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Create a glowing orb: PSD Tutorial

By: Green Bee October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

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A tutorial for a spooky Halloween! Boo! Happy Halloween!

Create a Geometric Star in Illustrator

By: Green Bee October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

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This effect uses Transform & Distort, Live Paint and Pathfinder functions. Change the palette to change the mood and experiment with different effects and change it up to suit yourself. 🙂 Get the pdf tutorial below:

Create a chocolate bar and wrapper in Photoshop

By: Green Bee October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

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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/

Create a 3d pop-out photo effect in Photoshop

By: Green Bee October 21, 2019October 21, 2019

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Today’s tutorial details how to create the effect of a photo popping out of its frame. Download here: 🙂

Define circle segment angles in Illustrator

By: Green Bee October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

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Sometimes you need to be able to define the angle of a circle segment. Trouble is, in Illustrator, circles are not true circles; they are ellipses shaped into circles with bezier curves. I have written a tutorial detailing the two methods I use to define the angle of a circle segment. Download the tutorial here:…

Make a rainbow with Photoshop

By: Green Bee October 10, 2019November 11, 2019

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Today’s tutorial shows you a quick way to create a rainbow in PSD using Polar Co-ordinates. 🙂

Create a rainbow brush with Illustrator

By: Green Bee October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

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A colourful tutorial for the darker days 🙂 Download the tutorial here:

Colourful Words: Illustrator and PSD

By: Green Bee September 30, 2019September 30, 2019

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Today ‘s tutorials are quick and easy techniques for filling in Illustrator and Photoshop text with background images. Illustrator Create your text. I’m using Cooper Black. Place, Copy or Import the image you want to fill your text with. Embed imported or placed graphics. Send the image to the back of the text (both are…

Create a Leaded Window Effect in Illustrator

By: Green Bee September 27, 2019September 26, 2019

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The individually coloured panels are what we’ll be creating in today’s tutorial. It’s a versatile effect that can be used for lots of different applications. I used it for the leafy design below. 🙂 Here’s the tutorial for you: xoxoxo 🙂

Create a Concentric Spiral Text Path in Illustrator

By: Green Bee September 27, 2019October 4, 2019

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The Spiral Tool in Illustrator decays into an ever tighter and smaller turn and doesn’t work as a text path. It makes text increasingly illegible or clunky as it follows the spiral. This tutorial shows you how to make a concentric spiral text path. I’ve used concentric circles to create the framework for the infographic…