Deke’s Techniques

Your weekly quick-fix of Deke, with ideas you may inspire or inform your own projects.

Drawing a Classic “Cafe Wall” Illusion in Illustrator

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

Shading the Panels in Your Photoshop-Based Coffer Illusion

Deke embellishes last week's optical illusion with some shading to make the pattern even more "coffer" like.

Coffer Illusion and the Hidden Circles

Deke hides 16 circles in a way that, once you see it, you'll never unsee.

Customizing a QR Code in Photoshop

Deke gives life to the rather lifeless idea of a QR code, adding just enough dekeNess in Photoshop to make it worth looking at.

Oh Illustrator, Where Is Your Control Panel?

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

Celebrating the Winter Solstice with a Solar Eclipse at Carhenge

Deke puts an the totally eclipsed sun into a composite featuring Carhenge.

Creating a Gradient Sunset in Photoshop

Deke uses Photoshop's gradient capabilities to add an artificial sunset to a landscape.

Drawing a Perfect Snowflake in Illustrator

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

Automatically Converting Circles to Diamonds

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

Create a Concentric Ring Logo in Adobe Illustrator

Deke draws a concentric circle logo in Illustrator at the behest of a dekeOpolitan.

Op Art Experiment 3a: Volumetric waves

Deke indulges in a third set of computer-generated Op Art experiments in Adobe Illustrator.

Drawing HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey in Illustrator (in 2017)

Deke recreates the creepy AI computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey in Adobe Illustrator