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Skillshare – Pattern Design I Creating Inspiring Repeats

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Skillshare – Pattern Design I: Creating Inspiring Repeats
English | Size: 663.4MB
Category: Tutorial


Concept, illustrate, and design a pattern for any project. In this 50-minute class, surface designer Elizabeth Olwen shares how to use Adobe Illustrator to transform inspirations and hand-drawn motifs into a seamless, repeating pattern for use in countless projects. Her step-by-step instructions and inviting approach make this a perfect class for every designer, illustrator, and crafter looking to expand their skills into pattern design. Will you create a desktop wallpaper? iPhone case? printed fabric? stationery? Start now. The possibilities are endless! [Read more…]

Skillshare – Pattern Design Bring Your Artwork to Life on Products

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Skillshare – Pattern Design: Bring Your Artwork to Life on Products
English | Size: 739.9MB
Category: Tutorial


When Elizabeth first started out as a surface designer, seeing her work on products for the first time felt magical. It opened up a world of possibilities for her patterns, designs, and illustrations. In this class, her goal is help you take that same leap – from concept to the tangible world, unlocking infinite possibilities.
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Skillshare – Logo Design Fundamentals Simple and Solid Brand Marks Re-Upload

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Skillshare – Logo Design Fundamentals: Simple and Solid Brand Marks *Re-Upload*
English | Size: 733.8MB
Category: Tutorial


The first thing that comes to mind when you think of a busines or a brand is almost always it’s logo- the potential for impact is huge! It is the visual representation of that product, place, thing, or business.

The power of simplicity should never be underestimated, as oftentimes simple shapes and colors communicate a stronger message than an over-done image. I work primarily with monochromatic, simple shapes in logo and identity design, and in this class you are going to learn how to maximize communication with minimal information. You will identify a concept for your own mark, and I will walk through two different types of marks to create to achieve this.
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Digital Tutors – Designing a Concert Poster in Photoshop

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Digital Tutors – Designing a Concert Poster in Photoshop
English | Size: 1.7GB
Category: CBTs


In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a stylized poster.

We’ll start by masking out the guitarist’s backdrop using the quick selection tool and the refine edges features. Next, we’ll to set up the poster to the required size and add bleed margins, then explain why they are needed for print projects such as this.

We’ll also explore how to produce cool crowd silhouettes from stock photos using channel selections. After this, we’ll execute a dynamic stylized look for the guitarist using a combination of both the posterize and threshold adjustments. We’ll then effectively add mixed media elements to the composition. [Read more…]

The Ultimate Photoshop Elements Training Bundle – 50 Hours [341 MP4s, 2 PDFs]

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The Ultimate Photoshop Elements Training Bundle – 50 Hours [341 MP4s, 2 PDFs]
English | Size: 10.42 GB (11,188,529,358 bytes )
Category: Tutorial


Are you new to Photoshop Elements? Do you need to learn what’s new in one of the latest software versions? Do you want to improve your images so they look spectacular? Now you can. You no longer need to take “the perfect shot” to get incredible results when you use Photoshop Elements.
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Skillshare – Perspective Drawing Creating Illustrations with Dimension

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Skillshare – Perspective Drawing: Creating Illustrations with Dimension
English | Size: 708.3MB
Category: Tutorial


This class aims to teach everything you need to know about the fundamental skill of drawing perspective in order to give your art a sense of place and setting. Understanding perspective brings a grounded reality to your art and transforms the way your audience interacts with it. It is key in taking your work to the next level, and advancing your skill in illustration.
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Skillshare – Illustrate Your Day An Intro to Symbol Design

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Skillshare – Illustrate Your Day: An Intro to Symbol Design
English | Size: 373.0MB
Category: Tutorial


Symbols are incredibly powerful communication tools. They can communicate faster than words, in memorable and powerful ways, and in a universal way that transcends cultural and language barriers. They are the one language we all can understand.

During this class you will learn how to create these amazing communication tools using vector editing software, and use symbols to tell the story of a day in your life.
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Massive Black Richard Doble Creature Design Photoshop Training Part1- SoSISO

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Massive Black Richard Doble Creature Design Photoshop Training Part1- SoSISO
English | Size: 251 MB
Category: Tutorial


You know what we love at Massive Black? We love artists who chase after perfection and and get completely attached to their ideas no matter how crappy they are. We love them because there’s a lot of them, and they keep our jobs safe.
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Massive BLack – El Coro – Weapon Design in Photoshop (Complete)

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Massive BLack – El Coro – Weapon Design in Photoshop (Complete)
English | Size: 845.2MB
Category: Tutorial


Justin “Coro” Kaufman has worked on literally hundreds of titles in his career as an Art Director and Concept Artist.

This experience has made him someone who clearly understands that at the end of the day the goal of a concept artist is to provide a very specific visual solution for a client or game.
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