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Abstract space scene tutorial
Oct 17th
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Another gimps at another up and coming tutorial I have planned.
New Clock Photoshop tutorial coming soon!
Oct 14th
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Right there is a new preview for a new and up and coming detailed tutorial!
Photoshop Time lapse: Retro Wallpaper
Jul 17th
View final product here (click for large preview):
http://acj.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Retro-Poster2.jpg
A video time lapse to one of my newest creations within Photoshop. The image is inspired by retro/old poster design or coloured stripes.
Music: Girls Like You – The Naked And Famous
If you would like a tutorial for this poster, please like/comment and I will get onto it ASAP!
Cinema 4D: Animale – Don Diablo Ft. Dragonette Animation
Jul 2nd
I bring you another animation using Cinema 4D. This animation is mixed to Don Diablo’s Animale (Club Mix), with all visuals inspired and learnt via Grey Scale Gorilla’s Cinema 4D tutorial.
The tutorial viewed here:
http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2011/05/how-to-make-and-modern-art-gallery-i…
Song: Animale [Club Mix] – Don Diablo Ft. Dragonette
The animation was produced over a couple of weeks, with multiple camera angles, shots and edits consuming all my time.
Hope you all enjoy, I shall have more animations up soon!
Sci-fi /Disaster movie menu slides [Uni Assignment]
Jun 12th
These images where created in a series of Movie menu/navigational slides for a Multimedia. The images where to be inspired by the poster that we originally designed previously, this can be viewed here. The assignment at hand was to create an image computation showing proper editing and masking techniques. All images are sourced of Google (credited within the psd file) and not taken/created myself as this was not the focus of the assignment. All image rights are reserved by image owners.
*Note: Click images for larger preview.
Main Menu:
Extras:
Settings:
How to Design a Creative Logo
May 29th
This is an overview on the ideas behind creating a creative logo, in the coming weeks I will be making another tutorial on how to actually build a site logo looking at many aspects of other famous logos.
I recommend having a read of the smashing book 2 which is an amazing and in-depth read into the many different elements of design and development.
View the book here:
https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/smashing-book-2-intl.html
All logo images where sourced from http://www.logofaves.com where a fantastic collection of logo inspiration is held.
Bmaxim13 requested this tutorial, view their channel here:http://www.youtube.com/user/Bmaxim13
Thanks again for watching, don’t forget to check out my portfolio at:http://www.aaronvanston.com
Sci-fi /Disaster movie poster [Uni Assignment]
Apr 17th
This movie poster design, was originally designed for a uni class of mine where we had to pick a theme in which we would explore for the rest of the semester, creating art work such as movie posters and menu screens. Love some feedback on the design, enjoy!
Refraction/Editing Animation
Apr 17th
Again a quick render (followed a tutorial) for a refraction test within Cinema 4D mixed with some editing and some music, enjoy
Tutorial here: http://vimeo.com/10793946
Free Tobuscus (Toby Turner) Desktop Wallpaper SET/PACK!
Apr 14th
I’m proud to release a brand new Tobuscus desktop wallpaper set, the set includes many different screen resolutions including iPhone and iPad screen resolutions (full list of screen sizes below). I will have some other Tobuscus or Toby Turner desktop wallpapers designs coming soon if you would like a variety of other styles, so stay tuned!
Thanks,
Aaron Vanston
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Screen Resolutions(Right Click -> Save As)
1920-1080px
1680-1050px
1440-900px
1280-1024px
1280-800px
1280-720px
1024-768px
iPhone (640-960px)
iPad (1024x768px)
*Added* 1600x900px
You can download the complete set here, or click your preferred screen size to view the individual file.
Like these designs? visit the hire me page to find out more
Tobuscus [Toby Turner] Desktop Wallpaper
Apr 11th
Hey everyone,
This is just a very quick mock of a desktop wallpaper conversion of the current official poster Toby Turner users for his Tobuscus channel (my design), tell me what you think i will bring out other variations and of course again a wallpaper pack, enjoy!
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Click here for 1920 x 1080 version
Free floral grunge desktop wallpaper
Apr 11th
Hey everyone,
I again just quickly whipped this image up in Photoshop and I thought I might share it! Again i will eventually get around to creating a wallpaper pack to accommodate different screen resolutions, enjoy!
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2011 Desktop Wallpaper Anyone?
Apr 10th
I quickly whipped up this basic poster design, tell me what you guys think! I should have a wall paper pack out soon for different screen resolutions.
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Tobuscus poster NOW available for purchase?
Apr 10th
I just came across this website here : http://forhumanpeoples.com/
The website is the shopfront to purchase the new Tobuscus poster that I originally designed and Spencer Johnson edited for printing. The posters are priced at $9.99USD but there is also a limited edition poster that is signed by Toby himself (seen here) for $19.99 USD.
Check out my original poster about the design I did for Toby Turner here:
