Create a Retro Text Effect and Character Illustration – Psd Premium Tutorial

Kervin Brisseaux on Oct 13th 2011 with 11 comments

Tutorial Details

Program: Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator CS5
Difficulty: Advanced
Estimated Completion Time: 25 - 30 Hours

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Designers often create line art in Illustrator and then bring it into Photoshop to add color and effects. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Kervin Brisseaux will use Photoshop to create a retro text effect and character illustration with some pre-existing artwork that you can download with the tutorial source files. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you are looking to take your illustration and typography skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started!

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By Kervin Brisseaux

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Kervin Brisseaux is a digital Illustrator from New York. He is a senior member of The Depthcore Collective and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Architecture at Syracuse University. Lately, he has been involved in various freelance projects for clients such as Nike, Axe Bodyspray, and Aquafresh. For more examples of Kervin's work, check out his portfolio at Brisseaux.com.

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http://www.ericvasquez.net Eric Vasquez
Wow! This looks amazing. Will this tutorial be available for purchase through the Envato Marketplace?

http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman
Eric, the only way to download this tutorial is to become a premium member. It won’t be uploaded to the marketplace.

http://www.ericvasuqez.net Eric Vasquez
Ahhh..fair enough…good job though, this looks sweet!
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nahh man get this on the marketplace…

Tony Aubé
Fresh and original!
http://melodynieves.com Melody
Whoa….so wicked!!!
Sami
Completion time 25-30 hours?? WOW!
Ruud
These tutorials should be available in the marketplace, because there are only like 3 tutorials that are premium which I want to follow. I don’t like to wait until there are enough tutorials available for download and then buy 1 month subscription to download them and then terminate the subscription again. I’d like to buy them separately at the time they are available.
http://www.london-freeads.co.uk Daniel
Look nice, but doesn’t work for me, i try every steps, but the result it’s different that yours!

Paul
I found that if I used a new Gradient Fill layer instead of a new Gradient Map adjustment layer I was able to get a lot closer. Maybe you could try that. From some of the screen shots I think the author was using Gradient Fill layers even though the instructions prescribed Gradient Maps.

fatpig
Awesome. Perfect at first sight. But looks a bit blured. But awesome anyway. I just wanted to play with colors and lighting effects in my version
http://s48.radikal.ru/i120/1208/32/8cc7b55268a4.jpg