deke.com posts about gradients

Creating Rivets in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator's gradient, drop shadow, and blend capabilities to create a riveting background for a triceratops logo.

Creating Brushed Metal in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator to create a brushed metal effect out of nothing but pixels.

Illustrator on the iPad: Gradients and Repeats

Deke returns to Illustrator on the iPad one more time in order to build the sun of hope and civility with the Freeform Gradient tool and Repeat feature.

Shading Your Cat's Eye with a Gradient in Adobe Illustrator

Deke adds depth and detail to his cat eye project, using gradients and drop shadows in Adobe Illustrator.

Painting with Gradients and Translucency in Adobe Illustrator

Deke colors his face made of triangles with custom gradients and varying opacity.

Two Ways to Colorize with Gradients in Photoshop

Deke uses two different methods to colorize a tryptic portrait with gradients in Photoshop

Introducing...Introducing Illustrator 2020

Deke's newest course, Introducing Illustrator, is designed for those of you who open Illustrator with an eye to making a "simple" graphic, and get horribly lost before the first curve is drawn.

Continuous Rainbow Faces in Photoshop

Deke applies a gradient adjustment layer to give his five-headed beauty the rainbow treatment in Photoshop.

Turning a Sphere into a Colorful Pool Ball in Adobe Illustrator

Deke makes progress on his pool hall clock in Adobe Illustrator this week, by turning the cue ball into a 6 by applying color and text.

Drawing a Gradient Sphere as a 2D Shape in Adobe Illustrator (aka "The Cue Ball)

Deke begins his imaginary pool hall–themed clock by drawing a cue ball for the center in Adobe Illustrator

Painting Paths with Opposing Gradients

Deke makes his devil's tuning fork impossible object even more impossible with gradient effects.

Creating Rainbow Gradients with Blends in Adobe Illustrator

Deke colors his op art project with a rainbow of gradients made by using the existing blends in Illustrator