Deke’s Techniques 219: Precisely Aligning Illustrator Artwork to the Bleed

This week, Deke reveals the mysterious process of creating artwork that's precisely aligned to the bleed in Adobe Illustrator.

Deke’s Techniques 217: Making a Danger Sign Even More Dangerous

Deke takes a graphical danger sign and ups the danger quotient with a shark made from shape layers.

Deke’s Techniques 215: Defringing Purples and Greens in Camera Raw 7

Deke explains how to use the Defringe slider bars in Adobe Camera Raw 7, which ships with Photoshop CS6.

Deke’s Techniques 212: Creating Synthetic Water Droplets in Photoshop

Deke creates water droplets from scratch in Photoshop, using layer styles and a random pattern made from Photoshop filters.

Deke’s Techniques 210: Creating a Dramatic Cartoon Background

Deke creates a dramatic but whimsical background in Adobe Illustrator, using dynamic effects on simple shapes.

Deke’s Techniques 207: Creating a Cartoon Grumpy Bird’s Body in Illustrator

Deke uses Illustrator to create the cartoon body of a video game style grumpy bird character, complete with highlights and shading to sell the effect.

Deke’s Techniques 205: Creating an Antique Photo Effect

In this week's installment, Deke turns a recent photo of a not-so-recent castle into an sepia-toned, grainy antique.

Deke’s Techniques 203: Developing a Dramatic Castle in Adobe Camera Raw

Deke plays up the drama in a photo of an Irish castle by using the raw power of Adobe Camera Raw.

Deke’s Techniques 201: Op Art Experiment 2a: An Undulating Pattern in Illustrator

Deke continues his quest to create the best digital Op Art possible. This week, he creates an undulating pattern that will make your eyes hurt and your Illustrator skills soar.

Deke’s Techniques 199: Creating a Pattern of Size-Changing Circles in Illustrator

This week, I show you how to create a free-form pattern of size- and color-changing circles in Illustrator. Which I do by blending between groups and blended groups.

Deke’s Techniques 198: Aligning Variations to Make a Perfect Composite in Photoshop

Deke takes last week's Warhol Variations and aligns them perfectly in Photoshop to create an enormous but meticulous composite poster.

Deke’s Techniques 195: Creating a Series of Warhol-Style Variations in Photoshop

This week, you'll see how to create Andy Warhol-style, serigraph-like riffs and even transform them into images that Andy never got a chance to dream of.