Cricut Design Space with Melody Lane

From Illustrator Into A Photoshop Document

When you paste your illustrated outlines into Photoshop, they will serve another purpose. By working with duplicates of the shapes, you will learn how to remove the outer regions, thus inverting the appearance of the fill. This might sound confusing, but it is a simple process that we will go through repeatedly.

My Discovery Of Photoshop

My discovery of Photoshop came after I worked as a graphic designer and art director for a few years. Back then, in the pre-desktop publishing days, we learned to put things together from different sources.

Using A Pressure-Sensitive Tablet With Photoshop

I have never been an advocate of using the latest version of graphic applications just because they’re new. At the end of it all, you want to learn how to get the most out of each program, to help you realize your vision as an artist.

3D Vectors And 2D Textures With Photoshop

Illustrator is generally the first choice of any digital artist, designer, or illustrator for creating sharp vector graphics. However, let’s not forget about the myriad of vector tools and features in Photoshop.

Illustrator Is Photoshop’s Soul Mate

Illustrator is Photoshop’s soul mate: they have played well together for many, many years, and they are constantly getting better at it. Most designers and illustrators use both applications daily. I decided that it was my duty to devote a substantial amount of space to doing extremely diverse and cool things by combining them. Hopefully I have introduced one or two ideas that you have never thought of before.