50 Amazing Gig Posters Sure to Inspire The gig poster scene isn’t exactly the best kept secret among music fiends like myself. It is a tradition that started in the 60′s and is still going strong. Nowadays, the majority of indie bands have a growing collection of poster art that is just too incredible to simply throw away once the show has ended. Not surprisingly, this has led to the gig poster being something of a collectors item for music fanatics everywhere. The following are 50 hand picked gig posters whose creativity and imagination blew me away. Rilo Kiley Designer: Lure Design Inc Les Savy Fav Designer: Cody Fennell Devendra Banhart Designer: Spike Press The National Broken Social Scene Designer: The Small Stakes My Morning Jacket Designer: Andrio Abero Mates Of State Andrew Bird Designer: Gina Kelly The Decemberists Designer: Little Jacket Animal Collective Designer: Delicious Design League Deerhoof The Shins Designer: Kevin Tong …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Designer: Dave Conrey We Are Scientists Designer: Jonathan Schmitt Stars
49 Most Creative Photoshop Tutorials of 2009 What a year it has been for Photoshop… so many new techniques, so many fresh ideas and so many new and creative web sites offering free tutorials. In this post we have collected the best of them, focusing on photo manipulation, design and drawing, poster design, caricature design and finally, illustration within Photoshop. We have purposely omitted icon design, text effects and GUI tutorials, these will be following in the coming weeks, keep an eye out for them. Photo Manipulation Tutorials Create Frozen Liquid Effects In this tutorial they show you some techniques for giving almost anything a liquid or frozen fluid effect. Create a Happy Girl Wallpaper In this tutorial, you will be taught how to create a wallpaper of a very happy girl, who enjoys life. Create a Funky Perspective of a Model Riding This is a tutorial illustrating perspective techniques and how you can achieve the feeling of depth and motion. The Making of “Constant Slip” Fantastic Tree Photo Manipulations Craft a Caricature
Breathtaking Typographic Posters - Smashing Magazine Advertisement You can’t design without type. However, yon can use only type (or mostly only type) to create breath-taking designs. You can’t design without type: this1 is an argument for it. This post showcases over 50 breathtaking typographic posters designed by artists across the globe. You may also want to take a look at the article Typography In Motion2 we’ve published few months ago. So what can be achieved out of simple letters and symbols? Breathtaking Typographic Posters Christina Koehn / University of Washington, USA Alex Banks3 / United Kingdom Emiliano Lionel Suárez4 / Argentina Juanma Teixidó5 / Asunción, Paraguay Emil Kozak6 / Spain Pablo Alfieri7 / Buenos Aires, Argentina HeyHo8 / France Vincent Bousserez9 / Paris, France Drew Kora10 / Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA in the lab11 Aron Jancso12 / Budapest, Hungary Andre Bergamin13 / Brazil Oh Ishi14 / Siam, Thailand Alejandro Paul15 / Buenos Aires, Argentina mrgraphicsguy16 / Germany lee2517 / United Kingdom Shaun Morrison18 / Brighton, England Bonus
Poster from the Words Would you like to make your own cool musical poster? This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to do it. Final Image Preview Resources Girl Step 1 First we are going to create a new document in Photoshop with 1000×1000 pixels with all the default settings. Step 2 Select Horizontal Type Tool and place any text (white color, caps on) filling all background as you can see below. Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate. Step 3 Open photo and copy it to our canvas over text layer. Select text from text layer (Ctrl+left click on text layer thumbnail in layers). Press Ctrl+D to deactivate selection. Apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast. Step 4 Create a new layer. Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate on both layers. Apply Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Outer Glow to both layer to make it more readable. Final Image This tutorial is now finished and you got a great effect!
Humorous Artworks by Denis Zilber Denis Zilber is a freelance illustrator and animator from Tel Aviv, Israel. His works filled with exaggerated characters, ideas, colors, grotesque style and a sense of humor. View the website 35 Creative Portrait Effects Photoshop Tutorials Portrait effects are no longer constrained to vignettes or simple stencil effects. This area has vertiginously evolved to an unbelievable level of creativity and complexity. So, don’t expect to find your average two step special effect. Many of these require a lot of work, which in the end will result in a lot of Photoshop techniques learned. As usual, don’t try this with your average bad quality family photos. Turn a photo into a pencil sketch Two color technicolor effect Dreamy mystical effect Complete beauty retouching Andy Warhol pop effect Natural skin smoothing Photo to Illustration effect Give your photos a color ink sketch effect Give your photos a retro comic look effect Creating an unique profile image Snow queen Underwater portrait effect High contrast artistic portrait Abstract lighting effect Pop portrait effect Turn a face into a stone statue Creating a smoke fading effect Color effects with alpha channel Retro pop art in Photoshop Good and evil photo effect Create a vexel image in Photoshop
53 Examples of Funny Art and Design (1.24.11) | Man, Chewbacca really has gone through a lot of hairstyles, hasn’t he? Comma Sutra Pinky – by Aled Lewis by Jack Teagle via legos.tumblr.com by Cupcake Occassions Well, now what? via via Minimal Movie Posters by Mel Marcelo Face Mug 742 Evergreen Terrace by fatheed made by Beavie Wonder 30 Poster Design Tutorials for Photoshop Photoshop allows designers to create amazing posters that can be used for a variety or purposes like movie promos, product promos, event promos, as well as just for fun and practice. There are a lot of quality tutorials out there that teach the process of designing a poster in Photoshop. In this post we’ll feature 30 poster tutorials from a variety of different designers. In this collection you should find at least a few tutorials that teach something that could be helpful in your own work. Looking for hosting?
Focus On Composing Photos: Focus on the Fundamentals Peter Ensenberger, “Focus On Composing Photos: Focus on the Fundamentals” F..al Press | 2011 | ISBN: 024081505X | 155 pages | File type: PDF | 39,7 mb As digital cameras and software packages become more advanced, seemingly by the minute, it has become easier than ever to overlook the basic elements which have always resulted in the best photographs, no matter how fancy (or primitive) the camera itself. Composition is the single most important aspect of creating great images, no matter what level of photographer you happen to be. No amount of digital wizardry can turn a badly composed image into a picture you would want to display. While many books on composition tend to overcomplicate the subject, this book breaks down everything you need to know into small, digestible chunks of information that you will actually remember once you’re out and about taking pictures. *Each chapter contains an easy-to-follow assignment to jumpstart your own creativity
35 Tutorials for Mastering Photoshop Brushes For Photoshop users, downloading free brushes and creating your own custom brushes can quickly help you to achieve more effective results and improve productivity and efficiency at the same time. There are essentially unlimited options when working with brushes, so it’s a skill that can always be further developed. Regardless of your skill level in working with brushes you should find some tutorials here for you. Some cover the basic uses and functionality of brushes, some will teach you various ways to create your own custom brushes, and some will help you to develop your skills by using them as an integral part of a design. You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials: Rotating Brushes A simple way to rotate any brush to fit your needs. Managing Your Brushes and Brush Libraries in Photoshop Once you’ve downloaded and created a number of brushes, managing and organizing them will become more important. Photoshop Brush Tutorial: Shape Dynamics – Size Controls
Studio Photography Tutorial Photography business Some people think that a photography business is a business based on capital, easily calculated by the total assets owned by the photographer, and expensive when it comes to studio and professional photography equipment. But now that paradigm has shifted, the digital age has carried with it a great change in the development of photography. You now don’t need to own an expensive camera and a studio for developing your film, or even a shop to sell your services. In general, a photographer is a person that makes a career out of providing photography services. This usually comes in the process of: meeting with the client, photography session, printing, result transactions, and then getting paid for the services provided. Before starting a photography business, you need to establish a target market segment. After establishing your skill level, you can then compile a portfolio. Then, start promoting.
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