As a graphic designer, I was told many times that I should create a personal brand to promote myself. However, I was not sure what was a personal brand, or what was I supposed to do to create it. In this article I am going to explain to you how to do all of that and why. A Personal Brand is a way to present yourself in a way that you want others to see…
Have you ever tried being a few minutes without any technology distractions? Have you ever been isolated with no phone, TV, or electronics? The “solitude challenge” is meant for people to take a moment to themselves without being constantly connected. In today’s society that is not an easy thing to do and even less when you are a graphic designer when you need technology to make your designs real. As a graphic designer, I tried…
As I talked about in my previous Blog post, Social Media is a great tool that graphic designer use as an online show case of their work to the world. But, how can that be successful? Today I am going to analyze Alex Trochut ‘s Instagram page to see why is he successful in Social Media. 1. SHOW YOUR WORK The best personal brand graphic design pages share their designs all the time. The only time…
Social Media platforms are online communities that allow users to communicate with each other. It is dedicated to building communities, interactions between users and content-sharing. Social Media is used by any individual or business that wants to share with their friends or with the entire world their experiences, thoughts or concerns. It is also used to promote and advertise brands. Graphic Designers use social media as a way to promote themselves and their work. A…
Chose a picture of your likeness and upload it into Adobe Photoshop. Select only the figure. In this example is me playing tennis without the background or ball. With the figure selected, go to Image> Adjustments> Threshold When this box appears, adjust the level until you are satisfied with the results: Remove the background Go to Select> Color Rage and select Black Open a new file with a radius gradient background from white to black…
Hello friends! Today I am going to show you an awesome effect you can do in Photoshop that it is applicable to many different kind of pictures. For this project you start by choosing whatever picture you like and upload it to photoshop. Once uploaded, select the figure (in my case the dancer) and remove it from the background into a separate layer. In the background layer, select the now empty space where the dancer…
For this effect you will only need one picture that you will be transforming into a cartoon picture. Open your picture in Adobe Photoshop Make a duplicate of the picture Make the Foreground color black (which will make the lines Black) and the Background color whatever you want for the skin (in this case) to be Go to Filter > Filter Gallery Use the Sketch>Stamp Filter Using the Stamp option in the top left of…
Today I am going to show you how to do a text wrap into whatever shape you want in Adobe Illustrator. If you want to see the video click here. Open a new document in Adobe Illustrator. With the Text tool write whatever text you need to put into the shape. Double click or use the options key and click the text. Click – Create Outlines. Create whatever shape you want. Select both items. !!!…
Here are the steps in how to do a watercolor portrait effect in photoshop. Click here to see the video. 1. Open up an image (portrait or other). 2. Make a duplicate of the image background layer (using layer panel option). 3. Create a new blank layer (using layer panel option). 4. While working in the new blank layer go to the top menu “Select > all” 5. Then go to top menu “Edit>fill>scroll to…