Designing With Vintage/Antique Images + Layered PSD Files

Case Studies, Photography, Photoshop 11 Comments »

designing with vintage imagesI was experimenting with using vintage images for a cover design and got off on a few design tangents (I’m sure that’s never happened to you, right). Hours later I had some interesting looking pieces that never ended up in a design – but they were fun to put together. May as well share! Any and all parts of these files can be used in personal or commercial works.

I’m giving away 2 high-resolution, layered Photoshop files. I admit they are a bit strange… both have a girl from the early 1900s. She is walking a dog in the original creative commons, copyright-free image. However I wanted to twist it up a bit. Read the rest of this entry »


Convert Photos into Stone- Photoshop Tutorial

Case Studies, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials 17 Comments »

statue-tutorial-promo

Photoshop special effects are amongst my favorite things to do with photographs.� I recently found a tutorial over at psdtuts.com that shows you how to convert a regular portrait photo into a Michelangelo-esque statue using a few photoshop tricks.� You can see my two attempts at following this tutorial below. One statue looks more like stone, I then added a column and some lighting.� I made the other statue look more like marble for a sleeker surface texture, I then added some angel wings.

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Ready Made Grunge Design Template- Free

Case Studies, Illustrator, Jabber, Photoshop 30 Comments »

grunge-design-ready-keepdesigning-comWe all love designing, but lets face it- sometimes we just don’t have those creative juices flowing and we end up with an uninspiring and uncharacteristic design. On some occasions we just don’t have the time and we’re asked to produce a masterpiece in fifteen minutes. To aid you in your graphical struggles keepdesigning.com is giving away this ready made grunge design, that’s right, for the low low price of free this ready made grunge design template can be yours. It’s simple, just download the zip file containing the photoshop document, install the fonts, edit the text and photo layers, ding! your design is ready. Read the rest of this entry »


Logo Design Election 2008

Case Studies, Jabber 1 Comment »

President Logo
Greetings fellow Americans, I’m sure you’re all aware by now of the exciting presidential race going on. All the candidates are touting their new ideas to “change” America, some of the key issues are the war in Iraq, the economy, immigration reform, and more, but they’re all missing the biggest issue- Who’s the president for Design? who’s going to support the artists of America? the backbone of the Economy. Here are some questions for you Mr. or Mrs. Presidential hopeful: what are you doing to ensure our safety from Comic Sans terrorist, What is your policy on Helvetica, and what’s your stance on Kerning, etc. Read the rest of this entry »


CD Cover Design Case Study

Case Studies, Photoshop 10 Comments »

The name of this album is “View from Hear”, there’s a play on words so I tried to do the same visually- the client and I went through various drafts before deciding on this design. The genre of music is Christian Rock, the goal was to not hit people over the head with Christian symbolism so I approached it with a neutral design first and then sprinkled subtle spirituality through out- Vuala. Read the rest of this entry »

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