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How To Create a Realistic Water Text Effect
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Introduction
In this tutorial we will be creating a realistic water text effect that is sure to catch someones eyes. This tutorial requires some basic knowledge of Photoshop and how to work in it’s environment. For …

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30 Frighteningly Realistic CG People
Sunday, 7 Mar, 2010 – 15:24 | 172 Comments
30 Frighteningly Realistic CG People

Working with computer graphics has become quite easy if you know what you are doing. Texturing and adding layers upon layers of photo realistic materials is a blast once you have created the wire frame …

30 Photos You Thought Were Real
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 14:57 | 173 Comments
30 Photos You Thought Were Real

In today’s reality there is as much fiction as in any new blockbuster movie being released from Hollywood. Everything we thought were real is often revealed to be nothing but good imagination portrayed on a …

25 Meticulously Detailed CG Artworks
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 16:28 | 213 Comments
25 Meticulously Detailed CG Artworks

Artwork, especially computer generated, can sometimes be created quite fast and easy. But then there are images that takes forever to create. Some artists even fear the exceptional time consuming hard work it takes to …

Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D | Part 2
Thursday, 12 Nov, 2009 – 7:23 | 144 Comments
Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D | Part 2

As a continuation of the last post about Typography design in 3D (Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D | part 1) we have now come to the second part. Last one showcased 25 pieces of simply stunning …

Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D | Part 1
Thursday, 5 Nov, 2009 – 10:11 | 155 Comments
Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D | Part 1

Typography is one of the true art forms that I find the most appealing when looking through magazines or surfing the web. The amount of detail sometimes implemented is just mind blowing and you can …

How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 17:27 | 133 Comments
How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character

So, I decided to attempt to create a tutorial on how to create a unique illustrated cartoon character in Photoshop. It’s pretty straight forward and the skills you need for this is very limited as …

How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 19:13 | 141 Comments
How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect

Time for another tutorial and this time we are going to look at how we can create a Realistic Chrome/Platinum text effect by just using the basic tools in Photoshop. The tutorial is super simple …

2 Ways To Create Realistic “Depth of Field”
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 12:59 | 142 Comments
2 Ways To Create Realistic “Depth of Field”

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create realistic “Depth of Field” in Photoshop. We are going to look at two different ways of doing it depending on what kind of picture …

Minervity Turns 6 Months – The Amazing Beginning
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 1:22 | 75 Comments
Minervity Turns 6 Months – The Amazing Beginning

So, the day finally came! The half year mark of my design blog. It has been an unbelievable ride so far and the support is just amazing. I never thought I would have gotten such …

How to Create a Realistic “Neon” Sign Text Effect
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 12:31 | 73 Comments
How to Create a Realistic “Neon” Sign Text Effect

In this tutorial I will be teaching you how to create a realistic “Neon” sign text effect in Photoshop. In just a few steps we’ll be learning lots of tricks how to make this Neon …