New Premium Tutorial – How to Make 3D Neon Light Typography
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This is a new addition to the Psdtuts+ Premium section. This is a super creative tutorial with a professional results. Learn how to create dynamic 3D Neon lettering with a hefty dose of Photoshop techniques and a dash of Illustrator know-how. Learn more at the jump!
New Exclusive Premium Tutorial Glowing with Creativity
This new Premium Tutorial is titled "How to Make 3D Neon Light Typography," by Alex Beltechi. He is a digital artist and illustrator who has written tutorials for us before and created Premium material, such as a unique artistic brush set. You can find him on Behance here.
This tutorial will take you through how to create a unique piece of digital artwork. You learn how to compose the 3D type and then add effects and imagery to achieve the final results. The great thing about this technique is the fact that it is very easy to apply to all sorts of neon lights. You can choose to make 3D typography, as in this tutorial, or stylized neon tubes in abstract compositions.
Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! The preview of the final illustration is below, multiple views are shown. You can view the large version here.
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This tutorial takes this technique and adds levels of realism, like making the neon tubing glass looked aged, or adding shadows, textured background, graffiti, and more. Sign up for Premium today and get access to this awesome new tutorial. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now!
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@ Fin Maciver
You need to start with a much larger font size than whats shown in the tut…I had the same problem at first
@ CD Abb
Thanks for the tip! You’re not kidding when you say a MUCH larger font!!
Made me go PLUS =)
I saw this tutorial. I thought like “Woah, this guy got some mad skills”. Then i saw “plus”. Then I thought like “Woah, this sucks”.
Did I lose my free time for this?
‘-w-
Wow this looks amazing, I will be definitely getting the plus account.
the type face is in FFIL format on won’t install on my mac. bummer.
Aww… plus.
I know that $9 a month is not a lot of money, but I don’t get a lot of money, so it is a bit much for me. Plus difficult to pay for these sorts of things without having a credit card.
wonderful
wow this looks so real you want to cry…
Nice tutorial…
It’s soooo sad that we’re looking for cool tips that once we apply to our work will help us be better and in consequence help us make more money, and we want these tips for free!!! Man!
$9 is tooo cheap for this, I’m a plus user and I’m learning stuffs that will up my ante a whole lot and fatten my charges. Besides, there are still lotsa free tuts that very nice!
This tut can be applied to so many things….
Awesome!
Its awsome, can sometimes be difficult to read though…
Yeah – step 2 is screwing me up as well. I’ve been trying to work around it all afternoon – just lost 3 hours. I paid for a membership for this tute in particular. Suck!
Yup Step 2 is screwing me over too. Seems like a few people are having this problem.
Hi
For thouse having problem with this, here is the following something that looks like it worked for me
hehe….
Before the 3D effect in illustrator. Apply to the text —> Go to Type –> Create Outlines.
And than try to apply 3D effect!
Hope this works out for thouse who have trouble fixing it!
Neliuz
this is just a rip off. why they say its a tutorial. if the just want to show it the members than they should have just a members area.
i am not interested in this. there are 1000 REAL FREE nice and good tutorials around and i will find something similar. there a so many type tutorials you can take them and modifie to this neon lamps. no problem…
never ever…
the step 2 is just not right why?
great tutorial
great techniques
very nice
I really like how the text looks. The neon lights effects make it dreamy. I’m especially surprised by how realistic it looks. It did gave me inspiration for my business card especially the curves and color. I got my designer from LogoDesignStation.com to design for me the business card and it came out better than expected. Many people were quite amazed by the design. Thanks heaps for posting this.
For anyone who’s having problems with Step 2, make sure your ShineOn letters are all CAPS.
This looks good- but does anyone know wher the tut went. I just bought a Premium account on the strength of this nad the link appears to be broken
Any one else with a similiar problem?
Foarte bun tutorialul! Felicitari!
I couldn’t find the font “shine on” to do this tut and i thought the author of the font had remove it.
Cheers!
Hey I am getting a weird abstract thing when i do the 3D effect in Step 2. Anyone have an idea what im doing wrong?