Tag: Design Inspiration
The Beautiful Work of Finnish Artist Johannes Neumeier
2nd August
I came across the 3D work of Johannes Neumeier yesterday, and was stricken with the mood and the impact of his work. Neumeier is an artist and designer from Finland, and he is definitely an artist to be looking out for. You can find him on Behance, or you can view is portfolio here.
Photography: Traditional Vs. Photoshop
It doesn’t matter what artistic profession that you are in – Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, etc., the majority of us use photos in our work. We will use photography to set a mood, or to tell a story. The saying goes that a picture says a thousand words, and it’s true. For the sake of art, though, are there any boundaries or rules to the way that we should use photography?
Right off the bat, artists for the sake of art say no. We should be able to manipulate photography and create what ever type of imagery that we choose. We should be able to take out images into Photoshop and do whatever we like to them. Photographers should be able to get the basic idea of an image, and we can take it into Photoshop and perfect it. We … Read More »
Places to go for creative Inspiration November 2010
2nd November
Yanko Design- Never Miss the Keyhole
Fast Company – An Amazing Collapsible Lamp
My Modern Met – Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes
The CSS Awards- The Best Free Fonts of 2010
The Photo Argus- 60 Breathtaking Fall Images for Your Inspiration
Create 3D Gothic Text In Photoshop
28th October
This tutorial is just in time for Halloween, with an eerie background and 3D text with textures. In Photoshop CS5 the Repousse abilities give you a lot of flexibility, especially with textures, so you can create some really interesting work. This is only available in CS5.
I created a new Photoshop document with the setting 1024 x 768.
I created an eerie background using black as my foreground color and a deep, bloody red as the background color. Then I went to Filter> Render>CLouds. For more contrast, I went back into Filter> Render and this time I chose Difference Clouds.
Then, I went online and found a decent gothic font, like Old London, which will go well with our vampire look. You can download it from Dafont here. Install it in Fontbook, or Extensis, whichever one … Read More »