Tutorial Reviews for Week 1

1) Spoon Graphics has a tutorial on how to create a “Trendy Typographic Poster Design.”

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-a-trendy-typographic-poster-design

I learned a better understanding of how to overlap layers on photoshop to create a colorful textured background.

I like how this page supplies a website to go to for your texture needs.
I like how repeated angles of the same word can create an interesting poster.
I tried this tutorial out, check out my “Trendy Typographic Poster Design” using the word "Zippy" (which is one of my nicknames):

This is the image and texture image I used for my background:

2) “Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstien” Tutorial
http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-popart.html
This organized tutorial shows you how to turn a picture into pop art in 2 detailed steps. Each step has 3 parts. I used to think making pop art was nearly impossible, but after reading this tutorial and see many examples views have posted on the site, I am excited to make my own.

3) “Photoshop: Hand Drawn Design” Tutorial
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/photoshop-hand-drawn-design/
I was interested in this tutorial because I love drawings and I want to know how to bring designs I have drawn on to the screen to be apart of an image I create. This site teaches you exactly that. You learn how to modify your drawing (whether the drawing is scanned or made using the brush tool) in photoshop. The tutorial concludes with showing you how to use your drawing in a design. Neat!

4) “Luminescent Lines” Tutorial
http://psdlearning.com/2008/06/luminescent-lines/#more-45
This tutorial reveals the steps needed to make an ordinary line “emit light”. I think lines can compliment an image by adding movement. To make these incredible lines you are taught how to use the photoshop brush and layer tools in 9 steps.

5) “Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography” Tutorial
http://abduzeedo.com/super-cool-frilly-bits-typography
This site teaches you how to make simple type in to a work of art on photoshop. The tutorial starts out by providing sites of where you can find vectors to accent your letters. In 12 well explained steps you have your masterpiece.