The faces of your characters, regardless of their final destinations, should be designed to facilitate changing emotions and diverse facial expressions. Derek Lea demonstrates facial awareness.
Newcomer Ingi Erlingsson saves you the trouble of choosing between popular design applications by showing you how to effectively use Photoshop and Illustrator together, with impressive results.
In the second part of his series, Derek Lea continues to transform a flat rendering into a textured masterpiece by incorporating two new features: Smart Objects and Warp Transformation.
Former entrant Pete Harrison uses Photoshop's Displacement filter creatively to modify a photograph, using a variety of shapes and Blending Modes to add extra depth and interest.
Derek Lea explains how to add textured surfaces and tactile elements to 3D renderings in . The unique results will reveal a combination of the depth provided by 3D and the painterly freedom of working in 2D.
Creating eye-catching imagery for print can be a balancing act between the two distinct worlds of computer-based design. Scott Hansen shows you how to get explosive results in Photoshop.
Recreating the work of an old master, Chuck Anderson uses brushes and glow tricks to create stunning light effects that look so real people are sure to look twice. Follow these steps and find out how it's done.
Derek Lea explains how to add transparency to your objects and vary their Blending Modes within Illustrator to achieve rich, multi-layered, vector-based art that surpasses simple sections of solid, flat colour.