May 17, 2012 paul0v2's blog

NatureMan Digital Illustration

This amazing digital illustration was designed by the Polish designer Michael Tomaka. Using over 20 photos to put together this

November 17, 2011 paul0v2's blog

Retro Movie Poster Case Study

Streets of Fear is the name of the movie poster and it was designed by the German; Ralf Krause a

November 10, 2011 paul0v2's blog

Insane Clown Case Study

The Insane Clown Posse is Detroit's own hometown harlequins. Photographer Paul Mobley teamed up with digital artist Mike Campau to

September 19, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

Nike Hair in Photoshop

A couple of weeks ago I was playing in Photoshop in a Saturday afternoon and decided to create something using

September 14, 2011 marcos333's blog

Mysterious Designs by Josh Vanover (aka. Space Knuckle)

Josh Vanover is probably one of the most mysterious designers I ever known. Wroking most with black and white, his

August 01, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

Dark Knight Rises Poster in Photoshop

A couple of weeks ago I saw the new Dark Knight Rises poster and I love it. The concept was

July 14, 2011 paul0v2's blog

Amazing Digital Illustrations by Vision

Adrián Romero is an 18 year old illustrator and graphic designer from Spain known as Vision. His work is breathtaking,

May 19, 2011 paul0v2's blog

Mirage Case Study by Peter Jaworowski

Peter Jaworowski needs no introduction, we have featured his work here plenty of times and the quality never goes down

January 12, 2011 abduzeedo's blog

Surreal Inspiration by Eugene Soloviev

Eugene Soloviev is an 21 year old Russian Photo Manipulator from Nizhniy Novgorod, he started off in the design world

November 24, 2010 guest's blog

Design History: Photo Manipulation Pioneer John Heartfield

John Heartfield (1891-1968) was a pioneer in photo manipulation. Born Helmut Herzfeld, he changed his name as a protest against

October 14, 2010 paul0v2's blog

Case Study: Nike Apparel

In this case study will go over step by step how the masters from Ars Thanea (Peter Jaworowski and Karol

September 20, 2010 abduzeedo's blog

Playing with Displace Filter in Photoshop

I have been playing a lot with the Displace filter in Photoshop and I still get impressed with how powerful

Featured Tutorial

Underwater Scene in Pixelmator
Underwater Scene in Pixelmator
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create an underwater scene as inspired by the opening titles of I, Robot, the movie. We will create a brush that will be used to add the bubbles and explore a technique to make your scenes look more realistic. The whole process is quite simple, and it takes less than 1 hour to go through all the steps. Step 1 Open Pixelmator and create a new document, the one I’m using is 1440×900 pixels. After that, fill the background layer with black.?

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #110 - Kevin Roodhorst
Wallpaper of the Week #110 - Kevin Roodhorst
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Kevin Roodhorst, a 19-year-old Dutch digital artist studying graphic design in Amsterdam, with hopes of moving on to an advertising agency or into the world of freelancing when finished. Kevin likes to experiment with different graphic effects on photographed subjects and in particular using Cinema 4D to make 3D objects, light effects and renders. For more information visit Kevin's website at http://www.kevinroodhorst.com

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context
Book Suggestion Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context
The book suggestion of this week is Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context. This book is really inspiring, there were some amazing illustrations and you can spend ours checking them out. Another amazing thing about this book is that you can always go back and there will always be something new.