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Adam Shub's handmade pixel paintings hark back to a simpler time

Creative Boom

I start with an idea I have from a game and mock it up in Photoshop to see the sizes of the character sprites and anything else I want to build the scene out with," he reveals. Of all his paintings, though, Adam's favourite is a 2008 piece depicting characters from the Mega Man games.

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Spoon Graphics Turns 15 Years Old — The End is Nigh! (or is it?)

Spoon Graphics

Highest Traffic Peak (All Time): Tuesday November 11th 2014 – 44,592 visitors ( How To Create a Realistic Painted Effect in Photoshop ). We’re now back to 2008 levels, when Spoon Graphics was in its infancy. I’m now seeing fewer daily visitors numbers than on Christmas Day of years gone by.

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Creative Boom launches its fourth podcast season, bringing the inside scoop from leading artists and designers

Creative Boom

It's a clever solution for professional artists, designed to give the flexibility of an Apple Pencil combined with the full desktop power of software like Photoshop and Illustrator. Originally a graphic designer, Darnell now helps business owners to harness their superpowers, hack their time and make a difference in the world.

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James Olstein uses his love of screen printing to create stunning digital illustrations with an analogue feel

Creative Boom

His art in college was usually monochromatic ink brush drawings, and a brief foray into photo-based work in Photoshop was soon dropped because it never really clicked. It was in 2008, and I think web design is a bit of a different field and not as specialised. It's taken years for James to hone his style into what you see today.

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Spoon Graphics Turns 13 Years Old — Traffic Down, Subscribers Up!

Spoon Graphics

Highest Traffic Peak (All Time): Tuesday November 11th 2014 – 44,592 visitors ( How To Create a Realistic Painted Effect in Photoshop ). *I I gave my mailing list a spring clean which removed almost 65,000 inactive subscribers, so that total figure would have been even larger!

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Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Tuts Plus

Today, we have decided to bring back a post by Envato founder, Collis Ta’eed, from May 2008, that demonstrates how to create a spectacular grass text effect in Photoshop. To do this, we create a new document in Photoshop. Open the ladybug and butterfly photos in Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop. Let’s get started!

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The Best Adobe InDesign Alternatives in 2023 (Free & Paid)

Just Creative

Adobe InDesign Discount (Get 65% Off) or Free 7-Day Trial If you don’t find an Adobe InDesign alternative, we have an exclusive discount with Adobe CC that offers up to 40-70% off Adobe’s apps including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, XD, and more. Window – $54.99 Lucidpress LucidPress.

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