Digital Art & Design

How to Make a Simple Straight Repeat Pattern using Photoshop Elements

Repeat pattern designs are the most common way to create designs, and straight repeat patterns are one of the easiest to make. Although you can make these types of designs using complicated programs such as Photoshop CC, you can also easily make repeat pattern designs...

The basic equipment needed to design and print your own fabric

Designing your own fabric is a fun and creative way to make unique fabric that you can use in your own sewing projects, or even sell. Although professional designers invest a lot of money in the software and equipment that they use to create their designs, to get...

Exploring Photoshop: Designing Repeat Patterns

Designing your own fabric patterns has never been easier with all the amazing tools that we have at our disposal these days. And making a repeat pattern design is one of the most common ways to create designs. Although there are special programs that make this task...

How to personalize your camera cozy with a photo printed on fabric

I'm always thinking of new and creative ways to use my photos, and after spending the day out and about photographing things last week-end, and ending the day with my camera banging about with the rest of the junk at the bottom of my tote bag, I decided it was finally...

Learn how to take better photos, tweak them, and then use them in your artwork

I don't buy too many new books these days; there seems to be a lot of the same old stuff regurgitated in many different ways and after a while it all starts to look the same. However from time to time I find a book that is both informational and inspirational. Photo...

Exploring Photoshop: Removing backgrounds the easy way

One of the challenges I've always experienced when editing my product images, is removing the background. Depending on the technique you use to remove the main image from the background, sometimes it can end up looking like the dog had chewed around the edges of it....

Exploring Photoshop: Blending Modes – Difference

If you've played with blending modes in Photoshop you no doubt have your favorites. My favorite blending modes are generally "overlay" and "soft light" because they seem to produce consistent results for the type of photo art I like to make. However this week I took a...

Photoshop Tutorial: Quick Tip for making white backgrounds look whiter

I've mentioned previously about how to how to whiten backgrounds on product photos using the "screen" blending mode in Photoshop. While that technique is quick, unfortunately it doesn't work with every photo. An alternative method is to use the "dodge" tool. The...

How to make photoshop textures – quick and easy

Photoshop textures are something you can never have enough of. It doesn't matter how many I have, very often I just never seem to have the right texture in the right color so I'm always on the look out for ways to create custom photoshop textures - quickly and easily...

Canvas Art – Coneflower

I finally finished the small canvas art textile I began work on the other day and I love the way it turned out. And I especially like it matched with this background fabric. The hand stitching was perfect using the blended thread technique which you can find here. And...