There are several ways to add metallic effects and inks to your images, but, as Research Studios' Jeff Knowles demonstrates, adding an extra metallic Pantone layer to your channels makes the process quick and easy.
Mastering a few unique image conversion techniques is the key to creating urban, gritty, lowbrow art in Photoshop. In this tutorial, illustrator Derek Lea explains the process, and proves that not all prefab filters are pure evil.
Computer Arts regular Christian Darkin reveals an easy way to create an impressive, complex-looking illustration from a grid of hundreds of smaller images, without giving a seizure.
Sometimes you need to step away from your computer to find inspiration, which can come from places as unlikely as the ground beneath your feet, but you must be willing to get your hands dirty. Derek Lea reveals how.
Photoshop's Bitmap mode is commonly used for low-quality, low-resolution image compression. But you can also use this mode to imitate the line work of old print engravings. Scott Gursky reveals how.
Newcastle-based commercial artist Ian Keltie gives us an insight into his working methods and reveals how to create a bold and distinctive layered illustration using basic tools, a pen and a little bit of Photoshop
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