This tutorial will teach you how to create moderately complex patterns in Photoshop, using hexagons as a base. This technique is particularly useful for creating floral kaleidoscopic patterns and keeping them looking natural, since hexagons are very often found in nature. However, it all depends on what you choose as your building block—something with more […]

This beginner-friendly tutorial teaches how to create gorgeous floral designs in Adobe Illustrator, using abstract shapes as foundation. And not only can it serve to make you more comfortable using Blob Brush, Warp/Twirl/etc Tool, it also opens the door to madly addictive exploration of floral shapes to users of all skill levels. So let’s get […]

This tutorial is intended for intermediate Photoshop users, or really patient, focused, and keen beginners. For the purposes of this tutorial I’ve selected a photo of a nebula as a texture and the portrait as the surface that I will apply it to, but you can choose any sort of a texture and apply it […]

How to turn any photo into a comic book style image

If you’ve been using Photoshop for a while, you’ve probably realised by now you can create just about anything in it, from photo-montages to digital paintings. This tutorial will teach you a very simple technique for creating extraordinary kaleidoscopic patterns from scratch. That’s right, even someone using Photoshop for the first time can do it, […]

by Ben Richardson Adding hyperlinks to interactive PDF files in InDesign isn’t anything new. We’ve all been doing it since we started using InDesign, and it’s something quite easy to pick up. This tutorial is about a less conventional (but just as easy) way of making hyperlinks using invisible rectangles that you create with the Rectangle Frame Tool. […]