deke.com posts about Roughen

Blending Reptile-Like Scales in Illustrator (revisited, now that most of the votes are counted)

Let's revisit this thing I couldn't face earlier this week: Deke creates the scales of our (fictional) reptile overlords in Adobe Illustrator

Halftone Pattern and Zig Zag in Adobe Illustrator

Deke finishes his Halloween cat eye project with some substantial help from Adobe Illustrator's dynamic effects and Appearance panel.

Object Blends Meet Dynamic Distortions in Adobe Illustrator

Deke applies some killer Illustrator dance moves (or rather distortion effects) to his letter extrusion object blends in Adobe Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 183: Creating a Hobbit Movie Logo Effect in Adobe AI and Photoshop

In this week's installment, I show you how to create text that looks just like the logo for The Hobbit movie poster. Which is great, even if the movie is kinda lame.