Deke's Techniques 308: Auto-hiding Iconic Panels in Photoshop

Deke reveals a Photoshop secret handshake that allows you to auto-hide your iconic panels when you're done working with them.

Deke's Techniques 193: Drawing an ISOTYPE Couple in Love in Illustrator

This week, our universal bathroom symbols fall in love. Again, using nothing but strokes. And I write an inapproriate blog post. See, everyone wins.

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.

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Deke's Techniques 161: Creating a Spirograph-Like Pattern in Illustrator

Here's how to make a Spirograph-like pattern that can be made to fit into any design. Without a single clipping mask. And it looks pretty sweet when it's done.

Deke's Techniques 154: Designing a Seamlessly Repeating Hex Pattern in Illustrator CS6

This week, I show you how to use Illustrator CS6's new Pattern Options panel (as well as its new pattern-editing mode) to create a seamlessly repeating hex pattern.

Deke's Techniques 084: Drawing Rays of Light in Photoshop

This week, I build further on my completely fabricated but no less green energy project, adding an unnatural but sustainable starburst glow around a lightbulb.

Deke's Techniques 069: Creating an Ambigram in Illustrator

This week, I turn your world upside-down, only to find that it's the same as it was when right-side up. Created from start-to-finish as hand-drawn type in Adobe Illustrator.