Archive for the 'simple' Category

Sleek Blue Logo

Sleek Blue Logo
With the internet going in the direction of easily accessible and aesthetically pleasing websites, updating your logo is a must. This tutorial will step you through creating a web 2 style logo in Adobe Photoshop in about 10 minutes. By having a clean style logo, your visitors should be more likely to stay at, visit, and purchase from your site.

Manga Background

Manga Background
One of the most important aspects of manga that greatly enhances the effect is the background. In this tutorial I will teach you an extremely simple method of achieving a great manga style background. This tutorial is relatively simple and only some basic knowledge of Photoshop will be necessary. Below is the result you should be able to achieve in under ten minutes.

Newspaper Photo Effect

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The proper term for the newspaper photograph effect is half tone. The traditional halftone process converts different tones into dots of varying size. The eye has limited resolving power and, at a distance, is tricked into seeing these dots as continuous tone.

This effect is extremely easy to re-create in photoshop.

Graphic Box

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This tutorial shows you how to create a box with a graphic suitable for surrounding some text. Its pretty basic, but basic shapes and ideas are sometimes needed for a project.

Text Reflection (Web 2.0 Style)

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Spoof up your header by adding a reflection to its text. This basic tutorial will teach you how to do it. It gives it that Web 2.0 look.