Deke's Techniques 005: Rendering Type in Gold

This week, Deke takes a turn at alchemy by turning editable type into smooth, lustrous gold. Happily, it doesn't involve anything fancier than a collection of layer effects.

Martini Hour 098, In Which Colleen Eats Great Photoshop Brain

Deke's Techniques 002: Branding Type on a Texture

The second Deke's Techniques is all about branding type onto a textured surface. In the video, Deke brands some type onto a rock wall. But you can do this with any texture. Like leather, parchment, or human flesh.

Deke's Techniques 001: Creating Ice Type in Photoshop

Deke's Techniques gets your new year off to a cool start with this quick and clever recipe for creating icy type. It has icicles, it has sculpted edges, it has the wind at your back. Plus, your type remains editable. Enjoy.

Martini Hour 096, In Which We Refuse to Jump the Shark

I Completed the Last of my CS5 Video Courses, "Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery"

Martini Hour 094, In Which We Hypocritically Mock Some of Adobe's Odd Feature Names

dekeSpeak December 8, 2010

Martini Hour 093, In Which We Release You From Your Bad Photoshop Habits

Comprehensive Video Course "Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced" Goes Live

Bert Monroy's Soon-to-Be-Released Times Square

Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery Is Finally Under Way