learning everyday.
Q Thanks again for providing Psdtuts+ with this opportunity to interview you. Any final thoughts for our readers?
Thank you : )
Where to find Bruno on the Web
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30 Bizarre and Creative Packaging Design Examples
One of the things that identifies the image of a product is its packaging. Few elements like striking graphics, attractive colors, and unusual shapes are carefully thought of to come up with packaging design that catches the attention of the consumers. A packaging design is a critical component in marketing because it is the packaging [...]
Source: http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/11/01/30-bizarre-and-creative-packaging-design-examples/
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Tips For Negotiating Budgets
Liaising with potential clients is an art, especially when it comes to money. It takes a lot of practice to be able to gauge your client’s needs & budget (or lack of) and negotiate an outcome that both the client and yourself are satisfied with. Here are two tips that I’ve found extremely useful when [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/11/01/client-liason/
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Productivity tips for working at home
This is a guest article by Jennifer Moline* outlining some tips & ideas on how to set your self up for success when working at home.
Set Yourself Up to be Successful
You can set yourself up to be successful by knowing where you are weakest. If you are the weakest in being able to self-motivate [...]
Set Yourself Up to be Successful
You can set yourself up to be successful by knowing where you are weakest. If you are the weakest in being able to self-motivate [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/10/18/productivity-tips-for-working-at-home/
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Quick Tip: Create Liquid Filled Glass Text in Photoshop
Layer styles are a powerful tool in Photoshop that allow you to quickly create effects that you can then apply to additional objects. Today, we will demonstrate how to use layer styles to create a liquid filled text effect in Photoshop. Let’s get started!
Step 1
Start by creating a new document, 1500px by 1000px. Fill the Background with a Linear Gradient using the color #acacac as the Foreground color, and #e1e1e1 as the Background color. Start from the bottom of the file and go upwards.
Step 2
Now, type the text you want to apply the effect on, using the color #dbdbdb, the size 300px, and the font type is “Cooper Std”. Any bold font would be fine, just make sure it is bold.
Duplicate the text layer, and rename both layers as shown in the image below.
Step 3
Double click on the bottom layer (Psdtuts – bottom), and apply the following layer styles:
Step 4
Now, change the Fill value of the top layer (Psdtuts – top) to (0%), then double click on it, and apply the following layer styles:
Step 5
Using the “Rectangle Tool”, draw a rectangle shape that covers the lower half of the text, the color should be #aa4280. Make sure that the rectangle shape layer is between the two text layers (‘Psdtuts – bottom’ and ‘Psdtuts – top’).
Step 6
Select the “Add Anchor Point Tool”, and start adding points at the edges of the letters, where they intersect with the rectangle.
Step 7
Once you’re done, begin adding points in between the edges, these will determine the tops and bottoms of the liquid. After adding the points, use the “Direct Selection Tool” to select those points and move them up and down. You can also use the “Delete Anchor Point Tool” to remove any unwanted points. Continue modifying the points until you’re satisfied with the result.
Step 8
We are going to rasterize the rectangle shape layer, so make a duplicate of the shape layer, then Right Click on the copy, and choose “Rasterize Layer”.
Press the Cmd/Ctrl key, and while you’re still pressing it, Right Click on the icon of one of the text layers to create a selection, then, press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I to invert the selection, and hit Delete.
Step 9
Double click on the rasterized shape layer, and apply the following styles.
Step 10
Now we’re done, but you can still change the color of the fluid fill simply by adding a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer, and choose the color you like!
Final Image
This is the final result. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/psdtuts/~3/Xl9dQWZhcYc/
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Resources - Tweets of the Week (10.11.10 - 10.15.10)
This week's Tweets of the Week has some great business/freelancing info, some awesome inspiration, and even a couple random cool things. (Like some cool music, and a hilarious hipster joke :) )
Source: http://thinkdesignblog.com/resources-tweets-of-the-week-101110-101510.htm
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Resources - Tweets of the Week (10.25.10 - 10.29.10)
Happy Friday all! Hope the weather is as flippin' great by you as it is here! (If not, don't worry, we have unbearable summers ;) ) Today we've got some very cool freebies, some great business advice, and much more. Including a post about a couple of people making prints out of oil from the BP oil spill. VERY cool stuff.
Source: http://thinkdesignblog.com/resources-tweets-of-the-week-102510-102910.htm
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Creepy Halloween Photoshop Tutorials You Should Try
When Halloween approaches, most of us feel like creating horrific and terrifying designs to make the season even more spookier. We tend to look for ways to increase our sense of fright and to truly experience fear. Designing such artwork is easy if you have the acquired skills and tools to illustrate creepy designs. Scary [...]
Source: http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/10/19/creepy-halloween-photoshop-tutorials-you-should-try/
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5 gadgets to make the most out of your iPhone
You already are a happy iPhone owner, enjoying the smooth UI and great functionalities of Apple’s phone. Make your Apple [...]
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Designers, why do you do what you do?
This is a timely guest article by Jennifer Moline of PsPrint. – Jacob Cass
The depressing economy we?re in has me very interested in careers ? mainly, why we choose to do what we do. A creative career is often seen as a dream job ? one that allows you to get paid for doing what [...]
The depressing economy we?re in has me very interested in careers ? mainly, why we choose to do what we do. A creative career is often seen as a dream job ? one that allows you to get paid for doing what [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/07/22/why-designers-do-what-they-do/
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?Talk Story? Radio Show ? A chat with Jacob Cass
I’ve had the pleasure to chat to Jeni Herberger on her radio talk show ‘Talk Story’. We chatted for about an hour on a variety of topics (see below) in a very casual manner.
If you feel inclined to listen while working or whatever, simply head to the Jacob Cass bio page and click the Play [...]
If you feel inclined to listen while working or whatever, simply head to the Jacob Cass bio page and click the Play [...]
Source: http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/10/22/radio-chat-jacob-cass/
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Use Google Sketchup and Photoshop to Create 3D Typography
Photoshop is a powerful application on its own merits. Its power, however, can be significantly increased by using it in tandem with another application like Illustrator, Cinema 4D, or in this case, Google Sketchup. Today, we will create some cool 3D text using this free architectural application.
Step 1
Begin by downloading the free version of Google Sketchup here. When you first open Sketchup, you’ll be prompted with a dialog box asking what style to begin with. I have chosen the simple style, with blue sky and green ‘grass’ (this is completely your preference, it will have no effect on your final outcome). Open the main tool box by clicking View > Tool Palettes > Large Tool Set. There are a few tools we’ll make a lot of use of, so it’s helpful to familiarize yourself with their shortcuts. These are the same on Windows and Mac: select: (spacebar), push/pull: (p), offset: (f), orbit: (o), pan: (h), zoom: scroll up or down, or (z)
Step 2
We need to create a template for where we’re putting our buildings. We’ll do this by viewing everything from the top. To view from the top, go to Camera > Standard Views > Top. You should see the word "Top" in the upper left corner after you do this. You’ll want your red and green axes pretty close, so zoom in if necessary to get to a nice position (below). To grab the screen, use the pan tool (h) to help line everything up.
Step 3
Next, click on the 3D text tool and type in your text. Click on "Fonts" to change your font (thick stroked bolder fonts work best), and input a size of 10" or greater. Then click "Place"
Step 4
Now, click where you’d like to put your text on your canvas. If you want to move it after you place it, make sure it’s selected (spacebar) + click, then click the move tool (m) and drag to the new location. If you’d like to make your text bigger, make sure it’s selected (spacebar) + click, then click the scale tool (s), grab a green node (a corner one to scale proportionally, they’ll turn red once selected), and drag until you’re happy.
Step 5
Now we need to put this on a separate layer. Unfortunately, this is a multi-step task, but a very easy one. We need to start by opening our layers palette. Go to Window > Layers. Once the layers palette is open, click the little "+" sign in the top left corner and name the new layer.
Step 6
Next, with your selection tool (spacebar), right click on your text and choose "Entity Info." A small dialog box will appear with a layer drop down menu. From this menu, choose the new layer you just named in Step 5.
Step 7
Your text has been officially moved. Feel free to close your "Entity Info" box, and if you wish, you can check to make sure you put your text on the new layer by unclicking the little checkbox under "Visible" in your layers palette. To be sure we put everything else on a different layer, make sure the radial button in the layers palette near "Layer 0" is highlighted (the same as the image above). Now, time to get to business!
Step 8
Select your rectangle tool (r), and zoom in nice and close to your first letter. Begin drawing squares and rectangles to fill up your first letter. If you make a mistake, don’t worry. Cmd/Ctrl + Z will undo multiple steps in the history. You can also select any rectangle and just hit your backspace or delete key to get rid of it. Try your best each time you draw a new rectangle to share an edge with the previous one so there are no gaps between your rectangles. Don’t forget you can make your template text visible and invisible as you go to see your progress (in your layers palette, checkbox under "Visible"). Use the pan tool (h) to grab the screen and move to the next letter. Do this for all of your letters.
TIP: If you get a blue-ish/purple-ish square in there and it’s bugging you, just right click and select “Reverse Faces” to change it to white.
Step 9
Viola! All rectangled out! Go to your layers palette and make your template text invisible by unchecking the "Visible" box beside it. Fill in any gaps you might have missed or delete any excess. Now it’s time to texture. Go to Window > Materials to open the materials palette.
Step 10
In your materials palette, choose "Brick and Cladding" from the drop down menu, then click on the material you’d like to use for your buildings.
Step 11
With your selection tool (spacebar) rubber band to select the area you’d like to texture with your chosen material.
Step 12
Next, grab your paint bucket tool (b) and click on any of the squares that are selected. The entire selection will now be textured. If you are unhappy with the size of the texture, rubber band select all of your letters, then use the scale tool (s), grab a corner green node (to scale proportionally), and resize until you are happy with the size of the texture within your squares.
Step 13
Texture the rest of your squares. You can also texture each square individually, if you’d like to put a mixture of different textures together.
Step 14
Now for the fun part! Grab your orbit tool (o) and orbit to an angle similar to the one below.
Step 15
Next, grab your push/pull tool (p) and place it over one of your squares until it highlights. Click, then drag upwards until you are happy with the height. Click to deselect. Move to the next square and repeat the process.
TIP: When you pull next to a previously pulled segment and you attempt to pull higher than it, you’ll receive an "Offset limitied to" red box (below). To continue pulling, click to end the segment, then click again to raise it higher.
Step 16
Keep pulling until you’re happy with your mini city of letters. Use your orbit tool (o), pan tool (h), and zoom to scroll up and down, or (z), to navigate through and around all of your letters.
Step 17
Once you have all of your letters pulled, it’s time to change up a few roofs to add a little visual interest and detail. We’ll do this by using the offset tool (f). Zoom in closely to your first letter, grab your offset tool, and get close to the edge of the roof you would like to adjust. Once on the edge, click and move the offset tool inward, towards the center of the top of the building. You’ll notice new edges, forming what looks like a border. Release the tool by unclicking when you are satisfied by the width.
Step 18
Now, grab your push/pull tool (p) and once the center of the newly formed border is highlighted in blue, push downward to create a rooftop. Repeat these steps to random building tops on all of your letters.
Step 19
Time to add some shadows! To add shadows, go to View > Shadows. Orbit around to get an idea of the angle you’ll want for your final composition. Not the look of the shadows for the time of year you want? No need to worry – that’s what the Shadows Palette is for. To open it, go to Window > Shadows. Once opened, input the precise date and time, or use the sliders to preview your shadows.
Step 20
Now we need to get this ready for export. To make things look a little more finalized, we’ll need to hide our axes and edges. To do this, go to View > Axes and uncheck it. To uncheck your edges go to View > Edge Style > Edges.
Step 21
That looks better. Get your text positioned exactly how you want it to look, making sure the entire piece fits on your screen. When you’re satisfied, go to File > Export > 2D Graphic. A dialog box shows up, and you have 3 options to choose from: jpeg, png, and tiff files. I’ve selected a tiff file. If you click "Options…" a second box shows up where you can specify exact dimensions and resolution, as well as rendering options. I’ve chosen the settings below for mine. The width and height are the default screen size, which is why making sure your entire piece fits on your screen is important. For whatever reason, even if you put in a resolution other than 72ppi, it will still open as 72ppi. Luckily, it’ll be large enough where you can adjust it in Photoshop when you scale it down. When you’re ready, Export away. Time to take it into Photoshop!
Step 22
Now that we’re in Photoshop, open your 2D graphic file from where you saved it. Next, let’s get our canvas a little easier to work with. To change the canvas size, go to Image > Canvas Size and add a bit more height, then crop (c) at the resolution you prefer (mine’s at 150ppi). Name your layer Original.
Step 23
Let’s take care of those horrible green shadows. Select them using your magic wand tool (w) and shift-click to add each additional piece. Now that they’re all selected, go to Select > Modify > Expand. Input 1px and hit Ok.
Step 24
Now hit Delete or Backspace to remove the green shadows from the original image. Keeping your selection, create a new layer and call it Main Shadows. Make your background color black, then hit Cmd/Ctrl + Backspace to fill the selection with black. Set this layer’s opacity to 40%.
Step 25
Now we need to bring in a background. I’ve used a grass texture which you can get here. Place the image in a layer below Original and name it Grass.
Step 26
It’s pretty obvious our grass needs some darkening up here. Create another layer right on top of it, fill it with black, and name it Dark. Set this layer’s opacity to 35%.
Step 27
Following the direction of the shadows off of the text, and to make the focal point more concentrated on the text, create a new layer above Dark. Create additional shading to the grass just above the text using a large soft brush. Name this layer Extra Dark and set the opacity to 25%.
Step 28
To get the grass following the same perspective as our letters, we need to distort it. Cmd/Ctrl + T to free transform your grass, right click, and choose Distort. Grab the corner nodes to follow the angles of the first and last letters for each side.
Step 29
Now to juice up these letters! Cmd/Ctrl-click the Original’s layer thumbnail to select its content. Create a brightness and contrast adjustment layer, setting brightness to -31, and contrast to 100.
Step 30
Now we need to add a couple of layer styles to the Original layer. Double click the layer, and check Drop Shadow. Add the settings below. I’ve turned off global light and chosen an angle to make the drop shadow match the Original’s shadows, so choose an angle for your own that will best match up with yours.
Step 31
Next, check Inner Shadow. We’re just going to add a very, very subtle shadow that will be apparent on the bottom edges of all the letters just to give it a little extra depth. Add the settings below, but adjust the angle for your own piece to match that bottom edge.
Step 32
Next, crop your image for your final composition or look.
Conclusion
Create a new layer at the very top and with a soft brush, lightly shade the outer edges and corners for a final touch. Google Sketchup is a great alternative to the Repousse tool, especially if you don’t have CS5, and there are plenty of video tutorials on Youtube for learning new features. Thanks for reading!
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/psdtuts/~3/OoyEwATZhvY/
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