Deke's Techniques 396: Put Your Photo Behind Ribbed Glass

Deke puts a photograph behind a Photoshop-created wall of ribbed glass.

Deke's Techniques 191: Building a Universal ISOTYPE Man with Strokes in Illustrator

Today, I create the universal ISOTYPE symbol for Man using Illustrator. Rather than draw the dude with shapes, I create him using dynamic stroke effects.

Illustrator One-on-One CS6: Advanced Is Now Out at lynda.com

Deke's Techniques 119: Rendering Type in Brushed Metal in (Good Old But Also Recently New) Photoshop

Today I show you how to render type in brushed metal using a couple of smart filters and some layer effects.

I'm Geeking Out on Ambigrams

Deke's Techniques 067: Filtering Images with Camera Raw

This week, learn how to use Camera Raw as a filtering engine, with better results than you'd expect from most of the commands available from Photoshop's Filter menu.

My Latest Video Course, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects, Is on Its Way

I've Finally Begun Work on Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

Deke's Techniques 002: Branding Type on a Texture

The second Deke's Techniques is all about branding type onto a textured surface. In the video, Deke brands some type onto a rock wall. But you can do this with any texture. Like leather, parchment, or human flesh.

Deke's Techniques 001: Creating Ice Type in Photoshop

Deke's Techniques gets your new year off to a cool start with this quick and clever recipe for creating icy type. It has icicles, it has sculpted edges, it has the wind at your back. Plus, your type remains editable. Enjoy.

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Spirograph on Steroids

Creativity is an exercise in thought and energy, not manual dexterity. Learn how to puzzle your way through a piece of dynamic "op art" based on nothing more than half an ellipse and Adobe Illustrator.