Posted by Dave Mark on Aug 8, 2009 in
Illustrator,
Photoshop,
art,
design
Have you seen Smashing Magazine? If not, go directly here, do not pass go, do not collect $200. Check out the amazing collection of links, including 100 Wordpress Themes, 70 Best Photoshop Tutorials, and 70 Best Illustrator Tutorials.
One of my faves is this article listing a series of free fonts, all just waiting for your grabby little hands.

Enjoy!!!
– Dave
Tags: design, Free Fonts, Illustrator, Photoshop, Smashing Magazine
Posted by Dave Mark on Jan 12, 2009 in
Photoshop
In my previous post, I extolled the wonders of pretend stitching. As you can see from the banner at the top of my home page, I used the same approach to create an iron-on-patch kind of look. The secret? Instead of using a Sample-Size of 8, I used a Sample-Size of 4. Yes, yes, I did indeed think of that all by myself. You like? Comments, please.
Tags: embroidery, Photoshop, pretend stitching, pshero.com, tutorial
Posted by Dave Mark on Jan 11, 2009 in
Photoshop
Another Photoshop tutorial from PSHero.com. I LOVE these tutorials.
Here’s the result:

Tags: Photoshop, pretend stitching, pshero.com, tutorial
Posted by Dave Mark on Jan 11, 2009 in
Photoshop
I am a huge fan of Photoshop and Illustrator and a sucker for a great tutorial. I recently discovered an amazing web site named http://pshero.com. I worked my way through their torn scrap of notebook paper tutorial. Here’s the result. Cool, right? Thank you PSHero!!!

Tags: notebook, Photoshop, pshero.com, realism, realistic, torn paper, tutorial