Riffing on Your Contour Map in Photoshop

Deke riffs on last week's project with an extra displacement map.

Contour Mapping with Distort > Displace

Deke uses a displacement map to contour a stripe pattern to his model's face.

Deke reveals his secret for remembering how he arrived at creative brilliance: the Note tool in Photoshop

Deke puts the final demolition touches on his Marvel-esque superhero disintegration effect

Deke attempts to recreate the Marvel disintegration effect using displacement maps in Photoshop.

Coming soon: A Deke's Techniques that explains how the finale of Avengers: Infinity War might have truly played out.

Deke uses the power of smart objects (in Illustrator) to bring half his Photoshop file back to life.

Deke grows some colorful cellular matter in Adobe Illustrator, using gradients and a hex pattern.

Deke dutifly lines up his fake molecules in Photoshop and creates an then blends them into something wild.

Deke uses an old school Photoshop gradient technique to create simulated molecules.

Deke shows you how to exploit the many colorful stylistic sets in the Trajan Color Concept font.

Deke introduces you to Adobe's concept font, Trajan Color, with some tips on how to use it in both Photoshop and Illustrator.