Digital Arts Tutorials

Tips - Print techniques

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for getting more from the printed page

Tips - Problem-solving tricks

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for solving those creative problems

After Effects Tutorial - Top 5 After Effects tutorials of 2011

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:11:00 GMT

From motion type to character animation, we take you through our reader's favourite After Effects tutorials from 2011

Illustrator Tutorial - Top 10 Illustrator tutorials of 2011

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:00 GMT

In 2011, we showed you how to create a myriad of artistic styles in Adobe's vector art tool. Here are the ones you've loved most.

Photoshop Tutorial - Top 10 Photoshop tutorials of 2011

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:10:00 GMT

From cosmic effects and beautiful lighting to digital painting tricks and emotionally affecting portraits, we bring you the 10 most popular Photoshop tutorials of last year.

Tips - Take control with colour in digital art & illustration

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Dan Stafford) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Illustrator Dan Stafford shows how balancing colour is the key to amazing compositions

Tips - Master masks and selections in Photoshop

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Derek Lea) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Derek Lea reveals ways to make compositing layers using layer masks, vector masks and alpha channels a doddle.

Tips - Create a perfect portrait

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Stanley Chow) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Stanley Chow tells you how to capture the visual essence of your subjects.

Tips - Make your animations funnier

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (The Brothers McLeod) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The Brothers McLeod – aka writer Myles and animator Greg -- reveal how you can make viewers laugh harder

Tips - 6 drawing tips from leading illustrators

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Lisa Hassell) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Inkygoodness’ creative director Lisa Hassell asks six of her favourite illustrators to tell us how to get the most from drawing with real pens and pencils

Tips - 6 animation tricks for After Effects

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Angie Taylor) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Angie Taylor reveals six routes to more creative animations for motion graphics, kinetic type and VFX

Tips - Adobe Illustrator’s 6 best little-known features

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Steven Bonner) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Typographer and illustrator Steven Bonner reveals six techniques for greater flexibility and creativity

Tutorial Roundup - 7 horrifying Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials for Halloween

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:55:00 GMT

Learn techniques to help you create high-class horrorshow effects using Photoshop, Illustrator, pens and even a little human blood*

Tips - Shoot photos ready to be cut out

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Steve Caplin) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Photographer and retouch guru Steve Caplin reveals how to capture shots that are easy to cutout and keep

Tips - 5 tattoo design techniques

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Ollie Munden) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Ollie Munden on how to design a tattoo that the wearer will love forever

Tips - Get to grips with Final Cut Pro X

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Rick Young) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Apple’s latest video editor is very different from the previous version. MacVideo editor Rick Young helps you pick it up.

Tips - 7 tablet app design tricks

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (James Christian) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

James Christian, innovation lead at fashion site Net-A-Porter, reveals what he learned from creating the first weekly fashion magazine iPad app.

Illustrator Tutorial - Faux 3D finishes in Illustrator

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Karan Singh) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Karan Singh shows you a clever and ridiculously quick way of giving your flat illustrations a faux 3D finish – without leaving the confines of Illustrator.

Photoshop Tutorial - Create punk poster art

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Dan Mumford) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

This tutorial reveals how artist Dan Mumford creates a poster for a special show by the aggressive and spittle-flecked Watford punks Gallows, where the band played their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, in its entirety.

Photoshop Tutorial - Advanced collage tricks

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Mike Harrison) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Still as popular as ever, photomontage is initially one of the easiest techniques to learn. But achieving photorealistic results can be a challenge. In this tutorial, Mike Harrison shows you how, by blending a number of photos together.

Classic Photoshop Tutorial - Create ice-cold image effects

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Fabio Sasso) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Create a frosted, ice-cold effect that’s straight out of a vodka ad.

After Effects Tutorial - Master the basics: After Effects, Illustrator & 3D

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Barry Stead) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Learn how to create an animated 3D logo using After Effects and Illustrator

Photoshop Tutorial - Create great art at lightning pace

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Maxime Quoilin) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Photo manipulation is all about blending pictures together so the overall image fits. This is what Maxime Quoilin is going to demonstrate in this photo manipulation tutorial.

Photoshop Tutorial - Turn a photo into a 16-bit arcade game character

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (James May) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:00:00 GMT

James May shows how to create a 16-bit arcade game character based on a photo, using Photoshop's colour palette and the Pencil tool.

Classic Photoshop Tutorial - Paint digital graffiti onto photos

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Mark Mayers) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Photoshop expert Mark Mayers shows you how to mix pixels and spray paint to create edgy urban art.