Deke’s Techniques

Your weekly quick-fix of Deke, with ideas you may inspire or inform your own projects.

Live Brushes in Adobe Fresco

Deke paints some legitimate watercolor and oil backgrounds for his completely made up robot in Adobe Fresco.

Introducing Adobe Fresco for the iPad

Deke and his robot friend explore the magic of the new Adobe Fresco painting and drawing app.

Using an iPad as a Sidecar Drawing Tablet

Deke uses the new Sidecar function to make his iPad a working tablet for Photoshop input.

Photoshop for the iPad: the Layers

Deke makes his third installment on Photoshop for the iPad, this time focusing in on the layer mask and adjustment layer capabilities.

Photoshop for the iPad: the Retouching

Deke demonstrates the retouching ability of the new Photoshop for iPad by removing some unwanted golf course features from an Icelandic landscape.

Introducing Photoshop for the iPad

Deke shares his first impression of the "real" first Photoshop for the iPad

What’s Wrong with this Drop Shadow?

Deke brings his Photoshop troubleshooting knowledge to bear on some troublesome layer effects.

A Hand Becomes a Thanksgiving Hand Turkey

Deke finishes up his 2019 hand turkey project.

Drawing a Highly Articulated Hand

Deke hand draws his very own hand.

Hand Turkey 2019

Deke waves in the Thanksgiving season with some traditional and not-so-traditional hand turkeys.

What to Do When Content-Aware Fill Fails?

Deke fails and fixes a content-aware fill issue caused by transparency issues, on a bass hat.

Finishing Your Adobe Sketch Artwork in Photoshop

Deke moves his scary artwork from Adobe Sketch into Photoshop to add the finishing touches of scariness.