Lisa Frank is a celebrated artist known for her colorful, whimsical art style. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a Lisa Frank-inspired pattern that beautifully blends a rainbow gradient with a cheetah print design. Today, we will use tools like the Blob Brush Tool, Pattern Options, and freeform gradients in Adobe Illustrator to… Continue reading How to create a Lisa Frank-inspired cheetah pattern
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How to create an 80s cheesy photo portrait
If you’re into the 80s aesthetic, you surely remember the style of 80s graphics—the awkward photos with a family staring off into distance and giant heads floating behind them. These cringy photos used to be cool, then they became cheesy, and now our nostalgia has made them cool again. In this tutorial, I’ll show you… Continue reading How to create an 80s cheesy photo portrait
How to create photocopy and Xerox textures
Old photocopiers might have not produced copies of the highest quality, but the distorted images resulting from such copying can have a retro appeal—especially in the age of high-resolution, full-color, HDR photos. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll show you how to go back in time and turn your photos into low-quality copies—with a nice Xerox… Continue reading How to create photocopy and Xerox textures
How to design an anti-design poster
The anti-design movement, as the name implies, is a style that ignores all rules proposed by traditional graphic design. Many artistic movements are considered anti-design, like Dada and De Stijl, due to their strong opinions on politics, society, and art. While some of these anti-design styles are rooted almost 100 years ago, this is a… Continue reading How to design an anti-design poster
How to Create a Vintage Fade Effect Photoshop Action
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vintage Photoshop effect using such Photoshop effects as smart filters, adjustment layers, and overlay textures. If you want to create this fade Photoshop effect in a few simple clicks, check my Faded Presets with different overlay textures and a greater number… Continue reading How to Create a Vintage Fade Effect Photoshop Action
Tips & Tricks for Designing Uniform Website Icons
Featured image source Beautiful icons are the rainbow sprinkles on top of a delicious website sundae. The ability to craft icons that blend together is almost compulsory. Any UI designer should be more than willing to jump onto the path of icon design. Although it is jarring and difficult, consistent icon design greatly improves the… Continue reading Tips & Tricks for Designing Uniform Website Icons