Making of my World by Kung Hong Outstanding illustrations with creativity

Making of my World by Kung Hong Outstanding illustrations with creativity

Outstanding illustrations are filled with creativity, plan well before you start on your draft. Know what you want to convey to your audience through the picture, your ideas, concept, color, worldview. Don't let your illustration become an anatomy drawing from the biology classes, use your unique ideas to draw your viewers attentions.
The inspiration of My World came from an early piece titled Butterfly. Closely studying past works will sometimes give you a new feeling about it, I felt an urge to compose an image which can give a new world to Butterfly, a new definition.
I usually use blue pencils for contouring and drafting out my works, then with 0.5 2B mechanical pencil to finalize the outline and define the finer details before scanning the drawing into the computer and adjusting the contrast in Photoshop. Coloring is done solely in painter.

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3D Planet : Make a real and fantastic planet with 3D effect using Photoshop

Make a real and fantastic planet with 3D effect using Photoshop

How to make a real and fantastic planet in Photoshop.This tutorial should step you through making a simple, yet realistic-looking planet using Adobe Photoshop 7, and ONLY Adobe Photoshop 7. We’re working small here, so keep in mind that the larger you work, the harder the planet will be to create (just a bit more work as size increases).
To complete this tutorial and match what I’m showing you in the sample images, you’ll need this image for a texture, so save it in a safe spot, we’;l get to it in a moment.
A thank you to Kyle Nervik of Bougal.com, who helped me figure out how to best relate my methods to a general audience by being my development guinea pig (sitting on AIM for over an hour, listening to me argue with myself, and offering suggestions).

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Create Product Box using Photoshop How to use Photoshop to create Product Box

Create Product Box using Photoshop How to use Photoshop to create Product Box

Photoshop is a powerful tool for almost everything you need in graphic and web design. This article explains how to use Photoshop to create product boxes.

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How many times you wanted to create cool product box for some of your products? Sure, there are many ways, and with new Photoshop you have even more options to create boxes. But I wanted to show you how to create a “3D look box” in the 2D environment using Photoshop paths.

3D Ice Cube creation using Photoshop tools How to create 3D Ice Cube

3D Ice Cube creation using Photoshop tools How to create 3D Ice Cube

In this tutorial we'll try to build a realistic 3D ice cube. Usually this kind of stuff is done with the help of some 3D software like Maya or 3DMax, still we'll try to use Photoshop tools to do the work.
To make the job easier I searched the Internet and found this Lightwawe tutorial, and try to emulate it's final result using only Photoshop. To do that we must have a closer look at the way a 3D software works.
First the 3d object is build, then a proper illumination environment is build around object, and finally some material texture is attached on the surfaces of the object, with respective illumination rules working on it.

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Tutorial is organized in steps, each step will contain the description of actions taken, and the result you should get. All work was done in Adobe Photoshop CS2, and I assume that you have some intermediate knowledge of working with Photoshop..
You will start with the a dark background and a 3D cube of three layers (left, top, front).

3D Web Design Effect in Photoshop Creating A Cool 3D Web Design Effect

3D Web Design Effect in Photoshop Creating A Cool 3D Web Design Effect

Using gradients and layer styles, that we can use to produce nice subtle 3D effects in our web designs. Sometimes little details like subtle gradients or borders using 2 colors can create a very nice visual effect or unique style without requiring many hacks and adjustments.

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In this tutorial I will show you some very easy techniques, using gradients and layer styles, that we can use to produce nice subtle 3D effects in our web designs..

Create a 3D Map in Photoshop 3D island in Photoshop using 3D buildings cars trees road clouds

Create a 3D Map in Photoshop 3D island in Photoshop using 3D buildings cars trees road clouds.

In this tutorial we will show you how to create a 3D map in Photoshop using different 2D and 3D models like cars, trees, road, clouds and so on. You can get creative and make your own 3D island in Photoshop. PSD used for this tutorial grass and water texture but you can choose another type of textures. And you can also personalize the shape of the map using a text for example. Using a 3D action make the entire process more easier.

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In this tutorial we'll learn how to create a 3D map in Photoshop using one of my 3D action, some textures for the grass & water and a few stock images. All we have to do is to make the 2D surface and play the Photoshop action. After the action is completed we'll make some retouches and add trees, clouds and any other 3D models that you like; you can add 3D buildings, cars, airplanes...it's up to you.