Posts Tagged ‘3D’

Stunning neon light 3d typography

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

This tutorial is inspired by one of the creations I placed in the beauty of 3d typography article. By combining the powers of Illustrator and Photoshop, you can recreate this awesome technique. Typography is a really hot topic at this moment in the design sphere and neon light is and has always been an effective way to attract users. Combine these two to make some beautiful artwork.

Interior Scenes – Part 2 Texture and Lighting

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Lighting is one of the most important parts in 3D visualization rendering. It brings not only the look and feel for the image, but also helps to visualize the design in reality. There are several different ways to set up lighting for a render, however, for L5 we setup our lighting with the V-Ray render plugin. This was done by using its Environment and V-Ray light sphere.

How To Render a Dramatic 3D Wood Cup in Photoshop

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

In this basic tutorial, you\’ll learn how to create a 3D cup from scratch in Illustrator, how to apply some texture to it in Photoshop, and also how to use the Vanishing Point filter to mock-up a scenario and apply realistic shadows.

Working with 3D Objects and Transparencies to Make a Vector Cola Bottle Design

Friday, August 15th, 2008

VECTORTUTS has covered Illustrator’s 3D effects a few times, so the basics should already be familiar to you. In this tutorial, we’ll be taking those skills up a notch and discussing how Illustrator deals with transparency in 3D objects. In just a few steps you’ll have created a plastic cola bottle, which is ideally suited for those of you involved in product marketing.

Rendering a Striking Matchbox in Photoshop

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

This tutorial consists of creating a digital illustration in Photoshop of a box of matches. We’ll be creating the matchbox cover design, the striker on the matchbox from a pattern, and placing the cardboard texture on the box. We’ll also create the matches and align everything into a 3D perspective.

3D Pixel Stretch Effects

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Stretching a single line of pixels is an easy way to create special digital effects in graphic design. By taking this technique a step further, we can create wonderful, vibrant 3D effects right in Photoshop!

3D Transform a Colorful Cube Design

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

A while ago Sean posted a very interesting article called 6 Techniques to Compose Your Work Using Repeating Shapes and Flexible Patterns. I carefully examined the articled and got inspired by a great artist named Guilherme Marconi. In this tutorial, you’ll learn one way to create a design using repeating elements in a style inspired by him.

Creating a 3D effect with image editing software (GIMP or Photoshop)

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Here’s how to make a neat effect to make it look like the subject of a photo is popping out of the background. This can be done with GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) or Photoshop.

3D Ice Cube

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

In this tutorial we’ll try to build a realistic 3D ice cube. Usually this kind of stuff is done with the help of some 3D software like Maya or 3DMax, still we’ll try to use Photoshop tools to do the work.

How to design a 3D MP3 Player

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Learn how to create a 3D mp3 player in photoshop.