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Monthly Archives: October 2014

27 Oct

Project: Dripping Blood Text Effect in Photoshop

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As Halloween approaches, I wanted to create something unique, like a Halloween text effect with a twist (or a drip in this case). I enjoy creating custom textures from scratch using Photoshop, but recently I’ve started thinking about ways to...
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Animation, Articles, Projects Animation, Text Effect, Texture 4 Comments
20 Oct

Halloween Giveaway: Themed Photoshop Brush set

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For Halloween, I’m giving away six Photoshop brushes from my latest brush set. The link to download these is at the bottom of this page. You can also check out the entire set of Halloween Brushes over at Graphic River,...
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13 Oct

Speed Art: Custom Lego Text

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  Not to long ago, I developed a new technique for creating a lego-style text effect as seen in the image above. I recorded my process and, until now, never released it. Here is the speed art video: For the...
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Behind The Scenes, Tutorials Animation, Photoshop, Speed Art, Technique, Text Effect, Tutorials, Video Leave a comment
6 Oct

A Study of Shadows in Photoshop: Direct Shadows

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A quick way to make any scene appear more realistic in Photoshop is to add shadows. In fact, there are three major types of shadows that I consistently use in my artwork. They are what I refer to as the...
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