N.S.L: WEEK 84 – Adobe Photoshop CS6: Adding Focus and Artistic Composition

Adding “Visual Interest” to some shots I took for HDR. I wanted to study different ways to add focus to my subject in my pieces. This Never Stop Learning session is making me look at my images differently… in a GOOD way =D

HDR Lemon in Adobe Photoshop CS6
Adding focus to my subject

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N.S.L: WEEK 83 – Adobe Illustrator CS6: Charts and Packaging New Feature

This week I went with old and new =D I tried out the Graph tool (old) and the Packaging Feature (new) for Adobe Illustrator CS6 16.2

Pie Charts
Charts and Packaging in Adobe Illustrator CS6 16.2

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Just 4 Fun: 02102013 Adobe Photoshop- Text Effects

In a comment, someone said it would be nice to see a tutorial on a piece I created for NSL week 66 called “Gray”. On this post I’ll show you screen shots of my work and hopefully you’ll be able to try it out based off that.

Black and White Text layout

Text Layout

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N.S.L: WEEK 82 – Adobe Photoshop CS6: Pen Tool New Feature and 3D

Last week, the coolest trick I learned in Illustrator was added to Photoshop 13.1 for Creative Cloud Members. So I studied up on the Pen Tool and tried it out on some 3D

Pen Tool 3D of a Ray Gun
Fully rendered 3D “Ray-Gun” made in Adobe Photoshop CS6 13.1 with the Pen Tool.

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N.S.L: WEEK 81 – Adobe Illustrator CS6: Pen Tool and WidthScribe by Astute Graphics

When I did InkScribeNSL, then played with the widths, a light turned on inside my brains. I attended a 2 hour webinar on the Pen Tool watched tons of vids and this is what I got:

Black Car illustration
“Black Listed Car”

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