Deke’s Techniques

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

Adding Windows to the House Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke finally finishes his odd but delightful house with faces repeating pattern.

Filling in the Gaps in a Repeating Pattern

Deke troubleshoots his "ball of arrows" project by giving his arrows hair, as one does.

Drawing 3D Isometric Arrows in Adobe Illustrator

Deke creates the basic pieces of a 3D ball of interlocking arrows in Adobe Illustrator.

Carving Cubical Holes into Cubical Objects

Deke uses his cubular creation to cut holes in itself in Adobe Illustrator.

Blending Line Textures in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator's Blend tool in order to make striped surfaces on his imaginary object.

Drawing a Cubical Gobstopper in Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator as his candy factory and creates a sweet, precise gobstopper shape.

Welcome to My Seamlessly Repeating Summer

Deke introduces his summer of seamlessly repeating patterns drawn in Adobe Illustrator.

Creating a Gradient Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

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

Making Your Star a Repeating Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke takes last week's shape and turns it into a repeating star pattern in Adobe Illustrator.

Drawing a 24-Sided Star in Negative Space (in Adobe Illustrator)

Deke sees something of questionable beauty in a hotel room and turns it into a stellar shape in Adobe Illustrator.

Applying Old-School Distortions as Smart Filters in Photoshop

Deke develops his dream design from last week by applying old school Photoshop distortions as editable smart filters.

An Actual Dream Effect, Captured in Photoshop

Deke wakes up from a design dream and captures it in Photoshop.