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Jan 13, 2025 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Andrei Marius |Monika Zagrobelna |Diana Toma
In the following tutorial, we will celebrate the start of 2025, Year of the Snake, by making a golden snake text effect in Adobe Illustrator. If you're wondering what the Year of the Snake is, it's the name given to the year 2025 in the Chinese zodiac. Besides 2025, years of the snake include 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, and 1953. If you don't have the time to create text effects in Adobe Illustrator from scratch, then Envato is the solution.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Laura Keung |Drew MacDonald |Monika Zagrobelna
Color is a key element of any kind of design. It can help you set the mood, emphasize certain aspects, and so much more. Let's learn about the characteristics of color and the two color systems used in design. The 5 characteristics of colorColor has five different characteristics. Learning to identify each will help you achieve better results in your designs. Have you ever wondered what hues are? By signing up I confirm I have read Envato's Privacy Policy.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Monika Zagrobelna
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.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Monika Zagrobelna
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 texture in three different styles!What you'll need for this Photoshop tutorialI'm going to use three photos in this tutorial.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Nataliya Dolotko |Monika Zagrobelna |Jonathan Lam
In this Halloween tutorial, you’ll explore the process of creating a witch illustration in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll learn how to craft vintage-style spooky designs, work with anchor points, and use the Reflection Tool. Additionally, you’ll discover how to use Warp Effects, basic shapes, and the Pathfinder panel to shape your perfect Halloween vector illustration. The tutorial also covers how to create a pattern brush and a simple flower design, further expanding your Illustrator skills.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Drew MacDonald |Laura Keung |Monika Zagrobelna
The Bezold effect, named after the German meteorologist who discovered it, Wilhelm von Bezold, is a phenomenon in which changing one color in a design changes the appearance of all colors. This phenomenon shows how a change can dramatically shift the appearance of all other colors due to their interplay. The Bezold effect is rooted in the interactions between photoreceptors in the eye and psychological processing.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Drew MacDonald |Laura Keung |Monika Zagrobelna |Andrei Marius
1. The science behind vibrating boundariesIn an earlier article, we touched on the trichromatic and opponent process theories, as well as the physiology of our visual system. The key to understanding why the vibrating boundaries effect exists is rooted in the trichromatic and opponent process theory, so I strongly recommend you read the article on advanced color theory.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Drew MacDonald |Laura Keung |Monika Zagrobelna |Diana Toma
1. Physiology and psychology: What do cones do in the eye? We talked about what cones do in the eye and how the different types of cones are sensitive to different colors in the first article on advanced color theory. There are three types of cone cells in the eyes: one group sensitive to long wavelengths, one sensitive to medium wavelengths, and one sensitive to short wavelengths. These photoreceptors are organic structures, though, and can quickly become fatigued after prolonged stimulation.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Monika Zagrobelna |Andrei Marius
What You'll Learn in This Sacred Geometry Flower of Life TutorialWhat is the flower of life? How to draw the flower of lifeWhat's the flower of life meaning? How to create the flower of life tattoo/logo/artworkWhat is sacred geometry? What Is the Flower of Life? The flower of life is one of the sacred geometry patterns. It consists of circles overlapping on a triangular grid, where all the circles are placed at an equal distance from each other.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
design.tutsplus.com | Nona Blackman |Monika Zagrobelna
Need high-quality sweatpants mockups to showcase your designs? Check out this collection of the best blank sweatpants mockups from Placeit and Envato Elements. These subscription-based marketplaces offers tons of mockups, logos, graphic templates, fonts, add-ons, and more, all for one low monthly fee. 5 Best Sweatpants Mockups From Envato ElementsWhen a versatile sweatpants mockup is what you're after, you'll be happy with this template.
