Hello. Welcome to three bees in my bonnet blog. A blog of lots of things from nonsense to AI, PSD and AE tutorials. I also like to get proper hands-on and bake, sew, crochet, paper cut pictures and sometimes, pop-up cards and 3-d paper models.
Inspiration for graphic design is everywhere but sometimes our enthusiam gets damped down with decision fatigue or deadline pressure. We all want to produce something creative, something to give the eyes a real feast. And show off our skills. Today’s tutorial will give you all that and more. It shows you how to use the…
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Photoshop lets you mask layers and edit images without any permanent destruction. Paint with black and you erase parts of an image. Gone too far? Then paint detail back with a white brush. It’s all made clearer in my tutorial – click below for the pdf instructions:
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This effect is really easy to create. I’ve written up a tutorial and you’ll see how quick & easy it is. 🙂 You can play around with the basic settings and create lots of other fun effects like the waves below. Click below to download the pdf tutorial:
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Today’s tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a realistic bar of chocolate and wrapper. Download the pdf here: The wave design is a free download; get it here: http://www.dinpattern.com/2011/03/21/waves/
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Today’s tutorial details how to create the effect of a photo popping out of its frame. Download here: 🙂
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Here’s how to make 3D stars in Illustrator. I’m using CC but it works in much earlier versions.
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This is a really quick and easy tutorial to apply a gradient onto selected graphics rather than over a layer. It is particularly effective applied to thin strokes or outlined graphics to create an etched effect. 🙂
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