With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I’d bring you something with a similar theme. In this tutorial we are going to create a vector/icon heart with an arrow going through it, using Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial will teach you to take simple shapes and use them to create more complex objects, as well as several other techniques.

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In this tutorial we are going to take some regular text and add some effects to make it look like it has been painted or printed on wood. This is a great way to give your text that natural look. This can be applied to any solid shape, text, images, logos, etc.

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This is a beginning point for all those print designers trying to jump aboard to the web, people starting out in the design field, and anyone else who wants to know. Below we have collected some important places to go to get your start as a web designer.

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Be sure to check out my latest tutorial featured on Psdtuts+, about how to create 3D text landscape scene for a cover.

Link to: How to Design a Print-Ready Flier with Photoshop and Illustrator

In this tutorial we are going to create a simple semi-realistic chain using some Photoshop effects and a texture. This chain is best used as a part of a bigger project. So if you need some chain in a photo manipulation that you are doing something like this would be perfect.

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Be sure to check out my newest tutorial over at Six Revisions.

This tutorial can help you create a 3D looking text using only Photoshop.

Link to: How to Create Remarkable 3D Text in Photoshop

Be sure to check out my latest tutorial over at Six Revisions: Create a Realistic Space Scene from Scratch with Photoshop

In this intermediate-to-advanced-level design tutorial, we are going to create a stunning space scene that has realistic-looking planets, stars, and lighting effects using a few innovative Photoshop techniques and some textures. Continue…

In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to create a wood background. We are going to create the wood from scratch and turn it into a pattern. Then we will finish it off by adding some lighting and texture effects.

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Now that Denis Designs is a little more than a half a year old, I thought I would recap some tutorials that I have created over the past few months. Since I really like working with text, I’ll showcase some of those tutorials. Enjoy!

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In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how to create a really easy landscape scene in Adobe Illustrator. This can be used in a number of different ways, from a desktop wallpaper to a website header. The best part is that since it is in illustrator after we are done you can size is however size you would like. Lets get started.

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