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Interview and Showcase with the Great Illustrator Phil Dunne

by GisMullr | Jun 23, 2009

Phil Dunne is an illustrator from Dublin, Ireland, which spent the last 29 years drawing, painting, doodling and having amazingly creative thoughts. From 1999 to 2003 Phil was studying at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin to get his degree in Visual Communications. After graduating he started to built his portfolio with several different projects and clients.

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Meat Text Effect in Photoshop

by abduzeedo | Jun 01, 2009

Last week I published a tutorial showing how to mix a custom font created in Illustrator with some stock photos of milk to create a nice effect. Now on this tutorial we will sort of repeat the technique but this time using stock photos of meat and add perspective to create a word made from beefs.

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Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop

by abduzeedo | May 25, 2009

Following the series of effects with text, there were the Water, Clouds, Light, and also some time ago the

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Illustrator Quick Tips #2 - Scatter Brushes

by abduzeedo | Mar 02, 2009

Brushes are very useful in Photoshop. We may create all sorts of effects, from clouds to grunge brushes and many others. In lllustrator it is no different, actually it's easier to create and use brushes than in Photoshop because you can preview how they will look and edit them in real time, what makes a big difference.

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Illustrator Quick Tips #1 - Complex Symbols with Pathfinder

by abduzeedo | Feb 16, 2009

Last week I posted an article showing some great logos using 3D effects and colorful gradients. There are quite a few ways to do create those effects in Illustrator, however for most of them you will have to use the Pathfinder tools. Because of that I will show you an example based on a few logos from that list. References

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Retro Geometric Vectors in Space with Illustrator and Photoshop

by abduzeedo | Feb 03, 2009

Last week I was talking to Aloa, one of the Abduzeedo writers, and he was showing me some images that he thought were cool for tutorials, one of those had this mix of vectors and gradients but very geometric. It was a nice inspiration so I decided to do something mixing Illustrator and Photoshop.

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New Year Creating a New Typeface in Illustrator

by abduzeedo | Dec 29, 2008

When I created the very first version of Abduzeedo I did a simple logo because I didn't have much time back in 2006, I wanted the blog up and running as faster as possible. However after a few months I decided that it would be cool to have a nice and unique logo, but without using any symbol.

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Super Cool Abstract Vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop

by abduzeedo | Nov 04, 2008

One of the best tools in Illustrator in my opinion is the Blend Tool. There are so many things we can do with the blend tool, mixing shapes, replacing the Spine path to create crazy forms. Also I try to learn how the real masters like Andy Gilmore create those fantastic pieces.

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Hell of Tutorial in Photoshop

by abduzeedo | Jul 29, 2008

A few days ago I took sometime to try some tutorials I read such as the really cool Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop by Collis from PSDTUTS, and put some 3D typography ideas into practice.

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Crazy Cool Vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop

by abduzeedo | Jul 21, 2008

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a very nice image inspired by the amazing work of Andy Gilmore. If you don't know who he is, I highly recommend you to check his work out. He creates images combining vectors and blend modes to create astonishing designs, and that is what we are going to do.

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