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Garry Milne: Skating His Way to the Top

RSS — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:03:10 GMT

Like his creations, there are many layers to Garry Milne. While some of his images may have dark undertones, Milne is anything but. Here he talks about his inspirations, skateboarding and the importance of being nice to people.

Mark Twain once said, �Clothes make the man.� If such a statement is true then we�re in for a hell of a ride with UK-based Illustrator Garry Milne as he describes his usual outfit as being a skin tight zebra print jumpsuit. That was quickly followed by the obligatory, �I�m kidding,� of course but still�

So do I start with Garry Milne the person or Garry Milne the artist? Both are equally fascinating. Here are some quick facts about him: he enjoys a �super nice� White Russian, can flick his slipper into the air and catch it back on his foot, and chose the 1990s hip hop anthem �Jump� by Kriss Kross as the music to feature on his MySpace page, though on that same page he says his favorite kind of music is �anything with a pan-pipe solo long enough to make me question what I’ve done with my life.� If that alone doesn�t endear you to him then maybe I should mention the fact that his intricate, complicated illustrations have been featured in publications such as 4 Talent Magazine and The Skinny�s Student Guide.

The Secret�s Out

Milne currently resides in a flat in Hertfordshire with his girlfriend Nadine who is pursuing a PhD in Psychology. It makes you wonder if she can read into Milne�s complicated illustrations and discern anything about the inner workings of his mind. He assures me that he never puts any secret images or inside jokes into his client work but �that�s not a bad idea, though�maybe [I] should!� He says he leaves the �strange stuff� for his personal work.

As a child he said he was loud and outgoing, and credits that to having an older brother to look after him. In addition to his older brother Stuart, his family consists of his parents who have always been extremely supportive of his artistic endeavors, allowing him to �make a mess of their living room for many years.� Stuart, who has featured some of his photography work alongside his brother�s in an exhibit titled �Milne vs. Milne�, was a different story in Milne�s early days. According to him, his older sibling taught him his first lesson in perseverance, in a way that only an older sibling can:

"I drew a picture of the Bushwackers- a WWF wrestling tag team back in the day. I was so pleased with it and I was showing everyone. It was sooo bad but everyone was being nice. I showed my brother and he couldn�t keep the laughter in � he cracked up. I got in a strop and tore it up. The next day I did another one which was better than the first. I think that taught me a valuable lesson about not settling on your first attempts."

Lessons Learned

Interesting enough, Milne passes that �big brother torch� to those starting out in design, �Don’t give up. No matter how unlikely it seems – remember why you started art/design – because you love it and things will happen. Also be nice to people. It’s a real clich�, but knowing the right people is a big part of the game.�

Right now Milne has a day job as a Graphic Designer at a local company where he does the typical promotional and corporate work. It�s at night and some weekends when he does his illustrating and creates pieces like Day Dreamer, Head or Heart and Piece Offering. I wouldn�t have been doing my job if I didn�t be a pain and ask him to explain that one, particularly because he describes it on his website as a �Personal comment on how I sometimes avoid explaining my work.� Milne played nice and answered the question for me, but I feel like I�d somehow be taking away some of the mystique if I revealed his answer.

To prepare for his career Milne went to school and then stayed on to 6th form before heading to college to do an art foundation degree. After that he went on to university to study graphic design and Illustration. While at university he chose to specialize in illustration, but also learned a lot about design. About that he says, �That has helped me develop my style and also helps when it comes to commissions � I�m not just providing illustrations.�

After university he started doing some freelance design work and then concentrated on illustration. As is common, it took a while for him to get work and be noticed. This is where his big brother�s earlier lesson in perseverance kicks in again. �Once I was given a few briefs � more seemed to follow. I think it�s just a case of proving you can deliver a job and being in mind when the right job comes up.�

Patience is a Virtue

So far Milne�s been lucky enough to have fairly long deadlines when it comes to his work so it lets him take on more than one project at a time. While he handles those deadlines like the consummate professional that he is, he admits that they can be hard sometimes. "If you get really into a brief sometimes you�d just like to continue working on it, maybe change some things � take it further."

Luckily, though, Milne says he seems to get �fairly open briefs [and] usually the client tell me their loose idea or some aspects they want featured and I get to work.� He always starts with pencil drawings that are then scanned in and colored on the computer. Though he typically has a rough composition in mind when he starts, that often changes while he works using pencils, pens, paintbrushes, a scanner and a Mac. When in the need for some inspiration he turns to his large collection of art books as seeing the work of others makes him want to create something of his own.

Working on that Mac has sped things up when it comes to the amount of time he spends on each illustration and the longest he�s ever spend on a computer-generated one is two weeks. The longest he�s ever spent on one piece was a painting that took him two months. While painting is his favorite artistic activity, it�s something where he finds he lacks the patience he�s mastered with his illustrations. �I really enjoy painting. When you can see the effort that’s gone into a painting it’s hard not to appreciate it on some level. I’m a little impatient though – I want to see the end result now.�

One of Milne�s current projects is a series of skateboards for Motive which will be released soon. Skateboarding is another passion of Milne�s. He�s been very active in it since he was a child and even gave up playing football and basketball in school in order to pursue that more. There was a time when he thought about pursuing a professional career in it but that �didn�t really work out.� While participating in skateboarding may not have worked out career wise, it doesn�t mean that it hasn�t still played a big part in the career path he did choose. The Motive project won�t be his first foray into designing boards. He�s also done a series for Discipline, which he features on his website.

I really enjoy painting. When you can see the effort that’s gone into a painting it’s hard not to appreciate it on some level.

A Clean Slate

Other than skateboarding, Milne never really set out into the world with a clear idea of what he wanted to pursue. Maybe that�s why his favorite part of any project is the blank page. That page doesn�t stay blank for long, though at the moment his workload is heavy since he�s juggling a full-time job and his freelancing. Eventually, though, he�d like to be able to devote more time to his freelance illustrating, painting and exhibiting.

At 27, though, Milne has learned some hard lessons about the design world. �Don�t take things too literally. You can get promised a lot of things and sadly they rarely come through. That sounds a bit pessimistic but just don�t get too excited about things until they�re definitely happening.� It�s safe to say, though, that things are definitely happening with this brilliant illustrator.

More From Garry Milne

On the Web

Check out Garry Milne on the web.

Psdtuts Presents Exclusive Wallpapers by Jennifer Cirpici

RSS — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:25:47 GMT

Another extremely talented designer by the name of Jennifer Cirpici has volunteered to create two exclusive wallpapers for the readers of PsdTuts+. This months exclusive wallpapers feature something for everyone, on one hand we have a beautiful scenery shot with lots of bright colors, and on the other we have something more textured and rough with lots of interesting paint effects. So make sure to check this out, download the wallpaper and then view Jennifer’s other art.

Exclusive Wallpaper – Breaking Canvas

I always wanted to make a Digital Artwork with a lot of bright colors because colors are associated with happiness. This is a promotional poster for my portfolio website. The concept behind this is that the guy you’re seeing doesn’t want to be stuck in a canvas like the animals but wants to jump out of it, into the freedom, not being tied to strict rules. I always work with a concept; I want my work to be more than just something you can see on the screen but also something to think about, to inspire people.

Exclusive Widescreen Wallpaper – What Guys Dream Of

For this illustration, I was inspired by Zach Bush and his matte paintings. The concept about this piece is brought out from books like ”Where is Waldo?” I wanted to create this surreal landscape with a woman in it, to see the woman you really have search for it. I made this with my wacom Intous 3 tablet and Photoshop, using different stocks on sxc, crestock, and cgtextures.

Some of Jennifer’s Other Work

Swiss Army Beetle

Cheesecake

Dance With The Devil

Special Thanks to Jennifer

Once again I’d like to thank Jennifer for participating and giving the readers an awesome new wallpaper for their desktops. Please make sure to visit Jennifer’s portfolio and check out some of her great art.

Also stay tuned for some more exclusive high quality wallpaper projects in the near
future!

Psdtuts Presents an Exclusive Wallpaper By Ee Venn Soh

RSS — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:12:23 GMT

Another extremely talented designer by the name of Ee Venn Soh has volunteered to create an exclusive wallpaper for the readers of PsdTuts+. This month’s exclusive wallpaper features an awesome combination of colorful and exotic images that form "The Beautiful Peephole". We also catch up with Ee Venn Soh and talk about his design career since his last interview over a year ago. So get ready for an amazing wallpaper, also be sure to check out this great artist and his other work.

Exclusive Wallpaper – The Beautiful Peephole

The Beautiful Peephole is part of my Resn-fy series. During my internship period with Resn, I was inspired and motivated by the works of Resn. While still trying to be original and keeping hold on to my belief and style, I siphoned what I have grasped and blended them into my works. The style objectives are being raw, bold, fresh and alive. I play around heavily with traditional media like drawing and sketching. Occasionally, mixing on irregular patterns and shapes that are self-generative to reflect the ever changing and beauty of its complexity. A well-polished and glamorous artwork isn’t what I am expecting but delivering the unexpected and being a nonconformist are what I am looking for.

A Short Interview

Q What has been going on with you since our last interview?

Since my last interview back in Jun 2009, many things have happened. I have finished my study in Computer Science and graduated last May. I have worked in Ogilvy Malaysia and Resn New Zealand as an intern. During my internship, I got the pleasure to work with many high profile clients such as Guinness, Heineken, Johnnie Walker, Adobe, Puma, Toyota and MySpace. My duties involved creative design and digital production. Currently I am based in New Zealand. I am working as a designer and developer.

The Playgirl

Q Do you have any new illustrations or projects you would like to show us? If so could you talk a little about the creation process?

When I was serving Resn. I was inspired and motivated by the works of Resn. While still trying to be original and keeping hold on to my belief and style, I siphoned what I have grasped and blended them into my works. I constantly pursue change and experiment with different style. I have developed a set of new vocabulary call the “Resn-fy”. Resn is about being alive, bold and raw. The visual strategy is to use drawings, texture, irregular patterns and shapes that are self-generative to reflect the ever changing nature of its complexity. It has a preference towards ugly beauty which is delivering the unexpected and being a nonconformist. Having a series of imagination but which is not practical when it comes to real situation.

A+B

Q Your design style has definitely evolved since we last talked, what are a few major lessons you have learned pertaining your artwork?

It is absurd to be loyal to a style. It does not deserve your loyalty. Stylistic shift happens all the time and people get tired when they see too much of a same thing. When you feel that you are comfortable with a particular style that signals the time you should be pursuing a change. It is about constantly striving for excellence in your practice and always looking to innovate. Experiment with new style creates a heightened sense of motivation, generating spontaneous plans of action. This level of excitement and enthusiasm could sustain longevity in designing.

The Dino Club

Q Tips for upcoming artists and designers?

Do keep in mind that memorable never emerged from a formula. Do things that inspire people and emerge as a distinctive personality. Never pursue a style or get yourself preoccupied with technical skills. You will get drowned by superficialities and the hardening of creative arteries will begin to set in.

Adobe CS5 Air

Special Thanks to Ee Venn Soh

Once again I’d like to thank Ee Venn Soh for participating and giving the readers an awesome new wallpaper for their desktops. Please make sure to visit his portfolio and check out some of his great art.

Also stay tuned for some more exclusive high quality wallpaper projects in the near
future!

Create a Graffiti-Inspired Illustration Using Photoshop and Illustrator

RSS — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:02:35 GMT

Photoshop and Illustrator compliment each other in many ways. Today we will demonstrate how you can use them in tandem to draw and color a graffiti-inspired illustration. Let’s get started!

Before You Begin

Before you begin, it’s always good to do a bit of planning. For graffiti art, do some research and keep it in mind when you begin planning out your sketch. Use thicker lines for the outline, thinner lines for the inner details, and wispy lines for more defined creases.

Step 2

Sketch out a drawing and scan it at 300 DPI. When you’re finished, go ahead and make a new document in Illustrator. Go to File > Place and place your image on the canvas.

Step 3

Use your favorite brush to do the thick outline of your character and add in the face’s main details such as eyes, mouth, ears and nose. I changed up the eyes and nose for a more flowing appearance. The brushes I used are just the default circles.

Step 4

To add a more Graffiti look to your piece, you’ll create five brushes of your choice but keep in mind to make sure they have some sort of point at the end, and also make one white. Now use these brushes to trace the lines of your sketch.

Step 5

Once you’ve traced your sketch, it’s now time to start adding in the details. I’ve added speckles to the tongue, eyebrows and neck while adding rough lines to parts of the piece. I also decided to add white highlights to it so it would balance out the dense look. Once you’ve finished with the line art, save this Illustrator file and bring it in to Photoshop to add color. You could do this in Illustrator if you wanted to but for the purposes of this tutorial we will do it in Photoshop.

Step 6

Now open up your lovely file in Photoshop. First, I choose where and how I’m going to incorporate my base colors in my piece. I decide to make the outline a darkish brown, while highlights and coloring will be a mix of light brown and blue. I start by holding down Cmd/Ctrl and clicking on my line art layer to make a selection. With the selection still active, delete the line art layer, make a new one and fill it you’re your desired color.

Step 7

Next, choose your base color. For mine, the face will be colored a light brown. First, make a new layer underneath the line art, then take the Magic Wand Tool and select the whole inside of the face. Go to Select > Modify > Expand and expand the selection by 1 or 2 pixels. This is so we won’t have ugly spaces between the coloring and the outline while keeping a smooth appearance. Repeat until every space of this color is filled in, which should only be the parts you’ve decided will have it.

Step 8

Go ahead and choose a slightly darker version of the base color you used, we will be adding the shadows. Pick places where you think shading would look best and use the pen tool to create fills.

Step 9

Take your third color, which will be for filling certain areas of the piece and making it more colorful. As I said, I chose a blue in which I colored places like Eyebrows, tongue, and certain places of the neck. Remember to add a darker shade of blue for shadows in these areas as well.

Step 10

I chose to put more highlights in this piece, which usually gives it a more vibrant and detailed look. I decided to put blue highlights under the line art in creases to add to the appearance.

Step 11

Color in everything else you’ve missed, but remember to balance the colors evenly throughout the whole piece.

Step 12

We can’t just have a plain background, right? Add a gradient to the background. I chose white and blue, the same colors I used for shading.

Step 13

To outline the figure, flatten your coloring layers and outline together to form one layer, which you can easily do by just Right Click > Merge Down. Next Cmd/Ctrl + Click on that layer and go to Select > Modify > Expand and expand by 8 pixels. Make a new layer underneath your character and fill it with white.

Step 14

Take your pen tool and start drawing the desired shapes underneath both the white outline and figure layers. Then fill it in with a color in sync with the rest of your piece. You can keep adding to this layer until you achieve a desired result. One thing to keep in mind though, background effects for single illustrations always make it look more appealing.

Final Image

I’m very pleased you’ve read through the whole tutorial, and hopefully you got some needed tips on how to make a full-blown illustration in the Graffiti style. There are tons of different versions of this style, but I wanted to share my own with all of you and the process I go through. Make sure to keep experimenting and make up your own crazy elements to which you could take to the streets!

Quick Tip: Create a Realistic Credit Card in Photoshop

RSS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:24 GMT

In today’s quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a realistic-looking credit card using Photoshop and Illustrator in just a few short steps. Let’s get started!

Step 1

To speed up the process, we will begin by putting together some basic graphics in Illustrator. Make a 3.5in by 1.9in rounded rectangle, then fill the object with a color or gradient of your choice.

Draw some curvy lines as shown using the Pen Tool. Then go to Object > Blend > Blend > Blend Options > Specific Steps, enter 30 and click OK. Make two different lines with different colors.

Select the line art that you just created and apply a clipping mask using the shape of the credit card. Make sure that the credit card shape is placed on top of your line art and that you’ve duplicated your credit card background as well.

Note: if you are using Illustrator CS5, select the credit card and click the Draw Inside option to Paste (Cmd/Ctrl + V) inside the objects.

Use the Pen Tool to draw the ribbon as shown.

Step 2

We are now finished with Illustrator. Let’s get started by opening Photoshop, creating a new canvas that’s a bit larger than your Illustrator document and then by copying and pasting each element that you created in Illustrator individually. At this stage, you should already have some logos and graphics that you would like to place on the card. If not, go ahead and create some. Add your graphics to the card, as shown. Feel free to use the following fonts in your card as well. Download them here and here.

Step 3

Now it’s time to add your text. Choose the Oval Typeface using #f1efed. Type out some random numbers and a name. Then apply the following layer styles.

Step 4

Now it’s starting to look more like a credit card, let’s add some shadows to make it look more realistic. Duplicate each layer, change the font’s color to black and turn off the Layer Styles, this will give us the base shadow. Now move the shadow numbers about 3-5 pixels to the right and 3 pixels down (do the same with the name as well), now go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, then type in Angle: -34 and Distance: 10px; set the Layer Blend to Multiply and 50% Opacity. For final touches of the front side, go ahead and look at your reference credit card and add an expiration date wherever you want it placed and you will be done with the front side, make a new folder and drop all the layers inside and name it FRONT.

Step 5

Now, let’s work on the backside of the credit card. Duplicate the credit card base, move the layer to the FRONT folder, then Right Click on the layer and rasterize, make a selection of it and fill it up with a color you used on the front side (I used the bright red on the top left of the credit card’s front side). Note: don’t use gradients for the back.

Go to the FRONT folder, duplicate the text layers that you used Layer Styles (credit card numbers, name and expiration date in my case) on and drag them to the BACK folder, then flip them Horizontally and change the color of the text to the same as the credit card’s back.

Now we need to change the Layer Styles of the text layers to make them look as if they were stamped and look as the reference credit card, Double Click on the layer and change the values as shown below, do the same for the other layers.

Step 6

Now the credit card looks like your reference, go ahead and arrange the rest of the elements you made for the back side of the credit card.

Some elements like the signature rectangle can be done in Photoshop, if you have a logo of your own you can rotate it 45 degrees and duplicate several times and make a pattern, then select each one and change the color of it with Hue and Saturation (Cmd/Ctrl + U), then Merge them all together, in another layer make a rectangle the size you want for the signature and fill it with white, make a selection of rectangle > select the pattern layer and click (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I) to inverse the selection and Erase, then merge both layers.

To make the signature make another layer, select a hard black brush and make a random signature. Finally, add the security codes.

Step 7

If you like, you could end the tutorial here but now we are going to add some perspective to the card. Duplicate each folder, then Right Click on the group folder and select Merge Group, do the same for each folder. Now we have 2 layers, one of the front and one for the back of the credit card, select both layers and Click Cmd/Ctrl + T to transform and make them smaller, then rotate a little and Right Click to select Perspective and transform as desired.

Step 8

Select a layer of the credit card (no matter if it’s front or back) and duplicate, make a selection of it and fill it with a light grey, then move it about 2px to the right. To make the shadow of the card, Duplicate the credit card and make a selection of it and fill it with black, then Click Cmd/Ctrl + T to transform > Right click and select Distort and transform as desired; Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 10 px radius; set the Layer Blend to Multiply at 30% Opacity.

To make the Reflection, Duplicate both credit card layers, select both layers and flip them vertically (Cmd + T > Right Click > Flip Vertical) and arrange them on the tip of the credit card; select a Soft Eraser Brush with 30% Opacity and erase each layer to make the reflection.

Step 9

Let’s make some lights and shadows, make a selection of the credit card, then make a new layer, select a white soft brush, Normal Mode at 20% Opacity and on the top left corner add some light, then change color to black and add some shadows on the lower right corner.

Final Image

Make a background and you are done! To make images of each side of the credit card just turn off the front side layer, remember to turn on or off the corresponding reflection layer as well; you can use this tutorial to make a credit card icon; remember that you can make different color credit cards by playing with Hue and Saturation.

Dried Ink Stains: 20 High Resolution Brushes ? Premium Psdpack

RSS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:40:45 GMT

Today, we have a new set of Premium Brushes available for Psd Premium Members. This set was crafted by Grant Friedman of Colorburned and includes 20 High Resolution Photoshop Ink Stain Brushes. If your next project calls for a grungy, stained look, then this set is perfect for you. Learn more at the jump!

High Resolution Ink Stain Brushes

This new Premium Psdpack Pack is available for Psd Premium Members today and includes 20 high resolution brushes ranging somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 by 2500 pixels. Each brush was created using varied mixtures of ink and water. This mixture was applied in layers which allowed the stains to dry and mix together in a wide range of opacities. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! A preview of the brushes is below.

This new Premium Psdpack Pack was created by Grant Friedman of Colorburned and is available for Psd Premium Members to download today. Grant is also the Editor of Psdtuts+ and creates loads of professional quality Photoshop brushes on a regular basis. We’re excited to partner up with him on this release.

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As you know, we run a Premium membership system that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!), which gives members access to the Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, and Premium Packs like this one! If you’re a Premium member you can log in and download this set. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

Create a Realistic iMac Icon in Photoshop

RSS — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:55:46 GMT

There is a lot that you can do in Photoshop with just a few select tools. Today, we will demonstrate how to create a realistic iMac icon in Photoshop that includes a 27-inch screen, a keyboard, and a mouse. Let’s get started!

Tutorial Assets

Photo of iMac box (for reference)
Black & Blue Icons
Wallpaper (or any other you like)

Step 1

Create new document 2048px x 1400px. This resolution is set according to the approximate dimensions of the reference image. If you want to create a smaller illustration, just adjust dimensions of workspace and reference image to your needs.

Step 2

Before you begin, remember to keep your layers organized into folders. This is very important as this tutorial will require you to create many of them.

Step 3: Screen

Place the reference image onto the workspace and center it if necessary. Then select the Pen Tool (P) and then Freeform Pen Tool in Options panel. Then enable the Magnetic check box in the same panel. This enables Magnetic Freeform Pen tool, which will follow the part of image and create Custom Shapes in seconds.

Step 4

Create a new folder inside the iMac folder and name it Leg. Select the Magnetic Freeform Pen Tool and start drawing the shape. We are using the freeform tool to create smooth curves. When you are dragging the mouse over the border between the image and white space the anchor points are just copying the shape of it. But as you can see the tool is not so precise on straight lines so it creates too many anchor points there. The solution is to press Alt + Click to start the straight line and then Click to place the ending anchor point and get back to Freeform mode. After closing your path, feel free to remove some of the useless anchor points and simplify your path a bit.

Double click the layer with new shape to open the layer styles dialog and create a new gradient with following values and positions: #8b8b8b at 0%, #CCCCCC at 7% and 49%, #666666 at 54% #CCCCCC at 58% and #CCCCCC at 100%. This will create shadows and highlights at their place.

Create new layer just above the base shape. We need this layer for adding a shadow at the top of leg because this additional one has different direction and shape than the gradient effect.

As the shadow will be inside the base shape the best way to keep it inside the shape is to create a layer mask. As the shape itself has one by default we don’t need to create a new one. Select the base shape’s layer and press Alt + Drag the layer mask to the new layer above. This shortcut will create a copy of the layer mask on new layer.

Select the layer and then select the Brush Tool (B) with 0% – 10% hardness and big diameter and paint the shadow in top right corner of the leg.

Copy the base shape layer by selecting Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + J and in the upcoming dialog change the name. Move the layer above the shadow layer (#3). Select the Direct Selection Tool (A) and select particular anchor points and edit the shape to create top side of the leg. Create gradient layer effect with values #ced2db at 0% and 38%, and #717073 at 100%. Create two new layers above new shape. Name them Highlight (#1) and Shadow (#2). Copy the layer mask to them (Alt + Drag). With Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) create marquee for the shadow – it can be wider than base shape because the layer mask will hide everything outside. Fill it with #333333. Disable marquee, select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply blur according to the shadow. Just play with the value to get most realistic effect of shadow.

The highlight layer is pretty similar. Copy layer mask. Create marquee with the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L). Fill it with #CCCCCC. Disable marquee, select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Now apply little blur about 3. Create a selection with the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) – Top border should be directly on the end of blur and the bottom border should be one height out of the blur. With the marquee select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply the same value as for the shadow.

Step 5

Start by drawing the basic shape of the display. Select the Magnetic Freeform Pen Tool and start drawing the shape. Try to create as few anchor points as possible by Alt + Clicking for straight lines. When finishing the shape adjust anchor points to fit

Add a Gradient Layer style with following values to the shape: #333333 at 0% and 13%, #b5b5b5 at 15%, #666666 at 17%, #999999 at 20% and #CCCCCC at 100%. Set the angle of gradient effect to 77 degrees.

Now create a new layer above the shape and copy the layer mask to it. Select Brush Tool (B) with hardness about 5% and color #CCCCCC and paint shadow in the top right corner. Select the display shape and duplicate it by Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + J. Move the layer above the one with shadow. Move and adjust anchor points with Direct Selection Tool (A) to create front side of the display. Create a Gradient Layer Effect with following values: #999999 at 0%, #e3e2e6 at 100% and set angle to 10 degrees.

Step 6

Duplicate layer (Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + J) and set up Color Overlay layer style effect to #000000. Select the shape with Path selection Tool (A) and select subtract mode. Select Rectangle tool (U) and cover about 20% of lower part of screen. Press Combine. Rename this layer to Display Glass.

Place your Wallpaper onto the workspace and transform (Edit > Transform > Perspective) it according to the perspective.

Create new folder and name it Menu. Create new layer in this folder and name it Menu too. Apply layer mask in shape of transformed wallpaper on it – select the layer and then select Polygonal Lasso Tool (L). Create selection in shape of the transformed wallpaper and select Add layer mask option at the bottom of layers panel.

Select Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) and create selection for menu in top part of the display. Select Gradient Tool (G) and fill that selection with gradient from #d1d0d1 to #ffffff. The darker part of the gradient is the farther one.

Select Ellipse Tool (U) and create small ellipse which will substitute the logo in tray bar. Move it to the position at top left corner and adjust its size (Cmd/Ctrl + T).

Select Horizontal Type Tool (T) and create the menu titles such as Preview File Edit Display Window Help or whatever. Move it next to the logo at top left corner and also adjust its size (Cmd/Ctrl + T). With Horizontal Type Tool (T) selected create new text layer with time as12:15 or whatever and place it in the top right corner of display. As you can see the text doesn’t respect the perspective much. Select Edit > Transform > Skew transform and adjust the shape of this two text layers to fit the perspective.

Select Rectangle Tool (U) and create dock shape using #FFFFFF. Set the transparency of the shape layer to 50%. Select Direct Selection Tool (A) and adjust the positions of anchor points to fit the shape of the Dock.

Now we need the Black & Blue Icons (this tutorial works with Add On 1). Place the icons in the row. Merge them (select layers to merge and Cmd/Ctrl + E) for easier and consistent transformation. Name this icon pack layer Icons. Copy the layer mask from menu layer to this layer. Change the size of the icon pack (Edit > Free Transform or Cmd/Ctrl + T) and adjust the perspective (Edit > Transform > Perspective) and use Cmd/Ctrl + T to polish the finish. Duplicate Layer Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + J and name it Icons Ref. Select Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical to mirror the icons vertically and move them below the original ones. Adjust the perspective by Edit > Transform > Skew and set the Opacity of the layer around 45%.

Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and set the radius to 5. Create two thin shapes for devices and place them on the side of the display.

Create a new layer and name it Reflection. Cmd/Ctrl + Click on the black screen layer (Display Glass layer) mask to create selection of display then select Polygonal Lasso Tool (L). Hold Alt and create selection around the reflection to subtract the part that is not needed for the reflection. With reflection selection still active select Gradient Tool (G) and fill the selection with gradient of following values: #FFFFFF at 0% and opacity 100%, #FFFFFF at 100% and opacity 0%. Then to get better result select Eraser Tool (E) with hardness set to 0% and size about 150 and erase the bottom border of the reflection.

Select Ellipse Tool (U) and create base shape for apple. With Ellipse Tool (U) still selected enable Subtract mode and create three new shapes over the base one to subtract holes from it. Switch to Create New Shape Layer mode back from Subtract mode. Create new ellipse for tip of the apple. Select Convert Point Tool and click on top and bottom anchor points of the ellipse to remove curves. Move the tip to the top of the apple. If the color of the apple is other than grey change it to #333333. Now place the finished apple to the bottom center of the display.

Step 7: Mouse

The mouse will be made from fewer layers than the display. It will contain three shape layers for base parts of the mouse and two layers for top reflection and logo.

Select the Ellipse Tool (U) and create an ellipse that mostly fits the shape of the mouse. Select the Direct Selection Tool (A) and adjust its position and shape to completely fit the mouse shape. In this case it is easier to use ellipse tool (U) instead of magnetic freeform pen (P) because the shape is small and contains four almost symmetrical anchor points.

Create a Gradient overlay layer style with following values: #e4e4e4 at 0%, #aaabaf at 46% and 52%, #333333 at 100% and set the angle of gradient to -87.

Duplicate the base layer and add anchor points (Add Anchor Point Tool) to the bottom border line. Edit the anchor points to adjust shape by using the Direct Selection Tool (A) and Convert Point Tool.

Create a Gradient overlay layer style with following values: #cccae0 at 0%, #d8d8e2 at 100% and set the angle of gradient to 90.

Create a Drop Shadow layer style with the following values: Blend Mode: Multiply and #000000, Opacity 75%, Angle 95 degrees, Distance 2px, Spread 0%, Size 1px.

Duplicate the layer and remove effects. Set the color of this shape layer to #dbdbe7. Adjust the anchor points� position and curve with Direct Selection Tool (A) and Convert Point Tool to create top reflection of the mouse.

Ctrl+ Click on the layer mask of this reflection shape to create selection of it. Create a new layer for the light reflection. With selection still active select Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) and with Alt pressed reduce the size of the selection to almost fit the light reflection. Select Brush Tool (B) and #FFFFFF color. Set the brush hardness to 0% and paint the light reflection.

To create the logo on top just select Ellipse Tool (U) and create ellipse shape. Add some Anchor points with Add Anchor Point Tool. Select Convert Point Tool and recreate the shape of apple to fit the perspective.

Step 8: Keyboard

The last step of creating the realistic iMac icon is to make the keyboard. This part will work with shapes, gradients, Magnetic Freeform Pen Tool and some layer effects. So if you don�t have it yet create folder and name it Keyboard.

Select Magnetic Freeform Pen Tool. Create Curves by Clicking + dragging and straight lines by Alt + Clicking. Create as few anchor points as possible but stay focused on the shape.

Select the Ellipse Tool (U) and create the side button shape. Apply a Gradient Overlay Effect to it with following values: #c6c6c6 at 0%, #666666 at 5%, #999999 at 15%, #dfdfdf at 30%, #999999 at 45%, #cccccc at 50%, #999999 at 55%, #dfdfdf at 70%, #999999 at 85%, #666666 at 85%, #c6c6c6 at 100%. The gradient is symmetrical so every color on the left side has the equal one on the right. Set the gradient Style to Angle and Angle to 120.

Duplicate the shape layer. Transform (Cmd/Ctrl + T) the size to create a small center of the button. Add the Stroke layer effect to it. Set the Size to 2, Position to Inside and Color to #5f5f5f. Set opacity of the shape layer to 28%.

Select Pen Tool (P) and create the shape for the keyboard bottom shadow. Adjust the anchor points with Direct Selection Tool (A) and curves with Convert Point Tool. Add Gradient Layer Effect to it with following values: #000000 at 0%, #545559 at 72% and #545559 at 100%. Set the Gradient Angle to 88.

Select the Pen Tool (P) or Magnetic Freeform Pen. Create top of the keyboard. I created six anchor points – two anchor points for each curve. Select the Direct Selection Tool (A) and Convert Point Tool and adjust curves to fit the ideal shape. Add the Gradient layer Effect with following values: #9b9b9b at 0%, #747474 at 100%. Set the Gradient Angle to 85.

Duplicate the shape layer. Reduce size of the shape a bit (Cmd/Ctrl + T). Select Direct Selection Tool (A) and Convert Point Tool and adjust the position of the anchor points and curves at the corners. Set the shape color to #f2f2f2. Now we have Keyboard ready for curving the keys and add some finishing layers to it.

Select Pen Tool and enable Subtract From The Shape Area tool option. Look on the reference image and try to reduce as much of the shape as possible but with keeping the look still in the shape of keyboard and its keys. The most common shape you can subtract is a rectangle so create rectangles to subtract the holes between particular keys. Don’t forget of huge place around the arrows. During the steps or at the end of subtracting, click on Combine.

Create New Layer (Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + J). Copy the layer mask of the keys shape layer to it (Alt + Drag). Select Brush Tool (B) set Hardness to 0% and Size to 20px. Set color to #a7a7a7 and draw the side shadow of the keys.

Step 9: Polish

The last part of this tutorial is focused on the reflections and shadows casted by the iMac and its accessories. Duplicate the display folder. Keep it selected and merge it (Cmd/Ctrl + E). Move it to the reflections folder. Flip the layer Vertically (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical). Move the image to the bottom corner of the original. Select Warp Transform (Edit > Transform > Warp) and transform the reflection image to face the bottom shape of the original image.

Select Eraser Tool (E) and set Hardness to 0% and Size about 250px. Erase about half of the reflection image. Set Opacity of the brush to 50% and erase the remaining reflection. As the opacity is set to 50% the eraser tool will remove only half of it so the image will be transparent and less visible. Adjust the visibility of reflection or even its position.

Duplicate the folder of the Mouse. Merge it (Cmd/Ctrl + E). Move it to the reflections folder. Select Warp Transform (Edit > Transform > Warp) and transform the reflection image to face the bottom of the mouse.

Select Eraser Tool (E) and with Hardness set to 0% and size about 250px. Set brush Opacity to 50% and erase the remaining reflection. The effect is the same as for the Display. Also adjust the position and layer opacity.

The reflection of the keyboard can be little bit tricky because of its shape so instead of duplicating layers we are going to draw the reflection ourselves.

Select the Pen Tool (P). Create a shape for the keyboard reflection. Just copy the border of the keyboard and make some space at the bottom according to the image to the left.

Select the Shape Layer and apply following Gradient Layer Effect values: #cdcdcd at 0%, #cdcdcd at 56%, #343434 at 60%, #cdcdcd at 63%, #cdcdcd at 74%, #141415 at 79%, #141415 at 100%.

Rasterize shape layer (right click on the layer and select Rasterize). Select Eraser Tool (E) with hardness set to 0% and size to 150. Erase the bottom part of the reflection according to the shape of the keyboard. Set Eraser opacity to 50% and partly erase the remaining parts of reflection.

If you don’t have one create folder and name it Shadows. It should be beneath the iMac, Mouse and Keyboard folders and over the reflections folder.

Create subfolder in the Shadows folder and name it Magic Mouse. Create two layers inside this folder and name them Lighter and Darker. The darker one should be above the lighter layer.

Select Lighter layer. Select Brush Tool (B). Set size to 20px and hardness to 30%. Set color to #828385. Paint shadow under the mouse and set the layer opacity to 20%.

Select Darker layer. Select Brush Tool (B). Keep the size of 20px and hardness of 30%. Set color to #343435 and paint the darker shadow. Adjust position of both layers.

Create new layer in shadows folder beneath the Mouse folder and name it keyboard. Select Brush Tool (B) with Hardness set to 0%. The size should be set according to the part of the shadow. Set Color to #00000. Select Eraser Tool (E) and erase overdrawed parts. The last thing is to adjust position if it doesn’t fit.

Create a new layer in shadows folder beneath the keyboard layer. Select Brush Tool (B) with hardness set to 0%. The size depends on the part of the shadow as before but keep it small about 15px, paint the shadow at the bottom of the leg. Make it copy the shape of the leg and smoothly disappear at the sides.

Final Image

Best of the Web ? August 2010

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As you know, each month, we round up some of the best Photoshop-related content from around the web. This month, there were some excellent Photoshop tutorials, articles, and freebies to choose from. Please take a moment to review our favorites from August 2010.

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Paint With Fire

In real life, painting with fire might be considered dangerous and possibly illegal. In Photoshop, however, painting with fire can produce stunning results. This tutorial from Digital Arts demonstrates how to create a flaming person in Photoshop.

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Using Lighting, Atmospherics and Digital Illustration Techniques for Matte Painting

To create a realistic matte painting, or any artwork for that matter, it is important to understand the properties of light, atmospherics, color and perspective. This tutorial from Creative Fan demonstrates how to use these principles to create a stunning landscape matte painting.

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Create a Refreshing Beer Themed Poster Design in Photoshop

When you create a print advertisement, it’s important that all the elements of your composition are geared towards selling a product and promoting a brand. This tutorial from Colorburned demonstrates how to produce a beautiful beer-themed advertisement in Photoshop.

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Combining Custom Brushes for Wild Effects in Photoshop

Photoshop brushes are one of the most powerful tools in Photoshop’s arsenal. In this tutorial, Creative Fan makes a second appearance in this round up with this really nice tutorial demonstrating how to use custom brushes to produce wild effects in Photoshop.

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Correcting Exposure with the Shadows & Highlights Tool

Often, when taking pictures, it’s difficult, sometimes impossible, to get the perfect exposure on everything within the frame. When shooting outdoors, you’re bound to over or under-expose parts of your shot. This tutorial from Tutorial9 demonstrates how to use Photoshop’s Shadow/Highlight adjustment to maximize the potential of your shots.

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Create a Scene with Retro-futuristic-Inspired Light Effects

Photoshop and Illustrator make a powerful combination. You can often produce stunning results by creating objects in Illustrator and bringing them into Photoshop. This tutorial from Design Instruct demonstrates how to produce stylish custom patterns and vector shapes and import them into Photoshop to bring them to life.

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Free Downloads

Moustache Buttons!

If your design needs more moustache, then you should definitely check out this set of moustache buttons from Cute Little Factory. This set includes 15 buttons based on well-known celebrity moustaches. An excellent find!

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Simple But Sophisticated App Icon Set

You can never have too many icons in your design arsenal. This set of icons from Creative Nerds will make an excellent addition to your design library. Give this set of icons by Helen Gizi a download and try them on for size!

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14 Free High-Res Slate Textures

Textures are great resources to use to add a sense of realism or depth to your compositions. This set of 14 free high resolution slate textures are perfect for creating tiled floors or surfaces.

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Freebie: 25 Original And Free Abstract Smoke Brushes

Abstract smoke brushes are great for adding interest to your designs, especially if you need something that looks great but can’t take up a lot of time. This set of 25 smoke brushes from 1st Web Designer is perfect for anyone needing to add a quick, yet beautiful effect to their designs.

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Free Hi-Res Photoshop Brushes: Assorted Texture Set

Textures are great for adding realism to your designs but brushes created from textures can often open up new possibilities that the texture alone could not achieve. This set of assorted Photoshop brushes from Bittbox includes some really nice brushes for you to use.

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Articles and Inspiration

A Handy Guide to Image Resolutions in Print Design

Image resolution can be a confusing principle for young graphic designers to understand. This post from Spoon Graphics explains a little about image resolution and what it actually means.

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36 Creative 3D Typography Designs

3D Typography is the art of collecting and arranging text in a three-dimension view. This showcase from DesignM.ag collects 36 amazing examples of 3D typography.

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Outstanding Advertising Inspiration

No matter where you live, ads are everywhere! The best ads combine a great idea with excellent execution. This round up from Abduzeedo showcases some outstanding examples of advertising inspiration.

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30 More Hilarious Print Advertisements

Some of the most memorable advertisement are also some of the funniest. People love humorous advertisements. This round up from Spyre Studios showcases some of the funniest print ads that you will ever see!

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Really Cool Advertisements and Photo Manipulations

In our third installment of advertisement inspiration, check our this post from Presidia Creative that showcases some really cool advertisements and photo manipulations.

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EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor, PHP editor, Java editor and Hex Viewer for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

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Document interface

* Multiple document interface
* Overlappable windows
* Tabbed document interface
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Basic features

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* Regex-based find & replace
* Encoding conversion
* Newline conversion

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* Syntax highlighting
* Multiple undo/redo
* Rectangular block selection
* Bracket matching
* Auto indentation
* Auto completion
* Code folding (Text folding)
* Compiler integration

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* Shell integration
* Macro (Keystroke recording)
* Multi-line regex support
* Integrated web browser
* Dynamically customizable key bindings

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With the powerful and easy-to-use rule system you can tell RoboBasket how to organize your files. You can choose to process files based on their date, size, extension, mp3 tags, file name and other properties and choose from action that include move, copy, rename, recycle, open, print and other file operations.

Automatically organize any folders you choose.
RoboBasket can monitor whatever folders(e.g. your desktop, your downloads) you choose and process files in these folders automatically.

Quickly access RoboBasket features from system tray menu
You can organize the monitored folders any time from RoboBasket Folders Menu. Taking control of the file cluttered is very quick and easy.

More than just filing
RoboBasket supports many file operations besides moving and copying. You can have RoboBasket rename you files or sort them into subfolders based on name, date or some specific file attributes. With RoboBasket rule-based engine, you can create powerful workflows to automatically organize and process your files.

Organize your files in more professional way
RoboBasket can read specific file attributes such as mp3.artist, mp3.genre or photo.date. You can have RoboBasket sort your mp3 files into artist/album directory or rename you digital photos with photo date.

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Introducing the Tuts+ Marketplace ? Making Premium Accessible to Everyone

RSS — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:24:03 GMT

We’ve just launched the Tuts+ Marketplace, where Premium quality tutorials – both from our Tuts+ Premium program and from unaffiliated authors – are available to purchase individually. Our Tuts+ Premium program will still stay exactly the same – you’ll get all the same things, for the same price. But now, non-members will be able to purchase selected Premium tutorials on a one-off basis, without a Premium membership.

Hey! Look for this link!

So far we’ve added nearly half our Premium tutorials to the Tuts+ Marketplace, and will be adding more over time. To find out if a Premium tutorial is available for sale on the Tuts+ Marketplace, look for this link:

Q + A More Information

Here are answers to some of your likely questions about the Tuts+ Marketplace. Please read through these, and if you have any more questions they may be answered in the special edition podcast Introducing the Tuts+ Marketplace (with me and Sean Hodge as a special guests hehe). If not, leave a comment!

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QWhat does this mean for Premium members?

That it’s a lot easier to see the value you’re getting as part of Premium. With files on the marketplace priced between $3 and $7, your Premium subscription gives you access to thousands of dollars worth of files for $9 a month. Premium will still work exactly the same and cost the same – so you’ve got nothing to worry about! The marketplace is more for people who aren’t Premium members, and for those who want access to user-submitted tutorials that aren’t available as part of Premium – or anywhere else.

QWhat will be sold on the Tuts+ Marketplace?

We’ve seeded the site with our Tuts+ Premium tutorials, but anyone can submit a tutorial for sale on the Tuts+ Marketplace. If it’s ‘Premium’ quality, it will be accepted. Eventually, the marketplace will be filled with tutorials you can’t find anywhere else.

QWho benefits from the Tuts+ Marketplace?

If you only have time to go through 1 or 2 Premium tutorials a month, or only want to pay for the Premium tutorials you need, the Tuts+ Marketplace is perfect for you. You can purchase tutorials on a one off basis, and files are priced between $3 – $7.

As the marketplace grows, authors will come in from elsewhere to sell their tutorials. There will be high-quality tutorials on the Tuts+ Marketplace that you can’t get anywhere else, so if you love learning from great tutorials, you should keep tabs on the Tuts+ Marketplace.

If you go through lots of Premium tutorials, the Tuts+ Premium subscription is better value for you. The option that’s right for you will depend on your needs.

QWhat categories does the marketplace cover?

We currently host the following categories, and will be expanding our selection over time:

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