Creating a Gradient Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke takes his repeating pattern from previous week's and adds a color gradient.

Imbuing Your Chuck Close Effect with Color

Deke takes his patterned portrait homage to Chuck Close and imbues it with color using radial gradients.

Creating a Vector-Based Gradient Mask in Photoshop

Deke takes a novel approach to a standard gradient mask: by using a vector-based mask for greater flexibility.

Adding Gradient Overlays to Your Mobius Strip in Adobe Illustrator

Deke applies a series of gradient overlays to his möbius strip illustration in order to give it ribbonesque volume inside Adobe Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 136: Building a Sci-Fi Temple from Scratch in Photoshop CS6 Extended 3D

Today, I pay appropriate 3D homage to my alien overlords by building them a temple out of plain old earthly linear gradients and a little thing called a depth map.

Deke's Techniques 086: Designing an Indiana Jones Logo

If you're craving real Photoshop adventure, this week's video is just what you seek. Deke creates a classic Indiana Jones-style logo, complete with a bending gradient.

Deke's Techniques 077: Creating a Synthetic Rainbow

This week, I bring on the screen magic, creating not just a synthetic rainbow, but also a floating and highly aggressive skyshark. It's the stuff of legend.

Camera Raw Does Local

Depth Maps Become Reality

Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery Is Finally Under Way

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #21: The Gradient Tool

Every app offers a gradient tool. But Photoshop's is special. Not only can you paint a soft transition from black to white. But you can soften the transition from one image to another. It fades, swipes, and more.