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  1. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 5 - Cityscape Display Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 5 - Cityscape Display Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Welcome to the fifth and last tutorial in the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series. We will end with an icon that depicts both a tool and a...

  2. Creating a Modern, Glossy Mouse Icon in Photoshop

    Creating a Modern, Glossy Mouse Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This tutorial is about creating the Apple Magic Mouse in Photoshop, though you could use these techniques to create other mouse icon design styles as well....

  3. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 4 - Digital Tablet Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 4 - Digital Tablet Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    For this forth installment of the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series we will create a pen tablet from scratch, specifically the Wacom 12"...

  4. How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop

    How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll go through easy steps for creating a nice envelope icon. There's a light use of the Pen Tool in the tutorial, but most of it uses...

  5. Use Inkscape to Create a Grunge RSS Box Icon

    Use Inkscape to Create a Grunge RSS Box Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    How to create an Icon using new features of Inkscape 0.47, such as: gradients, blur, path effects, and mask on texture layer. We'll be walking through every...

  6. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 3 - Paint Brush Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 3 - Paint Brush Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Welcome to the third tutorial in the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series. In this installment we will create a paint brush icon, complete with...

  7. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 2 - Camera Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 2 - Camera Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Welcome to the second tutorial in the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series. This time we'll create a digital SLR camera, a tool digital artists...

  8. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 1 - Sketchbook with Pencil Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 1 - Sketchbook with Pencil Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This is the first tutorial in a series called "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons." We will design five icons that depict common tools associated with...

  9. How to Create a Magician’s Hat in Photoshop

    How to Create a Magician’s Hat in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll learn how a magician's hat can be designed in Photoshop. The tutorial involves a simple use of the Pen Tool and other Shape Tools....

  10. How to Create a Photorealistic iMac and Magic Mouse

    How to Create a Photorealistic iMac and Magic Mouse

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This tutorial is about using Adobe Illustrator's Mesh Tool (U) and several basic techniques to create a vector style monitor and mouse, with a similar design...

  11. Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon - Screencast

    Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon - Screencast

    Tutorial • Beginner

    "Our goal for this tutorial is to draw a realistic leather briefcase entirely from scratch. We'll use Photoshop's amazing layer styles and incredible brush...

  12. Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon

    Create a Leather-Textured, Realistic Briefcase Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Our goal for this tutorial is to draw a realistic leather briefcase entirely from scratch. We'll use Photoshop's amazing layer styles and incredible brush...

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