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Creative Portraits by Stefano Pedretti

paul0v2 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:14:29 +0000

Stefano Pedretti is a photographer from Rome, Italy. His portraits are incredibly creative and some of them are so cool and distorted that turned a real person into some kind of 3D cartoon. Check out this great selection!

For more from Stefano visit stefanopedretti.com

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Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 26 year old web designer - paulocanabarro.com I'm from Brazil currently living and working out of Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds, finding and sharing inspiration here has become part of my life. If you like to know more about me or get in touch visit my website paulocanabarro.com Stock me at Twitter and Dribbble

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Create an Angry Birds Parody in Illustrator

marcos333 — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:42:51 +0000

Most video games that I've played lately have not been as charming as Angry Birds. Why? Because nowadays most games focus too much on realistic graphics and improved AI. They just forget the basics of fun games like Super Mario World. If you have not played this game yet you shoudn't miss the opportunity; it's really addicting. Ok, enough talking about it, so inspired by a session of Angry Birds I decided to make this cool parody and teach it to you guys. Hope you dig it as much as I did.

Besides the fact my last tutorial was pretty advanced, this one is actually for beginners and intermediates, you won't need good drawing skills and a tablet to do it, so go ahead guys and have fun. Also, there's a Ai file at the bottom of the post if you need to open it to have a better understanding.

Background

Step 1

So here's a sketch of this illustration...I know, pretty ugly, but the sketch is just a guide for my steps in to the final result, so I never refine it. The concept was to make a scene of reunion before a confrontation with each character dressed like classic war movies heroes.

Ok let's open Adobe Illustrator and create a A4 canvas (29,7 x 21 cm), RGB, 300 DPI.

Using the rectangle tool (the shortcut is the letter "M") create these two rectangles on the canvas.

The bigger one will be the wall and the little will be the floor, so add a lighter green fill for the wall and a darker for the floor.

Let's start with the board, first draw a grey rectangle using the rectangle tool (M).

And make a darker one inside.

Choose the rectangular grid tool, click once on the canvas to set the parameters like the ones below:

Also change its opacity to 20%, use only a green stroke, no fill.

As some of you already know, the Pig King is the main villain of the game, so I just wrote "Subject: Pig King" on the board as an identifier, I used this font .

I made an illustration of the pig king on the board, outline only, like those classic war panels. So, first draw an ellipse using the ellipse tool (L).

Make two little ones behing the bigger one on the superior left diagonal. These will be the ears and the big one will be the head. Use a green stroke and a black fill.

Use the same tool to create the eyes, make one, duplicate, reflect and place it on the other side.

The nose follow pretty much the same procedure, you just need to adjust its shape using the direct selection tool (A), don't forget to make the two cavities.

Add these details on the ears.

And let's not forget the jaw, draw it using the pen tool (P).

Let's not forget the eyebrows, make them using the pen tool (P).

A king is not a king without a crown, so draw it using the pen tool (P), then add some ellipses on the bottom to look like jewels.

Step 3

I decided to put a calendar on the wall, so let's start by making the paper sheets using the rectangle tool (M).

Add a red rectangle on the top.

Using the ellipse tool (L) make the holes, then using the rounded rectangle tool make the metal rings.

Decided to use the original Angry Birds Font to write Jun 6, why June 6? Because it's D day (Normandy landings), just an analogy.

Step 3

Also decided to create a classic dart board. First make two ellipses one inside the other like the sample below using the ellipse tool (L), make one with a black fill and a white stroke and the other using the inverse combination.

Double click on the blend tool (W) to open the panel, set spacing as specified steps and set 3 steps, now choose the two circles to get this result.

Ok, let's make another circle with the same size of the white one above this blend, let's add some monter stroke to it. Go to the stroke panel and set the align to internal, weight to 90 pt and dasehd line to 25 pt dash.

Let's make some darts, draw this shape using the pen tool (P), duplicate, reflect and use the option called Unite on the pathfinder panel.

Now place it on the dart board.

You can duplicate it using the selection tool (V) + alt and then resize and place it around the dart board. Change the color fill so that it doesn't look boring.

Well, the background it pretty much ready, time to draw the angry birds.

Red Bird

First thing: create an ellipse using the ellipse tool (L), then using the direct selection tool (A), change the vector points till you get this messy shape.

Again with the ellipse tool (L), make this two shapes and put them on the top of the body shape.

Select everything, then access the pathfinder panel and choose the option called Unite.

Also give a cool stroke to it, I usually use the 3 pt oval brush, it's really good when drawing cartoon characters.

Using the pen tool (P), draw these wrinkles on the cockscomb.

"Is he flying, floating or something?" is a famous quote a teacher asked me once when I showed him some drawings, after that I never forgot to add shadows and a floor on my illustrations. So, make this ellipse white a really dark green fill on the bottom of the body.

Create this board stick using the pen tool (P), send it to back like his grabbing it.

Using the pen tool (P) make his belly using only this color fill.

Use the ellipse tool (L) to create these two ellipses.

Make the eyebrows using the pen tool (P).

Make the beak using the pen tool (P).

Use the ellipse tool (L) to make the iris.

So I wanted to make him more angry, so I add this two shapes using the pen tool (P) on the bottom of the eyes, to look like he's staring at you.

Of course, I added this dark red shapes to cover the eye parts that were left.

And added these circles using the ellipse tool (L), they are stains this birds has.

Make these black fill shapes using the pen tool (P) to create his tail.

I confess that Charlie Sheen's Top Gun inspired me to add this stripe on the head. Ok, so you can either draw it using the pencil tool (N) or the pen tool (P).

Add these wrinkles using the pen tool (P).

Add this little ball using the ellipse tool (L) to look like a knot, then make the stripe part using the pen tool (P).

Repeat it again and just send the other part to back.

The Big Brother

You're going to follow basically the same steps to draw these and the other birds, so this one will be a lot easier. First make this fat round shape doing the same procedure used on the red bird.

Using the ellipse tool (L) maek his shadow with a dark green fill.

Copy the stick from the previous bird and place it like this.

Make his belly using the pen tool (P), I added some wrinckles on some parts.

I just copied the previous bird beak and adapted a few things on this one.

Create the eyeballs using the ellipse tool (L).

Don't forget the iris.

This eyebrow is way more thick then the other birds, because he should look like a really grumpy guy, ha! Create it using the pen tool (P).

In order to look like a 80's commander, let's make a classic green beret using the pen tool (P).

Don't forget to add a little star using the star tool.

I know, this is quite boring, but you will have to create this dark cirlces around the eyes usgin the pen tool (P) to give him a tired look.

And also add these "time stains" on his body using the ellipse tool (L).

Copy and paste the same tail used on the other bird.

Make this wrinckles using the pen tool (P).

Now place this two buddies on the scene just like this.

Yellow bird

Make a triangle using the polygon tool with the settings bellow:

Use the smooth tool to make the edges softer.

Add a dark green shadow cirlcle bellow the body using the ellipse tool (L).

Make the eyeballs and iris using the ellipse tool (L).

Use the pen tool (P) to create the beak.

Use again the same tool to create the white belly fill.

And to create his eyebrows.

The tail of this specific bird is not like the others, is more wil I would say. Draw it using the pen tool (P).

Let's draw a cap for this bird, first make the base using the pen tool (P).

Then make the flap using the same tool.

Add some hair here, you can copy his tail and just ajust it, adding and taking vector points of it.

Add this little black piece in order to look like it's an adjustable plastic snap closure in the back.

Copy the star from the big brother's beret, place and adjust it here.

Let's put some depth on this scene: Select the whole yellow bird, go to effect > blur > gaussian blur.

Set the gaussian blur to 9 pixels.

Now place him in front of the big brother.

Blue Bird

This bird is pretty simple to create. First make a circle using the ellipse tool (L).

Make another two ellipses and place them on the top of the body shape.

Access the pathfinder panel and choose the option called Unite.

Add a dark green shadow, create it using the ellipse tool (L).

Use the pen tool (P) to create the beak.

The eyes are pretty squeezed, you can draw them using the pencil tool (N).

Add some iris on them.

Don't forget the wrinckles on the top, add them using the pen tool (P).

Make the tail using the pen tool (P).

He's got this orange circle around the eye, add this using the pen tool (P).

Let's give him a badass staring looking, just add these two eyelids using the pen tool (P).

Just to make things more classic I added some these war painting on his face using the brush tool (B), use a black/white charcoal brush.

Add these two dog tags using the rounded rectangle tool .

These trick is really cool: make a line of dots with the approximate width of a chain to pu on the birds neck. Group and drag it to the brush panel.

Choose to create a new art brush.

It will be placed among the other brushes, then you will need only to select and use the brush tool (B).

We're going to add the same ammount of blur on this one, so go to effects > blur > gaussian blur.

Set the gaussian blur radius to 9 pixels .

Now place him in front of the red one.

White Bird

Ok guys, I promess you this is the last one, ok? So, make this egg shape by creating first a ellipse using the ellipse tool (L) then adjusting it using the direct selection tool (A).

Add the dark green shadow on it's bottom.

Ok, looking on that way it may look weird, but this is the tail of this bird. Draw it using the pen tool (P).

Make the beak using the pen tool (P).

The following things will be all created using the pen tool (P): cheeks, eyeborw, belly.

Watch for this helmet or he may look like a pan.

Add some stripes using the pen tool (P)

You can copy the stripe from the red bird or just make it all over again, is up to you.

Add some hair on the back of the helmet.

And some little points on the top of the helmet, use the brush tool (B) for this one.

Blur again guys, go to effects > blur > gaussian blur.

This one will be a bit more intense, so set the radius to 20 pixels.

And place him on the center of the scene like this.

Final Step

No kidding, this is the final step hehe so after making all the illustration we need to add some interesting lightning on it. Let's make a lamp, first draw a circle using the ellipse tool (L).

Make this hsape using the rectangle tool (M).

And tis one using the pen tool (P).

You're going to make this big trapezium using the pen tool (P), make sure it fit outside the canvas.

Set it's opacity to 40%.

Then go to the transparency panel and choose the blending mode called Overlay.

Using the rectangle tool (M) make a big rectangle that fit over the canvas. Add some radial black and white gradient to it.

Go to the transparency panel and choose the blending mode called Multiply. That's it guys, hope you achieve it.

Conclusion

Well, I hope you had fun doing this tutorial. Don't worry If you didn't complete all of it, just learning how to draw at least one of these birds is already a lesson. I hope I helped you guys on having a better understanding about characters, depth and lighting. That's it, have fun and take care.

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My name is Marcos Torres, I'm Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.

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3D Works by Teodoru Badiu

PauloGabriel — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:01:20 +0000

Experimentation is really important... whether you're coming up with some pretty intense art or with cheerful designs. You must be open for any possibility, and this guy, Teodoru Badiu has done that.

He's came up with some cool 3d characters, which I find pretty awesome and I'm sure digging his style, which reminds me a lot of those colorful Fanta commercials. Anyways, for much more of his awesome work you may visit his portfolio. I hope you all enjoy these. Cheers! ;)

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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Funny Freakish Manbabies

PauloGabriel — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:25:42 +0000

It's time for some Friday fun! Yeah, I know what you thinking: this is completely retarded. And yes, it is, but I actually find these pretty darn funny! Besides, we get to see some Photoshop skills here and there.

It actually gets funnier if you pay more attention to the men heads in babies bodies and imagine them as real living people. I hope you all enjoy these as much as I did, and if you got yourself a picture of you and a kid, try it and send it over to us, we would love to laugh at you. I mean, with you. Don't forget to visit the source, Manbabies.com for tons of these! Cheers. ;)

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Superheroes and Villains in Historical Pictures

PauloGabriel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:28:35 +0000

I had seen these on the web a few times, but never really got to find the artist behind it. These are some awesome montages of superheroes and villains placed in historical moments, like the World War II. It's pretty amazing how realistic these are. That shows us how good Agan Harahap is.

In his portfolio there's a bunch more great works like these, but I don't actually know if they're all montages. Anyways, after checking these you should visit his portfolio at flickr. I hope you all enjoy these! Cheers. ;)

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Super Creative Photos by Flávio Demarchi

abduzeedo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:35:26 +0000

Flávio Demarchi is a photographer from São Paulo, Brazil who has been working for big clients such as Getty Images, UOL, Super Interessante and other major Brazilian publications. Checking out his Flickr account, there's a set called 2 cents of imagination where he shows off some incredibly clever photos.

For more information we highly recommend that you visit Flávio's portfolio on Flickr. There are great photos and be prepared to spend a couple of hours checking them.

Someone trying to take as many pictures as one possibly can. Intelligent critcs or constructive insults are more than welcome

Hunger

Hard Work

Tu pareces el mundo en tu actitud de entrega

Old and new (kind of...)

Old and new (kind of...) II

Hypochondria

The censor is in your eyes

Rich Soil

Anorexy

OMG...

Transgenic neighbour

Lost in blue

Always on

My world is upside down.

Gluttony (remix)

Harrassment

About the author

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. You can get in follow us via Twitter at @abduzeedo

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Homer Simpson Collection

PauloGabriel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:03:40 +0000

Think about beloved characters. If Homer Simpson hasn't crossed your mind, then I say that there's something deeply wrong with you. Nah, just kidding... but Homer is indeed one of the most beloved characters ever. The whole world just loves his sillyness.

So, today thinking about what post I would do, I realized that we didn't have a collection on Homer, which is a real shame! So I started searching for all things Homer J. Simpson, and found a lot of good, funny stuff! I hope you all really enjoy these as much as I did! And don't forget to check out the page of each author. Cheers! ;)

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The Worst Photoshop Disasters of the Decade

PauloGabriel — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:38:46 +0000

I can tell that Photoshop was the almighty software of the decade... but along with all the guys that have mastered the tool, there are also the ones that didn't... and just got to amuse us. Thank God for them!

So, the greatest Photoshop Disaster blog of all time is an endless source of these, and we through looking for the worst of the worst.... and found some pretty heavy stuff. People, if you got yourself a weak stomach, you should not continue. If you got a weak heart, know that you are in danger... because there might be something BEHIND YOU. Well... keep going and you'll understand later. Anyways, I hope you enjoy my selection, and we want to ask you: which Photoshop Disasters you think are the worst of the decade? Cheers!

Janet Reger: Regrettable Hand Job

Vizio: Your Experience May Vary

Swedish Taxi: Hard To Handle

PES Soccer: World Keepy Uppy Champion

JCPenney: You Broke The Baroqueometer

Victoria's Secret: Mostly Invisible Handbag

Ralph Lauren: The Hits Keep On Coming

Mega Magazine: Worst Hand Job Ever

Formoza: We Are Competent Formoza The Time

MacMall: Perspec-you-what?

Microsoft Poland: At Least They Left The Asian Guy In

Toast Chee: Ants Probably The Least Of Your Problems

Dust Jeans: Let's Hold Hands

Spider-Man Meets Squid Boy

Syms: Face Off

Crescer: BEHIND YOU!

Veja: Lettuce Never Forget!

Braking The Cycle: We Broke The Cycle

Closer: The Cutout Of Delight

Salazar: Chick Unfingers

Wacom: Wacom Mole

computerdesks.com: Wat!

Unwigged & Unplugged: Cannot Undo

Gillette: Reveal The Deformed Freak In You

Burda: Limbo

Maxim: The Pond Of Implausibility

Mystery Meat: Knee To No Basis

Kaiser: Perspective? Pah! Anatomy? Pah!

Maxim Ukraine: Footloose And Fancy Free

Bild: A Quick One Off The Wrist

BMW: Ghetto Spinners Come As Standard

Austrian Newspaper: The Clone Arranger

Think about grip

Solidea: Detachable Pelvis

Gap: Wristful Thinking

JVC: Gonks Love Headphones

The Star: Back Handed

Pet Vet: Crap Trap

My Life In Ruins: Down With Perspective

Bell Internet: Porn For Vampires

Transparentes Sichtfeld = This should be transparent, moron!

Nestle: Unfinnished

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The Funniest T-Shirt Designs of the Decade

abduzeedo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:17:08 +0000

Yesterday I was looking for some t-shirts to buy for Christmas and I started browsing through Threadless and other sites. As usual there were some beautiful illustrations and, of course, very funny ones. Then I decided to select the funniest ones and share them with you here at Abduzeedo.

It's impressive how this guys can get so creative, exploring very simple subjects they come up with incredible ideas such as the Simple Plan by Neil Gregory, which I own one and it's so funnny; A Fest Fit for a King by Fatheed and the Eternal Exercise by Glennz, perhaps the most creative t-shirt designer out there.

Below I selected the ones that really made me laugh, if you have others, please share with us leaving a comment with the link to the page.

Aled Lewis - Fatheed

Matthew Skiff

Brian Cook

Ian Summers

Brock Davis

Glennz

Jean-sébastien Deheeger

Jean Salamin

David Creighton-Pester

Neil Gregory

Chow Hon Lam

Chris Bishop

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Introducing Tebe Interesno - Creative Blog

aloa — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:14:09 +0000

We all love blogs. Especially me, I could spend hours scrolling up and down through blogs. And the best one's keep you smiling (or thinking) with every article, picture or video you see. I can't say much about this blog because it's russian. But as far as I imagine what the letter say it's a graphic designer who designes those images himself.

Please promote this wonderful blog: Tebe-interesno.livejournal.com

Tebe Interesno

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Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Awful Photoshop Disasters

PauloGabriel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:12:56 +0000

I laughed really hard yesterday when I payed a visit to Photoshopdisasters. There's a ton of awful, awful mistakes, errors and stuff that you cannot believe. When one checks these, it's unbelievable how all of these were printed or used somehow.

I just know that these never passed through any kind of review or checking. And the best thing about these, is that PD.com also includes a title for each image, what enhances the comedy... enhances so much I cried yesterday. I hope you enjoy these, and seriously, you should go visit Photoshopdisasters. Cheers! ;)

We Hate You Stupid Customers

ELF

Face Off

Syms

Ouch!

Adam And Eve

Are You Pulling My Leg?

Espace Maillots De Bain

Facepalm

Weird Al Yankovic

I Don't See Anything Wrong With It

Freizeit Revue

Token Brilliance

City of Toronto

It's A Crime To Print It

La Senza

All This And No Brains Too

Hugo Boss

Lettuce Never Forget!

Veja

Mind The Gap

Mike Jones

The Cutout Of Delight

Closer

BEHIND YOU!

Crescer

Linda Blair Special

Hairdressers Journal

Show A Little Leg

New Look

Behind you!

Im Juli

Tatooine's Best Restaurant

The Sunset

The Pond Of Implausibility

Maxim

A Bit Cuoreless

Cuore

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Funny Stylish Web Comics by Bob Rz

PauloGabriel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:46:45 +0000

I've been a fan of indie comics for some time now, and there are some that are pretty funny, but I find truly fantastic when an artist manages to make a funny and stylish comic. Tucker Rzepecki, also known as Bob Rz, is one of those guys.

Based in Washington, Bob Rz was really inspired by Calvin's creator, Bill Watterson. Yesterday, during a little chat with Bob, he said, and I quote:

Watterson really strove to protect cartooning as an artform and that's a tough thing to do in the papers anymore.

I'm a fan of Bill myself, and I totally relate to Bob's style, because eventhough having simple lines, really cartoonish, it is really sharp he's got a pretty awesome line work. I'm a fan already, and I bet you guys will relate to him as well. So, here's is a brief selection of his work. In his DA portfolio there's a ton more, you must visit it.

And what about you? Do you do comics? Would you share with us? ;D

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Absurd Photoshop Disasters

PauloGabriel — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:21:05 +0000

Making this post was probably one of the funniest thing I've done in last few hours. Every time I found one of these images, I would just start laughing like crazy. These are some really absurd photoshop disasters and I just can't believe that these were approved to be published.

I don't even have words the describe some of these. I just have to look these yourself. I hope you have fun as much as I did. These were mostly found at MakeFive.com and at amazing PhotoshopDisasters. Cheers! ;)

Other clothes?

Geez, where's that guy's head?

Beyonce's 3rd arm.

That's a new species for sure.

Someone forgot to photoshop those reflections.

Because water is not transparent.

Chubby shadow.

Hmmm... that's hot.... oh, wait.

Amputee.

OMG! That guy is a freaking vampire! :O

And yeah. That's one hell of an art director.

That guy is all hands...

Caught!

That's just bad.

Something's wrong...

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Beautiful 3D Characters by Fran Ferriz

abduzeedo — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:21:15 +0000

Fran Ferriz is an illustrator, 3D Artist, graphic and industrial designer from Spain. He has really cool works but in special the 3D characters. They are simply beautiful, very cartoonish and funny. You can check out more of his work on his website but you can have a nice preview with some images we selected for you.

My name is Fran Ferriz (1979) and I'm designer. Here you can view a selection of my work design of 2D and 3D characters, graphic and industrial design.

I am presently product manager, working in the creative direction of the toys company Famosa.

Also I'm working as a freelancer for many companies and brands and I have dedicated much of my work to one of my great passions: video games, working for the company Devilishgames, with whom I have had fortunate to win many awards for innovation and design.

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20 Biggest Photoshop Disasters of 2008

paul0v2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:17:16 +0000

Out of all the disasters that happened this year, these are the ones we can laugh about, everybody makes mistakes but this photoshop disasters are made by people who make a lot of dollars and are not really suppose to make these kinds of mistakes, and that's why it's so fun to see them. Check them out yourself and double check you next image for any disasters.

All these images were provided by photoshopdisasters.com, and we highly recommend you check the site out, photoshopdisasters.com is a great place to improve our photoshop skills learning from the others mistakes.

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