We’re back with the second half of our Steampunk style type experiment! In this Part II, we’ll generate realistic textures and create a fitting scene for our text. Let’s get right to it!
Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment – Part II
Oct 27th in 3D, Text Effects by Alex Beltechi
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Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment – Part I
Oct 26th in 3D, Text Effects by Alex BeltechiWhether or not you’re a Steampunk fan, this two part tutorial is sure to test your knowledge on Illustrator, Cinema 4D and Photoshop. In the first half, we’re going to customize a Blackletter font and create 3D text with vector shapes. There’s lots to do, so let’s start with the first part of this two-part series!
Sander Rietdijk Interview
Oct 24th in Inspiration by EmilSander Rietdijk is not only an artist with a knack for creating amazing art, but he is also very wise and has learned a lot of interesting things in his few years exploring the world of graphic design.
Sander has partnered up with a friend Thimo Smit to create their own graphic design studio named Edberry Creative. On top of that Sander will discuss the benefits and disadvantages of collaborating with another artist. We’ll learn about how he creates an amazing typographic piece. So lets get into this great interview!
How to Get that Anime Look in Photoshop Using a Flexible Workflow
Oct 23rd in Drawing by Alon Dan
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to get that smooth shiny Anime look. We’ll start with a simple character outline and build the correct hierarchy for the base colors, tones and highlights. Also, we’ll learn how to work with this “method” for later projects in case the client or director will ask for changes, it will be easy to replace colors for a specific part of the character without redrawing all the tones and highlights again! You are about to learn one of the many techniques from the Anime industry. Let’s get started!
Freelancing University: How to Freelance from Just About Anywhere
Oct 22nd in Features, Inspiration by Danny OutlawThere are no shortage of great freelancing blogs and websites out there that teach you the ins and outs of freelancing. One of the more popular ones, of course, is the Envato Blog, Freelance Switch. While these blogs do a great job of educating the masses about typical freelance work, many of them fail to touch on the subject of Freelancing Abroad. Today, I would like to pick up where many of these sites stop on this topic.
Professional Workflow for Adding Smoking Fire to a Building – Psd Plus Tutorial
Oct 21st in News by Tomasz OpasinskiWe have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your photo manipulation skills to the next level, then we have a great tutorial for you. Learn how to add add flames and smoke to a building – make it burn. Once you know this core technique, you can use it elsewhere in your work. Learn more at the jump!
Win a Super-cute Ps Icon Pillow!
Oct 20th in News by SkellieThe Tuts+ Network has teamed up with MySuiteStuff to hold a network-wide pillowriffic giveaway! One random commenter will be chosen to win a very cute Ps Icon pillow. To increase your chances of winning some loot, make sure to visit each Tuts+ site and take part in each giveaway. Across the network, we’re giving away pillows for all the creative apps you know and love, including After Effects, Illustrator, Flash and Flex. To enter, all you’ve gotta do is comment! Too easy.
How to Enhance Photos With a Pen Tablet
Oct 20th in Painting, Photo Effects by Alex BeltechiHave you ever come across a photo where all the highlights and shadows seem just too good to be true? If it’s not HDR processing, it’s pen tablet magic. Find out in this tutorial how to give a regular image a subtle, artistic feel with some clever brush work. Read more after the jump!
Create a Magnifying Glass Icon in Photoshop CS4
Oct 19th in Icon Design by Andrea AustoniIn this tutorial, we’ll combine simple vector shapes, layer styles and generous amounts of shininess to create the perfect magnifying glass for all your search icon needs. Let’s get started!
ActiveDen and Activetuts – New Names, Same Awesome Content
Oct 19th in News by CollisFor just over three fantastic years FlashDen has been the jewel in Envato’s crown. It is our longest running and most active community, and thanks to the amazing authors who showcase their work there, has become the largest marketplace for Adobe Flash files in the world with over 8,500 items for sale.
Last week Adobe asked us to change our name and URL so that it would no longer contain the term ‘Flash’, which is a registered trademark of Adobe. We know that the success of our sites is about the community and content, not the names. So here at Envato HQ we’ve been busy thinking up new names and we think we’ve found a great new home for both our marketplace and our Tuts+ blog on Flash.
As of today the two sites now live at ActiveDen and Activetuts+.
