Deke’s Techniques 172: Creating 3D Punched Letters in Illustrator

Today I show you how to create punched-out 3D letters in Adobe Illustrator, turning the plain old word 'good' into something even better.

Deke’s Techniques 171: The Headless Stranger, a Tale of Photoshop Horror

Halloween continues with a tutorial about how to lop the head off a guy, isolate him inside an alpha channel, and dissolve his legs against a new background. It's sick.

Deke’s Techniques 169: Attack of the Killer Pumpkin! (In Photoshop!)

This week's technique is the first of two installments of Deke's annual Halloween tribute, in which he makes ghoulish but gorgeous graphics in Photoshop.

Deke’s Techniques 168: Creating a Money-Like Design in Illustrator

This week, I show you not how to scan money. But rather how to draw your own. For your own private kingdom. With which to take over---The

Deke’s Techniques 166: Creating a Continuous, Single-Line Spirograph in Illustrator

Today I show how you to create a Spirograph-like hypotrochoid from a single path outline. One that curls around and loops into itself like it will never stop. Ever.

Deke’s Techniques 164: Turning a Pencil Sketch into Digital Ink in Photoshop

Today, I show you how to turn a hand-drawn pencil sketch into the Photoshop equivalent of digital ink. By which I mean d'ink, which of course precisely rhymes with Deke.

Deke’s Techniques 163: Applying Custom Carve and Shadow Styles to Any Font

Today, I show you how to create and assign custom variations on the classic type styles Carved and Shadow to any typeface. And the text remains altogether editable.

Deke’s Techniques 161: Creating a Spirograph-Like Pattern in Illustrator

Here's how to make a Spirograph-like pattern that can be made to fit into any design. Without a single clipping mask. And it looks pretty sweet when it's done.

Deke’s Techniques 160: Hand-Carving Letters into Wood in Photoshop

Today I show you how to hand-carve letters into a wooden sign. If that's not enough, there's a text description, too!

Deke’s Techniques 158: Cloning Yourself in Photoshop

In what might be my favorite DTs movie so far, I show you how to combine a bunch of photos of yourself, all captured from a common angle, into a surreal composition.

Deke’s Techniques 156: Creating the Perfect Facebook Cover in Photoshop

Today's technique shows you how to create the perfect Facebook cover in Photoshop, with a follow-up video on how to craft, save, and post the perfect profile picture.

Deke’s Techniques 154: Designing a Seamlessly Repeating Hex Pattern in Illustrator CS6

This week, I show you how to use Illustrator CS6's new Pattern Options panel (as well as its new pattern-editing mode) to create a seamlessly repeating hex pattern.