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I'm Alvaro Guzman from Bolivia, Web developer and Graphic designer. For me digital design is a modern form of art, which allows me to explore innovative techniques, and helps to deliver a clear message to the public.My work covers advertising, corporate image, print design, and web design areas. I am currently the Design Team Leader of SouthMakers. And you can find me on Twitter @alvarocker.
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How to Animate a Demo of an iPad App with Photoshop

How to Animate a Demo of an iPad App with Photoshop

Alvaro Guzman on Aug 22nd 2011 with 24 comments

Have you ever tried to explain the behavior of your interface designs to your clients? Many times words are not enough to show what the designer has in mind when delivering a piece to their customer. In mobile applications, with both horizontal and vertical scrolls combined and animation or transition effects, this problem is even larger. This tutorial will show you how to design an interface of a mobile application from scratch in Photoshop and, most importantly, will show you how to present an animation describing the behavior of the application for submission to the final customer. Are you ready? Let’s get started!

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Create a Realistic Blueprint Image From a 3D Object

Create a Realistic Blueprint Image From a 3D Object

Alvaro Guzman on Feb 23rd 2011 with 113 comments

In this tutorial, we’ll create a a quick mock-up of a 3D car blueprint. Then we’ll place it on an image of a drafting table. This time we’ll use a particular Photoshop 3D Render Mode to create this awesome effect. Let’s get it started!

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Create a Spherical 3D Puzzle With Photoshop

Create a Spherical 3D Puzzle With Photoshop

Alvaro Guzman on Jan 17th 2011 with 40 comments

Today we will demonstrate how to create a nice spherical 3D puzzle using Photoshop CS5 Extended’s 3D tools. Let’s get started!

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Design a Coffee Shop Menu Layout from Scratch with Photoshop and InDesign – Part 1

Design a Coffee Shop Menu Layout from Scratch with Photoshop and InDesign – Part 1

Alvaro Guzman on Aug 16th 2010 with 82 comments

Hi everyone, this time I’ve got for you a practical tutorial about creating a ready to print booklet menu for an imaginary coffee shop named "Violet Coffee." In this tutorial you’ll learn to mockup a ready to print background and a couple of additional objects, which will be imported later on in Adobe InDesign to finish the piece. Are you ready?

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Quick Tip: Create a Bas Relief Effect With Photoshop’s 3D Tools

Quick Tip: Create a Bas Relief Effect With Photoshop’s 3D Tools

Alvaro Guzman on Jun 8th 2010 with 34 comments

Hello everyone! In today’s quick tip tutorial I will demonstrate how to create a really nice bas relief effect using a texture, any picture, and Photoshop’s 3D tools. Let’s get started!

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A Comprehensive Guide to Photoshop’s Liquify Tool
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A Comprehensive Guide to Photoshop’s Liquify Tool

Alvaro Guzman on May 20th 2010 with 39 comments

The Liquify filter may be one of the most commonly used filters in Photoshop’s arsenal. The Liquify filter allows us to distort the pixels in a given image without losing quality. Some designers are a bit intimidated by the Liquify filter, others may use in improperly. Today, we will explain the features of this very powerful filter in detail so you can use it in your work.

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This entry is part 7 of 16 in the Photoshop Tutorials for Beginners Session
The Making of Chimera

The Making of Chimera

Alvaro Guzman on Mar 22nd 2010 with 42 comments

Photoshop allows us to create the impossible, like this mystic and nonexistent creature called "Chimera." You’ll learn some techniques of photo manipulation, how to apply shadows and lights, several ways of extracting pictures from its backgrounds and more.

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Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration

Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration

Alvaro Guzman on Mar 8th 2010 with 98 comments

My clients often ask me to create impossible scenarios, weird landscapes and surreal images for their projects; images that wouldn’t be possible in real life. It’s situations like these where photo manipulation becomes a powerful design tool. In today’s tutorial I will show you how to design a CD cover using several photo manipulation techniques, how to keep critical text layers editable for any future change and how to render a quick mockup using the Vanishing Point filter. Let’s get it started!

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A Basic Guide to Photoshop’s 3D Tools

Alvaro Guzman on Jan 11th 2010 with 67 comments

From opening a 3D file to rotating, scaling and moving it, working with meshes, creating textures or even materials, adding lights, and more, this tutorial covers most of the secrets of the useful feature 3D Tools of Photoshop CS4 Extended. If you have it, why don’t you try? I can assure you that you will discover a brand new world of infinite possibilities.

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This entry is part 5 of 16 in the Photoshop Tutorials for Beginners Session
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Create a Watercolor-Themed Website Design with Photoshop

Alvaro Guzman on Dec 7th 2009 with 160 comments

Watercolor in graphic design has become very trendy the last couple of years, many websites and incredible designers are using this style and taking it to another level. Even knowing the technique is important in this kind of design, is more about creativity and experimentation. You will learn how to use the Art History Brush and combine it with watercolor custom brushes to create a nice background header image and more. Let’s get it started!

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