Welcome To The West

Last illustration for 2012! 

Drawn by hand with pencil, dip pens and sable brush, then coloured in Photoshop. Bring on 2013, enjoy :)

© Copyright Terry Mahy 2012

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Illustrator Tutorial: How to make an Ace of Spades

In this tutorial I will show you the process I use to make an Ace of Spades and decorate it.

© Copyright Terry Mahy 2012

This tutorial is pretty easy and probably more aimed at a beginner to intermediate user. Click video below to watch.

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Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Reapting Texture Pattern

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple texture pattern in Photoshop for the Pattern Stamp Tool. I will also show you how to extract the pattern for use in a website background.

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Photoshop tutorial: How to make a Pattern

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple pattern pre-set for the Pattern Stamp Tool in Photoshop. This tutorial is aimed at beginners and is very easy to do.

The Starter image for this tutorial is located below, is has a transparent background as well :)

click for full size

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Digital Painting - Monolith

Had a go at some digital painting yesterday. It occurred to me that you can get some pretty spacey look clouds using the smudge tool in photoshop. This picture took me about 5-6hrs to complete.

© Copyright Terry Mahy 2012

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Illustrator Tutorial: How to make a Post Ink Stamp

In this tutorial I show you how to make a post ink stamp like you would see stamped over the payment stamp on your received letters. This tutorial is really easy and aimed at beginners. It covers things like typing on a path, pen tool and using the transparency/opacity mask.

Finished Product

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Below is the Texture I use in this tutorial, Click for full size

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