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Aaron — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:33:55 +0000

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:29:57 +0000

This week we’re looking at a few of the works of Andrée Wallin. Andrée is a swedish concept artist who is currently living and working in the UK. Be sure to check out his site as this is only a small selection of his works.

Enjoy!

View My tutorials on PSDTUTS+

Aaron — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:32:50 +0000

Hey everyone,

Just recently I have had some of my tutorials submitted and posted on PSDTUTS, which for me is really big news me, as it’s helping me put my foot in the door in the industry.

Read on for tutorials:

so here they are so far:

Quick Tip: Create a Carbon Mesh Background in Photoshop

Create a Carbon Mesh background completely from scratch, making your very own mesh and carbon pasterns from the tutorial.

Quick Tip: Add a Frosted Background to Photo Captions

In this Quick Tip tutorial, we will demonstrate how to improve a text caption by creating a frosted glass-like text bar that can improve the look of your photos or designs.

That’s it for now, but keep tuned as I have more to come!

Thanks,

Aaron

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0000

This week we’ll be looking at some works of A.J. Trahan. A.J. has recently graduated from the Gemini School of Visual Arts & Communication and now currently works for Disney Interactive/Junction Point Studios.

Enjoy!

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:00:29 +0000

This week we’re having a look at some of the works of Horia Dociu. Horia is currently working at ArenaNet in Bellevue, Washington and is responsible for environment modelling and some concept art for Guild Wars. Horia has been in other video game studios such as Zipper Interactive, Snowblind Studios and Valve Software as an environment artist for Half-Life 2.

Enjoy!

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:00:07 +0000

This week we’re looking at some fantastic works of David Levy. David is a senior concept artist who has worked on the development of Prince of Persia the Two Thrones, The Red Star, Turok and Assassin’s Creed. David is also a co-founder of STEAMBOT Studios, a collection of renowned concept artists who strive to push the boundaries of concept art.

Enjoy!

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:19:17 +0000

This week we’re looking at some of the many works of Sebastien Larroude. Sebastien is a professional concept artist who is currently working on films like Tron 2 and games like Deus EX III.

Enjoy!

Julian’s Incredible Concept Art Tuesday!

Nonconstructiveness — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:43:37 +0000

This week we’ll be looking at some of the artworks of Eduardo Peña. Eduardo is a professional concept artist who has worked in the video game industry creating concept art for CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars. Enjoy!

Is CS5 Worth The Price Tag?

Aaron — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:17:15 +0000

With the commercial realise of CS5 packs (Design Premium pack) being sold online at adobe for US$1,899.00 (or at Adobe Australia: AU$2,172.00) with Photoshop Extended just along (separate sale) costing a whopping US$999 (or at Adobe Australia: AU$1,168.00) is it really worth it?

Some people can’t justify paying for bits and bytes and with these massive figures could we all? Should Adobe do something about these rising price tags and these continues upgrades and offer free upgrades to excising customers? Instead of alienating them with upgrade after upgrade costing an arm and a leg.

Tell us what you think and drop in a comment.

Aaron Vanston

Dreamweaver Tutorial: Adding Hot spots/ Image maps to Images

Aaron — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:07:26 +0000

Hey this tutorial is one of many old tutorials I had produced a while back and only starting to post them on this blog, I hope you enjoy!

Photography: Unseen Detail

Aaron — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:00:29 +0000

Just a couple of images I took exploring some technical focuses such as shallow depth of field, I just thought I would share them to my viewers. Please give some feedback on what you think/could change, I would appreciate it.

Looking for Flash Tutorial Writers.

Aaron — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:25:35 +0000

I’m looking to place some Flash tutorials up on my blog, to broaden the range of viewers. I have somewhat a basic understanding in flash but nothing compared to other work in Photoshop etc. So if you’re a keen Flash user and would like to get your name out there for the work that you do, here is a great chance.

Drop us in a comment or message if your interested.

Regards,
Aaron

Dreamweaver Tutorial: Basic Website layout [Part 2/2]

Aaron — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:50:12 +0000

Hey this tutorial is one of many old tutorials I had produced a while back and only starting to post them on this blog, I hope you enjoy!

Dreamweaver Tutorial: Basic Website layout [Part 1/2]

Aaron — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:46:59 +0000

Hey this tutorial is one of many old tutorials I had produced a while back and only starting to post them on this blog, I hope you enjoy!

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Install Photoshop Brushes

Aaron — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:59:06 +0000

Hey this tutorial is one of many old tutorials I had produced a while back and only starting to post them on this blog, I hope you enjoy!