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Abstract space scene tutorial

Aaron — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:45:34 +0000

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Another gimps at another up and coming tutorial I have planned.

Photoshop Tutorial: Meteorite Impact Tutorial

Aaron — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:16:35 +0000

Final Image here: http://acj.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Meteorites-tut.jpg

Within this Photoshop tutorial we quickly show you how to create an easy to make meteorite effect using simple filters and blending options.

Please leave a comment on what tutorials you would like me to make.

Don’t forget to check out my websites for more digital art and tutorials.

Blog: http://acj.cc
Portfolio: http://aaronvanston.com/

Sci-fi /Disaster movie menu slides [Uni Assignment]

Aaron — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:43:12 +0000

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:

My new website!!

Aaron — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:01:27 +0000

I’ve just finished up a new website for all my work, so in a scene a portfolio website. It has proper spots and information about myself and the availability to hire as a freelance designer.

You can view the site here:

www.aaronvanston.com

My work: Visit here
Hire me: Visit here

Tobuscus Wallpapers spotted in the wild!

Aaron — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:14:14 +0000

Quick snaps of the Tobuscus desktop wallpapers in use

View the wallpaper pack here:

Sci-fi /Disaster movie poster [Uni Assignment]

Aaron — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:29:33 +0000

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!

Photo by wili_hybrid.

Free Tobuscus (Toby Turner) Desktop Wallpaper SET/PACK!

Aaron — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:21:48 +0000

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

(Click image below for larger preview)

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

Aaron — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:18:54 +0000

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

Aaron — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:02:13 +0000

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!

Click image for larger preview.

2011 Desktop Wallpaper Anyone?

Aaron — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:39:48 +0000

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.

Click image for full screen preview

Tobuscus poster NOW available for purchase?

Aaron — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:13:14 +0000

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:

Cinema 4d Render Explosion Effect [Another test - Video]

Aaron — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:07:38 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB30wZYeEu0

This took an amazing 91 hours to render! due to all the tiny fragments, and after all that there is an issue/bug in the lighting and you should notice a flickering that is quite annoying, especially after the long wait. I’m also concerned that there was some timing issues between the music and editing, but overall it wasn’t a bad render, what do you think?

Cinema 4D Render Tests [Video]

Aaron — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:48:01 +0000

Hey everyone,

These are just some simple render test that I did inside Cinema 4D using plug-ins such as mograph’s sound effector, enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgyPkp-ABo0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVuRCA4QIY

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

Photoshop tutorial: Custom Abstract Desktop Wallpaper #2

Aaron — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:18:03 +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!