Deke is Now Again!
Renown expert and deep diver Deke McClelland returns to the fray with dekeNow: a look at the current Photoshop and Illustrator state of the art of the art
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Cast 3D Font Shadows in Illustrator
Deke grounds some block-style letters by adding a fabricated cast shadow in Illustrator.
Helping Your 3D Dinosaur from PixelSquid Escape to the Big City
Deke takes his PixelSquid dinosaur friend and lets him run rampant in San Francisco, courtesy of Photoshop.
Customize Your PixelSquid Art in Photoshop
Deke takes a 3D dinosaur from PixelSquid and plops it down in its own Jurassic World, customized with Photoshop layer effects.Deke takes a 3D dinosaur from PixelSquid and plops it down in its own Jurassic World, customized with Photoshop layer effects.
Introducing PixelSquid 3D for 2D Designers
Deke uses the new design technology developed by our friends at PixelSquid to get a customized 3D rendered object for his 2D project. Also, dinosaurs.
Deke's Techniques 393: Assembling DICOM Slices into a 3D Image in Photoshop
Deke takes an MRI of his own knee and uses the DICOM files to create a 3D image in Photoshop CC.
Deke's Techniques 374: Extrude a Minecraft Tool into 3D Space in Photoshop
Deke uses Photoshop CC's 3D features to extrude a pixelized Minecraft tool into 3D space.
The Ring Tutorial to End All Ring Tutorials (Part 2: Engraving Your Elvish Message)
The step-by-step story of how to inscribe the 3D Ring to Rule Them All.
The Ring Tutorial to End All Ring Tutorials (Part 1)
This is a longish, literary-ish (well, you know, to the best of my ability), interpretation of Deke's ten-minute video tutorial on how to create the famous artifact at the center of Tolkien's work.
Deke's Techniques 344: Creating the 3D Ring (to End All Rings, or Something Like That)
Deke recreates the most famous ring in literary history (at least as far as geeks are concerned) in Illustrator.
Deke's Techniques 343: Baking a 3D Donut in Illustrator
Deke bakes delicious 3D donuts from people's heads in Illustrator
Deke's Techniques 341: Integrating a 3D Object into a 2D Scene
Deke extends Shark Week by incorporating a completely synthetic shark into a formerly sharkless ocean.