Retro designs in the vehicle industry
People love to bring up the past. This is why we have retro designs. Once you stop getting sick of something, you start to miss it (for the most part). This happens with graphic/web design, and it also happens with car design and other kinds of design. This has started to happen a lot more recently than in the past with car designs. This is probably because there were some really good cars that came and went that are missed.
We are going to look at some older cars compared to their newer concept remake, and the see how the vehicle has changed when the car actually goes into production. Also we will show you concept cars that are designed from older versions of vehicles as well as the concept versions of production cars. Enjoy!
Old to New to Production
Dodge Charger
1969 Dodge Charger (production)
Into the Light
In this tutorial we will be creating a boy walking into a glowing doorway. This is a really simple way to get a great looking light effect. Enjoy! continue…
A List of Photoshop Shortcuts Every Designer should Know
Being a good designer is more than just pumping out something that looks nice, you also have to be quick about it. Learning your shortcuts is the best way to be quick in Photoshop, or any other program for that matter and is essential for you to be good designer. It’s not a guarantee that you will be a good designer, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Below, I have listed some important short cut, key commands that every designer should know. The top one is the Mac version, and the bottom one is the PC version. These will help you with the basic functions, as well as functions that designers use on a daily basis. Lets check them out.
General Commands
Flickr Feature: Rob Dobi
If all goes well, we are going to start featuring people from Flickr every Wednesday. So, to start things off we are going to showcase the t-shirts of Rob Dobi. You can find many more of his work on his Flickr photostream, as well as at his online store, and his personal website.
If you would like to submit your work (Photoshop work, illustrations, photography, anything creative) to possibly be featured you can email me at info@denisdesigns.com with 5 of your favorite images that you created. Also, you can add your images to the Denis Designs Flickr group. I hope you enjoy it!
Create great looking text, easily: Part 2
So lets review. This is the second part of a two part series of using layer styles as well as some simple Photoshop operations to create some great looking text. To make it easy on you I am going to review the two styles we did last week as well as a few more new ones. So lets begin. continue…
Inspiration: Gorgeous Grungy Websites
Although grungy designs may seem like an older trend to some, these websites show that they can still look great. This list shows that you can still create grungy websites that can give all kinds of styles, elegant, professional, simple…Enjoy!
Create great looking text, easily
Using layer styles is a great way to get some nice looking effects with text. This tutorial will show you two ways you can use layer styles as well as some other simple steps to spice up your text or logo.
Bold Text
Inspiration: Websites with illustrated characters
Here we have a list of websites that contain illustrated people, animals and creatures. An illustration can really help make your website more interesting. It is also a good alternative to having photos on your website. Now I realize that some of these illustrations are stock images, but that doesn’t matter. The point of this is to show how an illustration can enhance your website.
The Brush Experiment
I did a tutorial about brushes for beginners here, but I thought I would take another crack at it, with a tutorial that is a little more interesting, and that you can get a little more out of. If you would like a more in depth tutorial about brushes, you can go to the link above.
So as suggested above, this tutorial will teach you the ins and outs of brushes in Photoshop.
