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How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
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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 …

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How to Create an Illustrated Cartoon Character
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 17:27 | 42 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 …

12 Alternative Digital Image Manipulation Tools
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 13:19 | 26 Comments
12 Alternative Digital Image Manipulation Tools

Digital image manipulation is the altering of an image using computer program tools and software to produce a contrived image, often generating new meaning. It involves already existing imagery, such as photographs, films or …

Chalk Art | A Showcase by 8 Anamorphic Artists
Tuesday, 11 Aug, 2009 – 12:31 | 27 Comments
Chalk Art | A Showcase by 8 Anamorphic Artists

There are a lot of avenues that an artist can let his creativity flow.  One such medium is called Street art or pavement / chalk art.  The artist uses a specialized sidewalk chalk, they are …

How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 19:13 | 35 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 | 68 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 | 19 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 | 12 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 …

How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect
Thursday, 21 May, 2009 – 20:18 | 66 Comments
How to Create a Realistic 3D “Stone” Text Effect

In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a realistic “Stone” text effect. There are plenty of stone text effects out on the Internet but what I miss is the details in them. …

Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro
Saturday, 16 May, 2009 – 10:13 | 33 Comments
Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro

Those of you that’s been following my tutorials here on Minervity.com know that I like to make things look real when using Photoshop to create visuals for either user interfaces, web graphics or just plain …

10 Ways to Originally Impress Your Clients
Thursday, 14 May, 2009 – 4:57 | 27 Comments
10 Ways to Originally Impress Your Clients

OK, you are at a crossroad wondering what path to pick to find the best way to impress the clients you already have for them to hire you again. You have been thinking and thinking …