Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 22, 2024

There are several ways to add texturing to your logo artwork in Photoshop, you could apply textures using brushes, add a texture image to a layer mask, apply a texture with a clipping mask, or even using a pattern overlay. All methods have their benefits, but my favourite technique is what I call the ‘knockout’ method. Using this technique to apply textures to your logos means you can easily layer up multiple textures non-destructively without it being permanently applied, so you can still edit

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 19, 2023

2023 is coming to an end, so let’s take a look back at my tutorial videos from the past year and see which topics proved to be the most popular. My Neon effect Photoshop tutorial from a couple of years ago has continued to dominate as my top piece of content, gaining another 500,000 views to increase its total view count to 2.6 million views since it was published.

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Access All Areas members have a huge collection of PNG photo film graphics to download this week, courtesy of Sickboat. These scanned images of real 35mm and 120mm analogue film allow you to achieve authentic looking film effects in your graphic design and video projects. Simply drag and drop to add layers of borders, overlays and textures and create a unique appearance every time.

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The new AI powered Generative Fill has quickly become my most used tool in Adobe Photoshop to quickly change the background of my photos. Take this one for example, it’s a boring iPhone photo of my truck after a recent flurry of snow, but with a quick AI background swap it’s suddenly teleported from an empty car park to a picturesque lake with snow capped mountains.

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Spoon Graphics

AUGUST 28, 2023

Usually custom typography pieces would be drawn by hand, but today I’ll share the secret of how you can still create trendy lettering by customising ready-made fonts in Adobe Illustrator. If you are a whizz at illustrating your own script text, the same vector shading techniques can be applied to your artwork once it has been traced to give it more impact with vibrant colours.

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Spoon Graphics

AUGUST 9, 2023

Do you need some new fonts? Of course you do! This new Font Collector’s Superb Summer Selection contains 16 pro-grade fonts, each in a trendy and unique style. The bundle is reduced by a massive 90% discount to just $29 for a limited time only, so this is a great opportunity to upgrade your font library with a range of new typefaces that you can call upon in your design projects for years to come.

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Spoon Graphics

MAY 8, 2023

With the advent of AI, the process of creating the double exposure effect has become so much easier. Not only do we not need a camera. We don’t even need any source images because AI tools like Midjourney can conjure them itself! So let’s see how powerful Midjourney is at producing double exposure images and see whether it replaces Photoshop and even the original analogue film method.

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Spoon Graphics

MAY 29, 2023

Today I’m going to share the secret behind my Photocopier Machine Actions and show you the combination of Photoshop filters that creates a grainy, high-contrast photocopied look with various dirty toner effect options. Get 20% off my Copy Shop Photocopy Effects Kit with the code: 20OFF Buy my Copy Shop Photocopy Effects Kit Assets used ► Photo 1 – [link] ► Photo 2 – [link] ► Photo 3 – [link] Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel The post Grainy Photocopy Effect

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 7, 2023

No doubt you’ve seen some mind-blowing examples of Photoshop’s new AI-powered Generative Fill feature! Today I’m going to show you how to access it yourself in Photoshop Beta and share some examples of ways you can make use of this magical new technology to enhance your images. Stick around until the end because I really put it to the test with some surprising results!

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 10, 2023

This Photoshop glow effect has a cool retro vibe with its colourful gradient halos and blurry outlines, especially when combined with grainy textures to enhance the low-fi look. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make it in Photoshop and provide links to the free assets you need from my Spoon Graphics website. Assets used ► Activate the Roc Grotesk Font – [link] ► Download my FREE Duotone Gradient Presets – [link] ► Download my FREE Dirty Surface Textures – [link] ► D

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 10, 2023

This Photoshop glow effect has a cool retro vibe with its colourful gradient halos and blurry outlines, especially when combined with grainy textures to enhance the low-fi look. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make it in Photoshop and provide links to the free assets you need from my Spoon Graphics website. Assets used ► Activate the Roc Grotesk Font – [link] ► Download my FREE Duotone Gradient Presets – [link] ► Download my FREE Dirty Surface Textures – [link] ► D

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 26, 2023

Download my collection of botanical garden illustrations for free to add vintage flower graphics to your artwork. These kinds of botanical drawings are commonly used as poster prints, home decor and rustic card & invitation designs. Usually vintage illustrations like this are sourced from antique prints, but I harnessed the cutting-edge power of AI technology to generate these floral illustrations from scratch.

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 19, 2023

Access All Areas members have a useful collection of creative assets to download this week, courtesy of NUUGRAPHICS. These Fireworks Overlays are made from photos of real fireworks to look completely authentic. There’s a huge choice of 50 unique options, all at a versatile size and resolution of at least 3600x5000px at 300ppi. Being JPEG files they’re compatible with all kinds of image editing software that features layers and blend modes, including Photoshop, Elements, Paint Shop Pr

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 7, 2023

No doubt you’ve seen some mind-blowing examples of Photoshop’s new AI-powered Generative Fill feature! Today I’m going to show you how to access it yourself in Photoshop Beta and share some examples of ways you can make use of this magical new technology to enhance your images. Stick around until the end because I really put it to the test with some surprising results!

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Spoon Graphics

MAY 29, 2023

Today I’m going to share the secret behind my Photocopier Machine Actions and show you the combination of Photoshop filters that creates a grainy, high-contrast photocopied look with various dirty toner effect options. Get 20% off my Copy Shop Photocopy Effects Kit with the code: 20OFF Buy my Copy Shop Photocopy Effects Kit Assets used ► Photo 1 – [link] ► Photo 2 – [link] ► Photo 3 – [link] Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel The post Grainy Photocopy Effect

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Spoon Graphics

MAY 8, 2023

With the advent of AI, the process of creating the double exposure effect has become so much easier. Not only do we not need a camera. We don’t even need any source images because AI tools like Midjourney can conjure them itself! So let’s see how powerful Midjourney is at producing double exposure images and see whether it replaces Photoshop and even the original analogue film method.

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Spoon Graphics

MAY 3, 2023

Get started with digital painting in Procreate! This is the perfect class for you if you are just getting started with digital painting or if you want to brush up your skills in the app Procreate. During this easy, fun and engaging class you will be learning by doing. You’ll get familiar with all the features and tools in the app Procreate while you create a lovely digital painting.

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 17, 2023

It’s that time of year when Spoon Graphics gets a little older, with 2023 marking 16 years of tutorial creating, freebie sharing and article writing on what started as a blog that was attached to my design portfolio website in 2007. Every April I take some time to reflect on the past 12 months and talk about how things have changed. Last year I talked about how successive drops in traffic have taken my site back to 2008 levels, so let’s take a look at the latest stats and figures and see how thi

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 3, 2023

So far in my journey of exploring the capabilities of AI I’ve just used it to create fun images, but the new AI tool in Kittl gives an exciting insight into how AI can be incorporated into design software and used in real creative projects. See it in action as I easily create a cute T-shirt with an automatically generated character illustration and preview the design with Kittl’s built-in mockup library. ► Get 100 FREE Kittl AI credits – [link] ► Use the code SPOONGRAPHICS to get $15 off a

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 27, 2023

If like me, you’re a bit of a car enthusiast, you might enjoy making all kinds of cool AI-generated automotive imagery. In this video, I’ll show you some simple Midjourney prompt ideas to create stunning car photos, surreal concept cars, interesting car mashups, and reinterpretations of your favourite car in some crazy styles. Watch this next Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel The post Fun Midjourney AI Prompt Ideas for Car Lovers!

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 22, 2023

Create the artistic styles you never knew you were capable of with this new bundle of ready-to-use graphics and professional grade tools. The Exquisite Vintage Creative Collection is a diverse compilation of best-selling products from industry leading creatives. From hand-drawn fonts, to gorgeous textures/backgrounds, patterns, brushes, effects packs and so much more.

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 13, 2023

Access All Areas members have a huge collection of useful Photoshop Brushes to download this week, courtesy of James Dene of Dene Studios. The Cosmic Photoshop Brush Bundle is a compilation of multiple space-themed brush packs to provide a complete library of highly-detailed planet, moon and star graphics. Use these 3000x3000px brushes to create surreal sci-fi scenes.

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 6, 2023

I recently began exploring the world of AI Art with Midjourney. It’s a tool that can bring anything from your imagination to life, no matter how surreal or abstract. Today I put it to the test by turning my son’s Dino-Truck toy into reality with just a few descriptive prompts, then I let AI do the rest… and the result is awesome! Watch this next Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel The post AI Brings My Son’s Favourite Toy to Life!

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Traditionally, holographic effects were only achievable by printing onto holographic foil and paper, but with a large portion of our design work now being consumed on screens we can recreate those colourful holographic effects digitally with the help of creative tools and design resources. In this roundup I collate 40 of the best holographic textures, graphics and assets out there, including both free downloads and high quality products. 5 Free HOLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES from Indieground 10 Free HOLOG

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Every designer needs a variety of typeface styles that they can rely upon for every project. Usually a collection is built slowly as new fonts are purchased on an individual basis, but on rare occasions an opportunity to acquire a comprehensive library of top quality font families with huge savings arises. The Font Fanatics Creative Collection contains 16 beautiful typefaces, including the hottest new SVG font technology that takes hand-drawn fonts to the next level!

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access All Areas members have a great collection of logo templates in the style of outdoors badges and patches to download this week, courtesy of JeksonGraphics. These travel and adventure inspired designs feature camping, hiking and mountaineering graphics in a retro style. Edit the text to create custom artwork for T-Shirts, stickers, logos, and more!

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This grainy heatmap effect gives a photo an abstract, retro vibe with its ultra-bright colours that resemble thermal imaging. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create it using three examples, each with a different colour scheme. First we’ll convert the photo with a gradient map to generate the surreal colours, then the addition of some blur and grainy filters really helps to enhance the effect.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 30, 2023

I recently began exploring the world of AI Art with Midjourney. It’s an online tool that can bring anything from your imagination to life, no matter how surreal or abstract. If you’re new to AI art, Midjourney is perhaps the best-rated for creating visual art. You enter a series of prompts and the AI will do its best to depict your written command.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 23, 2023

Detailed vintage lettering is one of the coolest text effects you can make! Originally these kinds of embellished titles were drawn by hand as the cover art for old insurance maps from the likes of the Sanborn map company. Painstakingly illustrating artwork like this by hand is a dying art form that would have taken years of training to become a master of penmanship, but we can easily make similar text styles with digital tools.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 16, 2023

Transform real photos into a bold cartoon with just a few clicks with the help of my Action and Smart PSD for Adobe Photoshop. A series of filters and adjustments are automatically applied to your image to mimic the outlines, colours, and shading of a digitally painted image automatically, without the need to trace, paint or draw by hand. Choose between the Photoshop Action to apply the effect with a single click, or import your images into the Smart PSD.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Prepare for any design project that you might face in 2023 with a huge upgrade to your resources library. This new Creative’s Collection Of Secret Treasures bundle contains a variety of tools that help you create popular styles and effects. Improve your illustrations with detailed brushes; add stunning text to your designs with expertly crafted fonts; and easily add abstract effects to your work with ready-made assets!

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Access All Areas members have a huge collection of liquid splash assets to download this week, courtesy of Dealjumbo. The Liquid Splash Toolkit contains a variety of PNG shapes, backgrounds and templates to help you add splashes and splatters to your artwork. A total of 37 PNG splash images are included that resemble various liquids such as water, milk or paint.

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Pick up a collection of useful resources for just $5 with this Celebratory End Of Year bundle from Design Cuts. Designers such as 7th Avenue Designs, Seamless Team, Tabita’s Shop, plus many many more have put forward some of their best products to compile this extraordinary deal. It contains a selection of brushes, textures, fonts and effects packs, including some useful Christmas themed resources you may have time to make use of before the big day this year (or Christmases yet to come)!

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Y2K logos are a hot trend at the moment. They’re reinterpretations of the style of logo design from around the year 2000. Imagine abstract fonts, star graphics and bold outlines. In today’s tutorial I’ll show you how to easily create your own Y2K logos with the help of Kittl. ? Sign up for a FREE Kittl account to follow along – [link].

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Spoon Graphics

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Access All Areas members have a great collection of Lightroom Presets and Photoshop Actions to download this week, courtesy of Hydrozi. This set of Cinematic photo effects is inspired by movies and the cinematic field of photographic art. It contains 30 one-click presets and actions that generate a variety of colour-graded styles, including ‘Retro’, ‘Thriller’ and ‘Dramatic’.

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Spoon Graphics

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Access All Areas members have a brilliant set of vector graphics to download this week, courtesy of Simon from The Shop. These hand-drawn burst illustrations have been carefully traced with a Pentel Sign Pen and digitised into vector graphics. There’s a variety of geometric elements, including circles, triangles and pentagons. They are useful assets to add to your artwork, perhaps as backgrounds to a vintage-style logo, or abstract elements as part of a wider illustration piece.

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Spoon Graphics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you a cocktail of adjustments that mimic the outlines, colours, and shading of a digitally painted image automatically, without the need to trace, paint or draw by hand. This effect can be applied to any image to transform a real photograph into an illustrated cartoon graphic. Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel.

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