Sci-fi landscape scenes with Tron-style grids, mountain scenes, and a vibrant sunrise are a popular aesthetic associated with art and design from the 80s. This retro-futuristic style has stayed on trend thanks to the Retrowave / Synthwave music movement that helped bring back the visual elements from the '80s arcades, action movies, fashion and pop
Ever since creating the storefront with unique whiskey bottle packaging and label designs, I've wanted to try creating my own type of liquor bottle label design. I also have a resource in my collection that I was dying to use. This would be the perfect tool for creating a Victorian style branded design with ornate
In today's Adobe Photoshop tutorial, I'm going to show you how to easily create cool looking vintage logo designs by combining antique illustrations with some visually interesting text styles and layouts. This type of graphic is very popular as a t-shirt graphic. So I'm going to show you how to set up your document the
A library of tools and assets is the best way to sift through your creative projects and get impressive results. By using pre-built resources like textures, graphics and brushes, you no longer have to switch focus from your main project to create the tools you need to finish the job! The products in The Creative
A little over a year ago, I reviewed the must-have tool for logo designers: Logo Package Express. It's a brilliant Adobe Illustrator extension that automatically generates every file format, color scheme, and logo configuration your customer could ever ask you for. AI, EPS, PDF, SVG, PNG, JPG, CMYK, RGB, Pantone, Full Color, Mono, Vice versa
In today's video tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a series of detailed, organic patterns commonly known as "Turing patterns". Based on the study of nature's reaction diffusion patterns by mathematician Alan Turing, these graphics consist of intricate stripes, spots, and spirals. I'll show you how to create the effect in Photoshop
In today's Adobe Photoshop tutorial, I'm going to show you a practical technique for creating a gold foil effect that looks exactly like hot foil stamping, which gives printed products luxurious embellishments. We first create a shiny gold texture and then apply it to text using a mask. In order to simulate the appearance of
I recently looked at the types of graphics associated with hydrodipping, the popular image transfer technique that uses patterns to apply to all types of objects, from vehicle parts to sneakers. Browsing through these designs gave me the inspiration to create my own intense graphic pattern in Photoshop. After many trials and mistakes, I found
Creating geometric patterns in Adobe Illustrator is always an entertaining creative project. You can use the same basic technique every time, but experiment with different shapes and colors to create endless pattern styles. Follow today's Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a colorful geometric pattern based on a series of triangle shapes. I'll show you how
In today's Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to have fun creating a trendy glitch effect that we’ll apply to an accompanying photo. The effect combines digital distortions such as screen tears, RGB splitting and scan lines to simulate the visual errors associated with digital video material. Similar to analog effects, giving your artwork a retro
