Check out my latest tutorial from Design Instruct: A Guide to Creating 3D Text in Adobe Illustrator

It isn’t always necessary to use a 3D program to create 3D text — they’re expensive and overkill if you just occasionally use 3D elements. Adobe Illustrator is more than adequate in allowing us to create some 3D objects with some basic shading for our text. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to make some 3D text using Adobe Illustrator, and also discuss techniques of shading the text to give it a clean, consistent, and stylized look.

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WARNING: There is artistically tasteful nudity for the purpose of this tutorial.

Creating designs and graphics always produces attractive results. There may be digital painters who have never gone back to basics, who haven’t picked up a paintbrush or touched a canvas. The feel, texture and craftsmanship of creating an actual painting has been lost in this day and age, so for this post we have an award winning artist who describes in detail how it’s all done.

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In this tutorial we are going to create a retro/grunge looking metal text using some basic Photoshop techniques as well as a texture. We are going to then finish off the image using another texture and a few other techniques to bring the whole image together.

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Be sure to check out my latest tutorial over at Design Instruct, where we will learn to create a space themed poster with text in Photoshop. (Link)

In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we are going to design a poster with space as its central theme. We’re also going to have a high emphasis on creating beautiful typography to match our theme. I will show you how to develop consistent lighting, re-coloring the scene to help set the mood, and many more Photoshop techniques. The tutorial’s final product is a poster/ad for a mythical TV show called “Space”. (Full image after the jump)

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Check out my latest tutorial from The Web Squeeze, where I show how I created this bright colorful 3D text in the sky. The neat thing about this tutorial is that you can edit the shadows so you can darken, lighten, or add a blend mode to them, perfect for changing the look of the design easily.

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In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to create retro-looking text that seems like it’s constructed using folded strips of paper. We’re going to step away from the computer a little bit and use a real model as a reference for our project. Prepare yourself to heavily rely on Photoshop’s Lasso Tool, as well as some other basic tools and simple techniques.

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We are going to create a racing website using Photoshop and a little imagination, along with a few stock images. In this tutorial we are going to learn to create an easy glossy type, quick color correction, several visual elements and the structure of a website.

Remember, being organized is really important to not going crazy with all the layers. I’ll mention creating folders most of the time, but if you feel like something should be in a folder, put it there. Also, label your layers also, so you know what is what. It will give you less of a headache in the long run.

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In this tutorial we are going to use Photoshop create a jumbotron screen effect like you would see at big sporting events, with the LED lights representing each pixel. We are going to use some patterns as well as some filters to create our effect.

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Check out my latest Photoshop tutorial from Design Instruct. You will learn to create a wavy text effect, using masks, the pen tool as well as many other techniques.

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Check out my latest tutorial, featured on Design Instruct. In case you haven’t checked it out yet, Design Instruct is the newest tutorial website. They have some great tutorials up already and I’m sure they will be plenty more, so be sure to check them out!

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