Last year I created some images using fireballs, explosion, fire and smoke. Basically I only used brushes to create that in Photoshop. Now with the release of the new Pixelmator 1.4 and its brand new Brush Engine I decided to try it and create the same image in Pixelmator.
So, in this tutorial I will show you how to create fire and smoke using Pixelmator. We will play with the Brush Engine, colors and Blendings.
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Alecio Calixto and it's called The Crow. Alecio is an art director and digital designer from Brazil. The image was a suggestion from Alecio himself to us via email. You can also suggest us wallpapers. Just email them to abduzeedo@abduzeedo.com with the subject "Wallpaper of the Week"
For more information about Alecio visit http://cargocollective.com/aleciocalixto
The book suggestion of this week is a very inspiring one for those in love with vintage typography, it's called Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age. It's definitely a book for when you need some extra motivation and inspiration.
About the book
Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.