Pixellica: Creativity Blooms » Photoshop http://www.pixellica.com Inspiration & instruction for art and design Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Photoshop Tutorial: Yellowcard Moon http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/photoshop-tutorial-yellowcard-moon http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/photoshop-tutorial-yellowcard-moon#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:21:22 +0000 David http://www.pixellica.com/?p=1134 Pixellica has featured Photoshop tutorials before and will continue to do so but now Pixellica is entering the realms of tutorial sites with it’s first official Photoshop tutorial recorded specifically for the site.

In this quick tutorial David Wood (me;) ) will show you the problem he encountered while working on a custom t-shirt for one of his favorite bands, Yellowcard. Quickly create a full size version of the band’s logo using layer styles and clipping masks. Enjoy!

Also be sure to watch it on Vimeo for the HD version.

Pixellica.com — Photoshop tutorial, Yellowcard Paper Walls logo from Pixellica Design.

]]> http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/photoshop-tutorial-yellowcard-moon/feed 1 Focus on Artist Erik Johansson of AlltEllerInget.com http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/focus-on-artist-erik-johansson-of-alltelleringet-com http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/focus-on-artist-erik-johansson-of-alltelleringet-com#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:54:21 +0000 Derek http://www.pixellica.com/photoshop/focus-on-artist-erik-johansson-of-alltelleringet-com/ Swedish-based photographer & digital manipulator Erik Johansson cites painters Dali, Magritte, as well as Escher and Rob Gonsalves as his sources of inspiration, and the inspiration is evident. However Erik puts his own unique angle on abstract art – and accomplishes it seamlessly. Erik pulls it off so perfectly, the only thing standing in the way of their believability is common sense.

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AndreeWallin

Fox-Orian

GameFan84

Jimmy9494

MeckanicalMind

Melora

Radojavor

ShutUpAndWhisper

Sketchboook

Spex84

Staudtagi

TARGETE

Tsabo6

Wanbao

William19

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You can find more of Javier’s illustrations and work online. Right now as this post goes up on Pixellica the site is under reconstruction but I recommend you bookmark it to visit later. Find it here: PoisonVectors.com

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Click the artists’ names for more information.

Mavor

Attack Vector

Psychiatrique

Hideyoshi

NetGraFX

Grimdar

fstarno

unfor54k3n

Art by Carlos

Rudolf Herczog

SBE

masz_rum

Andree Wallin

Wanbao

Tarrzan

Greg Kap

yunhyunjung

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Click the illustrations to view full-size.

]]> http://www.pixellica.com/inspiration/the-digital-art-of-kenneth-fairclough/feed 1 The Surrealist Illustrations of Knavish http://www.pixellica.com/inspiration/the-fantastic-surrealist-work-of-knavish http://www.pixellica.com/inspiration/the-fantastic-surrealist-work-of-knavish#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:09:55 +0000 Derek http://pixellica.com/?p=66 Knavish is a 23 year old Photoshop artist with a gallery hosted on Deviant Art – his work ranges from macabre to experimental to surreal.

Selected Pieces


Hello Oskar


June Gloom


Good Morning, Artem


Solitary

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You can find more of Knavish’s work on his Deviant Art page. Several pieces are too dark to be featured on Pixellica.

Link: Knavish.DeviantArt.com

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