May 21, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

Playing with Timeline in Photoshop CS6

Photoshop CS6 has some great features, one of them is the new timeline for basic animations and this time Photoshop

May 07, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

Hipster Text Effect in Photoshop CS6

A few weeks ago we posted a tutorial showing how to create a hipster text effect using Pixelmator. Now we

April 18, 2012 PauloGabriel's blog

Awesome Photoshop Custom Cars by Richard Andersen

I really enjoy seeing people doing cool photoshop works in photographs, doing all kinds of crazy stuff, like customizing real-life

April 02, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

Wrath of the Titans in Photoshop CS6

We always try to publish tutorials based on effects we like especially from movies, posters and other sources of inspiration.

March 12, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

The Artist Inspiring Design in Illustrator and Photoshop

A few weeks ago I watched The Artist. Since the first time I saw and read about the movie I

February 13, 2012 marcos333's blog

Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop

Being a great fan of comic books, I always loved the visual identities used for some famous characters. Most super-heroes

February 07, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

The Avengers Poster in Photoshop

Super Bowl is always a great time to see some nice movie trailers and previews. One that caught my attention

January 23, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

Easy Wax Seal in Illustrator and Photoshop

A few weeks ago I was having my Maker's Mark and decided it was time to do the wax effect

January 02, 2012 abduzeedo's blog

Realistic Letterpress Effect in Photoshop

For the first tutorial of 2012 we wanted to have a really good one and the most important thing a

November 21, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

Medieval Metal Text Effect in Photoshop

Last week I saw the movie Immortals and before the movie I was walking around at the movie theater checking

October 31, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

RAWZ Light Effects in Photoshop

Last Friday we launched our new way for users to submit work for the Daily Inspiration at Abduzeedo. We call

October 17, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

Vintage Typography Experiment in Illustrator and Photoshop

We all love typography and especially the vintage/retro ones. There's something on those artworks that catch our eyes and makes

Featured Tutorial

Hexagons Bokeh Effect in Pixelmator
Hexagons Bokeh Effect in Pixelmator
More than two years ago, I created an image of a digital bokeh using Pixelmator that became incredibly popular on the Internet. I easily created the image using Pixelmator’s filter, which was new at the time, called Defocus. I simply applied the filter and added a gradient overlay layer to create the effect. Therefore, in this tutorial, I will show you how to create a bokeh effect in a slightly different, but simple manner to achieve a beautiful outcome. Step 1 Open Pixelmator and fill the background layer with a very dark grey color (#0a0a0a).

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #144 by Adam Spizak
Wallpaper of the Week #144 by Adam Spizak
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Adam Spizak, an illustrator and designer with almost 13 years of experience in both online and print design. His main inspiration comes from music and books. For more information about Adam visit his Web site at http://www.artisnavi.com/ Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
The book of this week is a book I just got from a friend. It was in my wish list for a long time. The book is called Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information and as the reviews says, it's about our ability to generate information now far exceeds our capacity to understand it.