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New Design Elements Video
In this week’s video tutorial I demonstrate how you can take a really basic photo and extract elements to create an interesting design element in Photoshop. The cool thing is that this could work on almost any photo. All you need to do is look at the various part of a photo and pick an element that has an interesting shape to it. Then by applying this technique you can turn a noticeable object into a really interesting abstract shape. You could even take it further by turning the shape into a custom brush.
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marizmendi said on — September 29, 2008 @ 8:10 am
As always, you are so creative with photoshop tools…thanks for sharing
keith said on — September 30, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
Always enjoy your tutorials, you’re presentations are always so clear, easy to understand & digest. And you have a nice pace & style, never feel like I’m being left behind.
sarah said on — October 26, 2008 @ 11:59 am
I wanna interesting