10 Useful Texture Tutorials It is really common to use textures for your design projects, and lately, it is becoming a staple to the designers routine. I personally have a lot of room to grow with texturing my projects, especially vector based projects. These 10 texture tutorials will help get you started or give you […]
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #4: Create a Ribbon in Illustrator
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #4: Create a Ribbon in Illustrator This a great tutorial and something you can use over and over! It is really easy to make ribbons this way, and it looks great! So, here’s the video! Pretty cool, right? I went through this tutorial pretty quickly, and other than a few I-D-10-T errors […]
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #3: Letterpress Effect
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #3: Letterpress Effect I love Illustrator, but sometimes it can be hard to get nice looking effects out of it. One way to make a simple (even boring) text or icon look really nice is to add an embossed letterpress effect. I have been wanting to learn this for a while, and now […]
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #7: Cloud Text
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #7: Cloud Text Wondering why we are talking about graphic design on a music blog? Check out 5 Reasons for Musicians to Learn Graphic Design! In this Awesome Photoshop Tutorial, we are making a really cool and professional looking cloud text effect. This can be really useful for a lot of things. […]
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #6: Rain Effect
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #6: Rain Effect Wondering why we are talking about graphic design on a music blog? Check out 5 Reasons for Musicians to Learn Graphic Design! In this Photoshop tutorial, you are going to learn how to make any photo have a pretty cool rain effect. It is a little on the […]
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #5: Snow on Text
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #5: Snow on Text Christmas is coming around, which means lots of Christmas concerts and events! A really cool thing to do with your posters and other advertisements is to have an awesome winter text effect! It is a real attention grabber and can make your work very professional looking if done […]
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #4: Text Reflections
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #4: Text Reflections In this Awesome Photoshop Tutorial we are looking at a really cool reflection effect tutorial. Having reflections in your work can really add a classy look to your project. It is most used in a minimalist setting (it’s in about everything on any Apple website) but there are tons […]
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #1: Hipster Text Effect
Awesome Photoshop Tutorial #1: Hipster Text Effect My first of many awesome Photoshop tutorials! With this series, I’m going to take you guys along with me as I learn how to use programs like Adobe Photoshop CS6! If you are wondering why we are talking about graphic design on a music blog, check out […]
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #1: Retro Triangular Design
Awesome Illustrator Tutorial #1: Retro Triangular Design This is the first post of my “Awesome Tutorial” series. I am going to take you along with me as I learn how to use some really awesome graphic design software, like Adobe Illustrator! Wondering why I’m talking about graphic design on a music blog? Check out […]
5 Reasons for Musicians to Learn Graphic Design
Graphic design is no longer something only a select group of artists have access to. Anybody can learn reasonably easy software and make amazing graphics. From cool looking flyers, to detailed gig posters, awesome and useful designs can be made at home by anyone with an ounce of artistry in them. A lot of musicians, […]