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Thank you! I always feel that after a month my thought processes change and i end up making some totally new things, yet still maintain the design consistency that my other work has. Also, i have loads of other work done in PDN that i have for my Graphic Design A Level portfolio, its much different to what you usually see under the Basspixel alias and its a whole other section of my creativity, and still all PDN! Ill put up a couple of examples here That second is is a pretty creative use of my instagram inspiration pictures! Also my apologies for not being so active on the rest of the forum, i have so much work that needs to be done, for my education and for my freelance work, and also to prepare for university applications and revising and lots of procrastinating aswell! This thread has almost become a blog type venture for documenting my progress, and i have to say this will prove invaluable in my future . (Being 17 in this generation is pretty tiring) On a much more PDN related note, i am currently working on a huge project to aid other creators (and push in some sneaky marketing) in their designs, firstly i will be going on a photography spree collecting stocks of all kinds of textures, and then getting more images to composite elements from (think of a pile of leaves with a transparent background, the uses!). These will be coming for free this year, and when PDN 4 is released, i will be creating a number of tutorials using these elements in various ways, primarily photo manipulation Some of my tutorials will be entirely focused on design theory, colour theory, and compositional elements and techniques (most of which i wasn't even taught, but picked up by myself and researched into) Well that was a mouthful, and i think iv left half of my points on a tangent Lastly i would like to say a huge thank you to the creators of PDN and the creators who use PDN, i have learned skills i will keep and share for the rest of my life, created my own career and am well on the way to being an officially qualified graphic designer (which doesn't really mean anything these days)!!

Try change the anti aliasing mode on the eraser, its on the right of brush width, that might help, but the AAs assistant plugin is also very cool for this stuff

Its been a long while but i have been hard at work with more designs, the quality has really stepped up now, im working on bigger canvasses and spending more time perfecting all of the elements, ensuring compositional balance and getting extra brownie points Got some huge projects underway, a website, graphics packs, texture packs, all sorts of devious (and probably illegal) marketing ideas, and of course, continuing to save people from being ripped off!

This is absolutely stunning. *Serious Fangirling And Im A Dude*

I really like the zoom blur effect on the red and blue stuff (colour aberation?)

There was a relatively new thread regarding a very effective technique for something just like this. Okay so this is not 100% what you are looking for, but it is really really good, and all you would need to do is a little linework to finish it off. http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/26921-get-the-digitally-painted-look/

That is an excellent point right there!

I think the manual steps are probably better than using plugins, manipulating text yourself is a great way to make your work more unique

My ram holds up pretty well most of the time, its the CPU which is a problem, a mere i3 processor, with an equally pathetic Intel Integrated graphics chip. I see nothing wrong with simple screenshot tutorials though

Thanks allot for this! Just realised how easy it actually is to get started with plugins

You can probably adapt one of the many Glass Text Tutorials to your dock shape and it should work okay. Id suggest spending allot of time playing with glows, blurs, and gradient transparency once you get the jist of things

Okay so i am a computing/graphics student with reasonable coding abilities with PASCAL (no idea why i had to learn that at college). I know that probably won't help me at all when it comes to building plugins but what are the recommended skills to learn to be able to start experimenting with plugin creation? Purely for the sake of curiosity

Right now, my favourite font that i have would be Pacifico, with a some basic manipulation is a gorgeous font! Most of the work i do with the crazy logos are very loosely based on fonts, or sketched out by hand and scanned into PDN. I used to have a massive collection of minimal fonts, but iv narrowed it down to a few, they all look the same pretty much, and i end up editing the type styles most of the time! My dream font would have to be Fan Script, its a paid font and im hoping to get it soon! If only my laptop could handle video recording and PDN at the same time! Maybe one day! But i can assure you my tutorials will be just as good! I have plenty of tips and tricks for effective use of type, they will make some excellent beginner tutorials when the time comes! Again thank you all so much for all the kind words!

The huge variation of colour in your works is overwhelming, however it is so perfectly balanced! I reckon you would love the colour schemes on - https://kuler.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/

Clean, professional, powerful. Your works are masterpieces! Your lighting and flare work is top notch! Are these all made in PDN or compiled from separate images?

I am planning on making a bunch of tutorials when PDN 4 comes, simple beginner ones and advanced ones too (which are surprisingly simple)! If anybody has any requests for tutorials post down below! Ill get them all done eventually

Layers, gradients, and a smattering of blurs would get that effect once you got the right colours

New stuff up on the page! Including a new favourite of mine for a producer going by the alias EXIST, and also a producer called SKYDROID who is signed onto one of my favourite labels! Let me know what you guys think!

From the second i saw your signature image in the Grand Theory Of Everything, i knew i would like your style, and here i am! I already really like your stuff, and i cant wait to see what you have to offer in the future!

AHHHHH that tiger is so cute when its all squishied hahaha!! Looks almost unreal how this is possible, definatly a download!

This is definatly a gallery to watch! I like your style here and most of your works are very polished, excellent stuff!

Great work, this cuts down allot of work time for me working with blurred layers and gradients!

Heres my newest batch of graphics! Really bringing out some variety in my work now

No problemo, but i do feel alone in this :'(