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Create a Stylized Performance Car in Illustrator CS5
In today’s Tuts+ Premium tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a stylized performance car from a reference image using many gradients, custom art brushes, patterns, clipping masks and not a single gradient mesh or blur in sight!
Create a Golden Shield Illustration with Ivy Text Effect
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a golden shield illustration and an ivy text effect. We’ll use vector shape building techniques to construct the main structure of our work and then Illustrator’s 3D tools to add depth. Then learn how to add polish to the shield before we move onto constructing the ivy text effect. Let’s get started.
Continuous Integration: Scripting Xcode Builds
In this tutorial series we will explore a rarely discussed (but highly valuable) process of developing software that is disappointingly absent in the iOS and mobile world: Continuous Integration.
Transitioning into Professional Photography: Part 4
In this four-part series, commercial photographer Simon Plant offers advice to those wishing to take the step from amateur to full time professional.
Create A Bumper Animation Of The ESPN Logo, Part 2
With our work in Cinema 4D now complete, we’ll begin part two by moving into After Effects, where we’ll import our rendered image sequence and look at using some simple, yet very powerful techniques for compositing 3D renders to make our final piece look great.
Create a Pong Game in HTML5 With EaselJS
In this tutorial, we’ll create a clone of the classic game, Pong, in HTML5, using the EaselJS library. The game will have multiple screens, sound effects, and a (very simple) AI opponent.
Create a 100% Vector, Painterly Illustration
In this tutorial we will use Adobe Illustrator to create a dynamic painterly textured illustration. This technique can be done using a mouse; however, a tablet will give you an extra level of control. We’ll cover the complete vector painting process from sketch to final illustration.
Improving The Sound Of Your Room – Part 2
These days it seems that nearly everyone has some sort of recording ability in their home, but that doesn’t mean the space you use actually sounds good. In this series, we’ll look at how to improve your listening environment for a lot less money that you’d think was possible. In Part 2, we’ll look at the principles of isolation.
Make An Amazing Motion Reactant Flame
Using just a few video elements of torch flames, we composite a burning hand by using a series of null objects and expressions to drive a time lagged displacement effect to simulate fire burning from a moving source.
Create A Bumper Animation Of The ESPN Logo, Part 1 Cinema 4D
In this new two part tutorial, author Stefan Surmabojov will cover a basic workflow for creating a bumper animation using the ESPN logo. In the first part we’ll create the logo in Cinema 4D, add materials and reflections and then animate the letters coming together to form the text.