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Basics of Lighting Setup in Blender

This article will cover a basic three-point lighting system in Blender and also some render settings that I use most often.

Realistic Animated Gears in Blender

Manually animating gears in Blender that look realistic can be a hard task, so we will use constraints, drivers, and bones to make that process significantly easier

Design Thinking Foundation

The Design Process is an important thing to learn for any design project. Let's go through the foundation steps essential for design thinking.

A Beginner's Guide to Text in Photoshop

Photoshop provides many tool options for text editing, making it flexible to create various types of text. This article covers almost everything you can do with text in Photoshop as a beginner.

Drawing Hands

Drawing human hands can be a challenging task. Let's go over the nuances and decisions you need to make when drawing them.

Basics of Camera Setup in Blender

As an illustrator, one of the most important steps in my 3d illustration process is setting up the lighting and the camera which can make or break your final render.

Making a Galaxy from Particle System in Unity: Part 2

This is Part 2 of a two-part series that details the creation of a Galaxy in Unity using a Particle system. We will learn how to add materials to the particle system we made in Part 1 and further refine it to make it look more like a galaxy.

Creating Snakes in Blender

This article will teach you how to easily create snakes of different shapes and sizes in Blender

Realistic Button Click Animation in Unity

A new animation type for button presses in Unity that uses shadows to simulate 3D movement.

Making Buttons Using Layer Styles in Photoshop

Layer style is the effect applied to a layer or group of layers. You can add a variety of effects to layers like shadows, bevel, stroke, glow and more to make an image appear 3d, stylish and realistic. By using several effects at once, you can make buttons, glowing objects and shadows for objects.

Vector Animation in After Effects

This blog will guide you through the creative process of building motion graphics by merging the Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects workflow.

My First Experience Rigging on Blender

When I had my first experience with Blender, I thought that was a good decision. As Blender itself is so intimidating and all the things that can be done with it are still astounding and so vast. It can be used for 3D modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation (2D and 3D both) and even VFX.

Area Alignment in Graphic Design

Direct alignment tools used to achieve the alignment of multiple objects neglecting the principle of area alignment is one of the most common errors that can be found in graphic design.

Glass Button Design in Adobe Illustrator

This is a process of creating a glass effect on a button using Adobe illustrator. The button is planned in several layers which will make it easier to make changes according to the different colors and effects when it needs to be changed in the future.

Automate tasks with Actions in Photoshop

When working in Photoshop, you might come across repetitive tasks. Actions in Photoshop records steps of the process and help to use them again with just a single click to save time and increase productivity.

Stylized Game Art: Potions

I wanted to explore different ways to create game art focusing on the niche of stylized art. In this article, I will explain my process of creating a stylized potion.

2D Animation Swapping Sprites in Unity

Unity now has a feature for swapping sprites so that we can use the same animation for different characters. Let's look at things that we require for a successful sprite swap in animation.

Digital Art Process: Procreate for iPad

Procreate on iPad is one of the most effective and simplest tools with tonnes of features and shortcuts that I found very productive to use in my daily life.

Button Particle Effects in Unity UI

Do you want to make a button in your game a lot more special than other buttons using particle effects inside it? Then you're reading the right article, we will tackle one of the most exciting and useful uses of particle systems inside a button.

Beginner's guide to Photoshop Layers

This guide is about Layers in Photoshop for beginners. Every Photoshop document works with layers and it is important to know what you can do with them to use the software properly. I will explain about the buttons and options in the Layers panels so you can work with Layers.

Model 3D Succulent Plants in Blender - Tutorial Part 2

We will be going over texturing models to create the final render. This article will be easier to digest if you have a basic understanding of the user interface of Blender.

Model 3D Succulent Plants in Blender - Tutorial Part 1

This article focuses on modeling the cacti and succulents, and the next part will be on texturing them. I always begin by collecting reference images before I start any project. I use Pinterest and Google Images for that. So, let's get started creating some cute cacti and succulents.

Blending Modes for Digital Artists

Blending modes are found in many photo editing, drawing and video editing software like Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Premiere Pro, After Effects and more. They work the same way so learning to use them in one software will help you use them in any software that has them.

Using Live Paint in Illustrator

Coloring in illustrator can be very tricky. If it's a basic shape or object, you simply add the fill and stroke and voila it's done. This is where the live painting tool comes in handy to save your time and frustrations. The live painting tool can be found in the toolbar panel in illustrator.

Power of Two and Sprite Atlas in Unity

If you are a designer who has just stepped into the gaming industry then read this article to know how to be more efficient and help the developers and game UI/UX designers who work with unity by exporting files according to their needs.