Working for Teefury, I sometimes have to modify art to reduce color counts to suit our 6 color maximum. I’ve uploaded this PATTERN OVERLAY that can be used from Layer Styles to fill a layer [...]

Original article posted at deviant art Hey Guys, Thought I would put up a little step by step detailing how to create a cover for Marvel. You don't have to read the whole thing if [...]

Written by Derek Deal I get asked a lot how i go about making my designs so i figured I’d give a general overview of how I work. The video above is a time lapse [...]

This article was written by Sol Amstutz Utilizing halftones is a pretty quick and easy step to create the illusion that you are using more colors in your design than you actually are. Subsequently, this [...]

Article by: Austin Martin I could go for days about typography. Typefaces, kerning, leading, tracking, etc., etc. I thought, "Hey! I’m sure most people don’t really know the basic fundamentals of typography!". This is not [...]

By Greg Abbot I get asked about my regular working process quite often so decided to post a basic overview for those who are interested. I produce my work in three stages. I use Corel [...]

Written by: Sol Amstutz Here are a lot of ways an illustration can be ruined, and a big one is line work. The line work is almost like the skeleton of an illustration, because you [...]

Written by: Sol Amstutz Ah, coloring. It’s something every artist has loved since childhood, and some have grown to hate. Once again, like most things that are part of a greater whole, how you choose [...]

This article was originally posted on Go Media’s blog by  Jeff Finley. The Project: You’re hired to create a “sick” t-shirt design for a major label Metal band. Their fans also listen to Metallica, Slayer, [...]

This was the first shirt tutorial I came across when I was starting out. Jeff Finley and Go media have written some really great articles but this is the one that initially made me researching [...]

Ray from Lowdtown wrote another good article about setting up your artwork for screen printing. I put in two comments below. What I’m real confused about is the printing method. I’m just about to have [...]

When you need to create something with that hand-drawn look but you’re on a tight time line – this is one way to do it fast. The project I was working on was a t-shirt design for Black Ace Clothing. They’re great guys and pay us well so I am not normally rushing through their projects. But on this particular project I had already completed a large hand-drawn illustration for the back of the shirt. They wanted an additional illustration for the front of the shirt, but I was concerned about the total budget for one t-shirt, so, I busted out this little trick of mine. It saved me time, and saved them money!