Reminiscence
How to create a detailed brushed steel button in Photoshop – Part 1
A brushed steel button
The internet is saturated with tutorials on how to create web buttons in Photoshop, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably ready to scream if you ever see another tired and dusty old tutorial showing how to make a “glossy” or “gel” button. If that’s the case, hopefully this tutorial is a bit different from those and will give you some helpful tips.
We’re going to be creating a stylish, detailed and realistic brushed steel button, reminiscent of steel dials on old fashioned stereo equipment. These are really fun and simple to make once you know the techniques and steps used to create them, and you’ll be able to modify or customize the steps to your liking to achieve the effects you prefer. As a bonus, I’ll also show you how to add a symbol or logo to your brushed steel button as an inlay, in this case I’ll be adding a “play” symbol as a brass inlay.
More on the new Coke cans
New Coke cans on a shelf with Diet Coke cans
In a previous post I made earlier this month, I mentioned how the new Coke cans look like Diet Coke cans, and wrote up a comparison between the seasonal packaging for the two brands. Since a picture says more than a thousand words could, I snapped the picture above with my cell phone while shopping today, as I feel it very clearly illustrates the points I made. The new Coke cans are on the left, the new Diet Coke cans on the right. As you can tell, the two are almost indistinguishable from one another.
How to make abstract organic forms in Photoshop
Abstract Organic Forms
I’ve always been a big fan of abstract organic forms. There’s something magical about smooth, fluid, amorphous shapes that I find captivating in art and nature, so I’ve tried out several different methods of creating this effect in digital art. Here’s a simple tutorial that walks through the process I use to create abstract organic forms in Photoshop.
A fold-over card design for 909 Broad Street
909 Broad Street Brochure, front and back
Earlier this past week, I finished up a fold-over card design for the 909 Broad Street apartment community in Athens, GA, right next to the UGA campus. I was really happy with how they turned out! My favorite part is the photo of downtown Athens spanning across the front cover, masked within the numbers “909″.
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