Graphic Art & Design

Calligraphy is a beautiful art to express oneself creatively through words and compositions. The intricate designs and flourishes engraved on greeting cards and wedding invitations are some great examples of this wonderful art. It has found its presence in ancient scripts of many civilizations.

Getting started with Blender may be overwhelming at first. This article is meant to help you get started, whether you are new to 3d or a seasoned pro wanting to switch to a different software.

If your looking for an app to play with and enhance your creativity, Sketchbook might be the best first step for you to take.

Red is simply the color you can't miss. What are the more and less obvious meanings behind red color? Which symbols are associated with it? How to use it in everyday lives in our favor?

Maclay's drawings changed perceptions in Russia and Europe that “man is a man everywhere, that is, a kind, socialable human being with whom communication can and should be established through kindness and truth, not guns and vodka.” Leo Tolstoy.

If consumers fall for the packaging of a product, will the main guns of marketing and promotion be centered on graphic design? This research paper attempts to answer such question and hopes to show the importance of graphic design and branding to marketing, and perhaps even to profitability.

How many times have you said the wrong thing and insulted a creative without meaning too? Here are a few things that may help let you know where the sensitive areas are and how to avoid them.

Learn how to create a lightning storm photo manipulation in Photoshop. We'll use lightning overlays and storm clouds overlays for this effect.

An article on how to create a 3d model of the Great Sept of Baelor; King Landing’s major cathedral. For use with modeling software, including Blender and 3DS Max.

Learn how to create amazing Glass Text Effect in Affinity Designer, a top notch alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Affinity Designer is a vector design program that is great for beginners to experts.

Follow these tips to improve the look of imported sprites and graphics in Unity3D and fix fuzzy or pixilated graphics.

I create my comic strip one frame at a time in DAZ Studio. This article explains how I do it.

This collection of Graphic Word and Art Generators is all free. From creating word art to crossword puzzles to even billboards, this is a fun collection to try.

Finding the balance between practicality and aesthetics can be one of the most difficult tasks for the creative web designer - and one of the most useful to learn.

On This Hub-Page We Explore the Lowbrow Hot Rod Art and T-Shirt Designs by Celebrated Psychedelic Poster Artist Stanley "Mouse" Miller.

My experience and learnings from taking Noah Bradley's 12 week Art Camp course.

In This Hub-Page We Explore the Stanley Mouse Character Fred Flypogger Who Was Immortalized In Plastic by Monogram Models In 1964 with Three Hobby Kits, "Flip Out", "Speed Shift" and "Super Fuzz".

Can You Pass the Acid Test ?? In this HubPage We Explore the Psychedelic Posters and Ephemera from Events Known As the Acid Tests Which Were Brought To You by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.

This is a really easy to follow tutorial on creating a reflective chrome effect for text in Adobe Photoshop. I have Adobe Photoshop CS6 but you can also use this technique with older versions.

I chose to do this Gold lettering on a hammered metal surface in Adobe Photoshop. This is a fun and fairly easy gold effect for letters you can use on photos or just a dark background. You'll love it.

In This Hub We Explore the Record Store Promotional Posters, These Advertising Posters Were Sent Out by Record Labels To Promote Their Bands Latest Release or the Release of a New Movie Soundtrack.

Working with Photoshop text can be fun and very rewarding in certain visual messages or advertisements. This step-by-step procedure will explain how easy it is to create icy text effect in Photoshop.

In this tutorial you will learn for me how to create gorgeous texturized letter using photos of awesome textures, layer styles, masks, paths and adjustment layers. Enjoy the step by step guide :)

This Hub-Page Explores the Unique Round Concert Posters From The Kaleidoscope a Psychedelic Rock Venue Who Featured Many Top West Coast Rock Acts, With An Emphasis On Local Bands

New to DAZ Studio and don't know what primitives are? You might be missing out on some of the most versatile props this program has to offer. Inside I examine some of their many uses.

Learn how to create your own clip art gallery of original images to enhance your blog posts, articles, and print documents.

Here I have written a small tutorial how to use Ink Pen script in Gimp. Basically you can turn any good quality image into ink pen drawing. All you need is GIMP (2.8). and extension package(which contains loads of different kinds of features to...

This Hub-Page "Collecting Movie Posters" Explores the Many Sizes and Shapes Of Movie Posters From Around the World Which Also Includes a Great Photo Log Of Vintage Movie Posters.

Do you want to create an image with a transparent background? You don't need Photoshop - create it free using these simple steps.

This tutorial will teach you how to create a dispersion effect in GIMP using layer masks. It's very easy, and ideal for beginners.

"Clothes make the man," especially in business. Learn how branded clothing means success. Here are ideas for resort and hotel staff that apply to most other businesses as well.

Graphic call-outs are an important way of emphasising quotes or important points in articles and blogs. But which are the best quote marks to use? See why you should use them, plus examples.

Do you know who Joe Ephgrave was? Maybe not, but I'll bet you know his work. But the question is, did he really exist? Somehow, I doubt it. Read on to discover more - it's a very interesting story.

Using the Sure Cuts a Lot 2 software with your Cricut Machine keeps you from buying all those expensive cartridges!

New to 3D rendering? New to DAZ Studio? Start here to learn how to install content, morph objects and improve your render quality!

This page looks at the creation of the colour grey (gray) in electronic devices. What exactly is grey? And its associated hues of black and white? Are they true colours? Or shades? Or what?

There are plenty of free fractal generators on the internet, so why pay for Ultra

There are alternatives to Photoshop for Mac, Windows and open source operating systems. Many Photoshop alternatives are free, while there are several low cost alternatives to Photoshop.

A tutorial showing you how to edit text and make text follow along a designated path using the free program, GIMP. This is useful for creating better images for sites like instagram and facebook

Plenty of lists exist online - but the links break or the owner changes their terms of use...and new brushes are offered all the time! Learn how to search and what to watch out for.

Great baby shower invitations for same sex couples from Etsy shop: Events You Can Print - created by ME.

In this Photoshop Tutorial I will teach you how to improve skin complexion and how to correct minor flaws. Our main tool will be the High Pass Filter in Photoshop CS6.

In this simple to follow beginner tutorial for Photoshop I will show you how to remove skin spots, reduce wrinkles, whiten teeth and enhance the eyes of your model.

Tips to select Shadows, Midtones and Highlights and create shadows in Photoshop

A video tutorial explaining how to make split-elliptic fractals in Apophysis.

Follow my step-by-step tutorial to learn how to make your own star brush from scratches in GIMP 2.8

Of all the colours in the spectrum, bright yellow and bright orange are two of the most vivid and intense. Of course they are two colours which are also related to each other. Yellow, in the visible spectrum lies adjacent to orange. But how are these two colours created in visual display units? And how can the different shades and tones of these two colours be described to best effect? And what is their role in history?

My journey to find the best graphics tablet. I am a Web / Graphics designer and for many years have endured with only a mouse to create various works of digital art, logos and illustration. For those of you who are familiar with software such as...

How to create basic clay figures that can be posed. Making polymer clay figures for stop-motion animation (claymation) can seem like a daunting project for a beginner. However, with some simple tools and patience, anyone who wants to learn how to make these characters can do so.