Illustration

Create Photorealistic Reflections and Shadows

Celebrated digital painter Bert Monroy shares tips on creating realistic reflections and shadows in Photoshop.

Animation Contest for Political Cartoons

MyToons.com's online animation community invites all artists to submit funny political artwork and animations for election-day diversion.

Scanning Around With Gene: Kitchen-Table Wisdom

Kitchen tables are the hub of many family homes, especially during tough times. But not only the tables have changed -- so have the discussions around them.

Introducing AKVIS Sketch 8.0

Convert photos to pencil drawings and watercolors with AKVIS Sketch.

Last Chance to Upgrade from Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, InDesign 2.0

October 15 is the last day to benefit from the lower upgrade pricing for Creative Suite 4.

Scanning Around With Gene: Our Love/Hate Relationship with the Atom

For the generations that grew up in the 1950s and '60s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was tempered by the promise of the atom as a new best friend.

New Features in Creative Suite 4

This article originally appeared in Design Tools Monthly. Cross-Suite Interface Changes Application frame (optional): * This large window contains all your open documents and panels, on a neutral-colored background. You can move the whole thing around, even onto a second display. Tabbed windows (optional): * Each document appears as a tab in the Application Frame

iTravelstock Launches

Art Life Media launches its first major Rights Managed collection, iTravelstock, on ArtLifeImages.com and to global distributors.

Tug and Twirl Text in Illustrator

The sky’s the limit when you convert Illustrator text to outlines. It’s so easy to change each letter’s size, position, and color, and even push and pull letters into fantastic new shapes.

Scanning Around With Gene: In Debates, the Tie Makes the Man

Presidential debates are one of the few remaining places where, at least for the men, neckties are not considered optional. Does the choice of tie say anything about a candidate?

Info Center for Adobe Creative Suite 4

On September 23, Adobe finally shared full information about the next version of the Creative Suite: CS4. We’ll run reviews of the core creative pro apps in October, once CS4 ships to the public. Until then, sate your appetite for information with these first looks and more. First Looks: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS4 Adobe has officially announced Creative Suite 4. Here are first-hand impressions of three of the new versions in the Design suite.

Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family

Radical workflow breakthroughs, new levels of flash expressiveness and integration anchor Adobe’s biggest software release.

First Looks: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS4

Adobe has officially announced Creative Suite 4. Here are first-hand impressions of three of the new versions.

Adobe Announces Creative Suite 4

Today, Adobe Systems announced Creative Suite 4 (CS4), which contains all-new versions of the company’s design, Web, and video applications. Note that this is only an announcement -- the products won't be available to the public until next month. The product suite structure of CS4 is relatively unchanged from Creative Suite 3.

CS4 Design Standard and Design Premium:

Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Standard only)
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended (Premium only)

Scanning Around With Gene: Occasional Oddball Image Roundup

And now, for your viewing pleasure, a bunch of strange, odd, unusual, dated, or otherwise worth-looking-at images with no particular theme.

Adobe Illustrator CS2 Security Advisory

Adobe's Illustrator CS2 for the Mac has vulnerabilities that could potentially cause code execution.

Drawing, Animation, and HDRI Tool in Public Beta

Genetica 3.0 is Spiral Graphics' seamless texture, HDRI, and animation editor

DAZ Studio Now Works with 3Dconnexion 3D Mice

3Dconnexion’s 3D mice enhance creative experience in latest version of 3D figure posing, rendering, and animation software.

Mystical Painter Bundle from Auto FX

This $900 value sells for $349, but only until September 30, 2008.

Butterfly Fonts, Illustrator Symbols, and Photoshop Shapes

Vector files are all royalty-free.