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.

Deke’s Techniques 105: Op Art Experiment 1a: Inflated Checkers in Photoshop

This week, Deke takes a Photoshop journey in to the eye-bending world of op art, creating a Bridget Riley-inspired twist and bulge of checkerboard contortion.

Deke’s Techniques 104: Crafting an Infinity Symbol to Match a Font in Illustrator

This week, I give you infinity. You don't have to settle for a one-font-fits-all symbol that doesn't match your typeface of choice. I show you how to match it to any typeface.

Deke’s Techniques 103: Creating a Custom, Entirely Accurate New Year’s 2013 Calendar in Illustrator

This week I show you how to create a one-page, full-year calendar for the year 2013. All inside Adobe Illustrator.

Deke’s Techniques 102: Creating a Hobbit Movie Logo Effect in Adobe AI and Photoshop

In this week's installment, I show you how to create text that looks just like the logo for The Hobbit movie poster. Which is great, even if the movie is kinda lame.

Deke’s Techniques 101: Creating a Jaunty Star of David in Illustrator

This week, Deke gets in the Hanukkah spirit and creates this festive, jaunty Star of David in Adobe Illustrator. All from a single circle. How awesome is that?

Deke’s Techniques 100: Creating a Shiny Button with Inset Text in Photoshop

This week, I take the shimmering, glowing jewel that I created last week and turn it into a shimmering, glowing Panic button. Just in time for the crazy, kooky holidays.

Deke’s Techniques 099: Creating a Shimmering Round Jewel in Photoshop

This week, I show you how to create something lovely and precious---specifically, a shimmering round jewel---entirely from scratch, inside Photoshop.

Deke’s Techniques 098: Creating a Hand Turkey in Photoshop

Here in America, we have a long-standing tradition of giving thanks every November by tracing around our hands and decorating them like turkeys. This movie explains how.

Deke’s Techniques 097: Designing a Double-Wave Line Pattern in Illustrator

Today, I show you how to create the components for an entwined-rope pattern that you can assemble into a cohesive whole using Illustrator's Pattern Brush feature.

Deke’s Techniques 096: Creating 3D “Punched” Letters in Illustrator

Today I show you how to create punched-out 3D letters in Adobe Illustrator, turning the plain old word 'good' into something even better.

Deke’s Techniques 095: The Headless Stranger, a Tale of Photoshop Horror

Halloween continues with a tutorial about how to lop the head off a guy, isolate him inside an alpha channel, and dissolve his legs against a new background. It's sick.