Deke’s Techniques

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

Drawing an Impossible Hex Object in Adobe Illustrator

Deke not only creates an impossible shape, but turns it into something even more impossible. Hold on to your brain.

Painting Paths with Opposing Gradients

Deke makes his devil's tuning fork impossible object even more impossible with gradient effects.

Drawing an Impossible Trident in Illustrator

Deke uses the impossible trident illusion to demonstrate the very real tracing and coloring possibilities in Adobe Illustrator.

Creating Rainbow Gradients with Blends in Adobe Illustrator

Deke colors his op art project with a rainbow of gradients made by using the existing blends in Illustrator

Adding Color to Your Triangle Tunnels in Illustrator

Deke adds color to his already hypnotic triangle tunnel art in Adobe Illustrator.

Op Art Experiment no. 4: Triangle Tunnels

Deke takes another Op Art adventure, this time, triangular.

Adding Windows to the House Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Deke finally finishes his odd but delightful house with faces repeating pattern.

Filling in the Gaps in a Repeating Pattern

Deke troubleshoots his "ball of arrows" project by giving his arrows hair, as one does.

Drawing 3D Isometric Arrows in Adobe Illustrator

Deke creates the basic pieces of a 3D ball of interlocking arrows in Adobe Illustrator.

Carving Cubical Holes into Cubical Objects

Deke uses his cubular creation to cut holes in itself in Adobe Illustrator.

Blending Line Textures in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator's Blend tool in order to make striped surfaces on his imaginary object.

Drawing a Cubical Gobstopper in Illustrator

Deke uses Adobe Illustrator as his candy factory and creates a sweet, precise gobstopper shape.