Deke’s Techniques

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

Creating a Custom Angry Emoji in Illustrator

Deke uses Illustrator to fill in a gap in the emotional range of emoji-based expression. In other words, he draws Rage.

Creating an Infrared/Snow Effect in Photoshop

Deke uses the Channel Mixer in Photoshop to create an infrared/snow effect.

Correcting Shadows with Dehaze

Deke uses the Dehaze filter in Camera Raw to correct uneven shadow detail in a family portrait.

Turn off the Creative Cloud Start Screens

Deke shows you the new Creative Cloud start screen, then goes searching for how to turn it off.

Turn off Live Rectangle Widgets in Illustrator CC

Deke examines the new features of the "Live" Rectangle tool, then figures out how to turn the annoying parts off.

War of the Worlds: The Sun Attacks (Using Blend Modes in Photoshop)

Deke uses Blend Modes and the Luminance Exclusion sliders to help the sun attack the Earth with deadly lightening.

Helping Your 3D Dinosaur from PixelSquid Escape to the Big City

Deke takes his PixelSquid dinosaur friend and lets him run rampant in San Francisco, courtesy of Photoshop.

Customize Your PixelSquid Art in Photoshop

Deke takes a 3D dinosaur from PixelSquid and plops it down in its own Jurassic World, customized with Photoshop layer effects.Deke takes a 3D dinosaur from PixelSquid and plops it down in its own Jurassic World, customized with Photoshop layer effects.

Introducing PixelSquid 3D for 2D Designers

Deke uses the new design technology developed by our friends at PixelSquid to get a customized 3D rendered object for his 2D project. Also, dinosaurs.

Redux: Create High-Resolution Ice Type in Photoshop

Deke revises his very first Deke's Techniques project---Ice Type---in high resolution to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Deke's Techniques.

Making a Boy Fly through the Air in Photoshop

Deke turns a photo of a six-year-old on the carpet into a superhero flying through the clouds.

Create Candy Cane Type in Photoshop

Deke takes some everyday Myriad Pro-set type and turns in into a sweet treat in Photoshop by applying a candy cane pattern.