Making Dead Cells Spring to Life

Deke uses the power of smart objects (in Illustrator) to bring half his Photoshop file back to life.

Creating a Pattern of Shimmering Cells in Adobe Illustrator

Deke grows some colorful cellular matter in Adobe Illustrator, using gradients and a hex pattern.

Deke shows you how to exploit the many colorful stylistic sets in the Trajan Color Concept font.

Deke introduces you to Adobe's concept font, Trajan Color, with some tips on how to use it in both Photoshop and Illustrator.

Deke demonstrates how to meticulously craft familiar symbols in Adobe Illustrator

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Deke recreates a classic optical illusion in Adobe Illustrator, proving these lines are, in fact, straight and parallel.

Deke answers a student question about copying artboards in Adobe Illustrator without unwanted duplication of content.

The eight-year-old Vandam Dezigner to give us notice that there's a new "King of Adobe" in town (and he turned out to be right).

Deke considers the new Properties panel in Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 and decides almost immediately to bring back the classic Control panel.

Deke constructs a snowflake in Illustrator with mathematical precision, then augments it in Photoshop

Deke transforms discs to diamonds in the service of updating his drawing diagram.