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We are very excited to have the opportunity to interview Paul Trani, Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe and PixelSquid user! Paul recently demonstrated PixelSquid in a Photoshop Masterclass video and was happy to answer questions about his process, his teachings, and melding 2D and 3D art techniques. PixelSquid: Tools like Dimension and PixelSquid have made 3D more accessible …
As digital art becomes more ubiquitous, working digital artists often need to iterate on concepts at high speed. Video game 2D artist and student Camilo Polanco shows us how he uses PixelSquid objects to create a fully fleshed out post-apocalyptic mood piece, complete with aged ruins and overgrown flora, without the hassle of clipping and masking leaf-by-leaf. Read on to …
This holiday season, PixelSquid is proud to be a sponsor of Christmas Wish 2019! For the past four years, The heART Project team, led by photographer Karen Alsop, has visited hospitalized children who are unable to go home for Christmas. A green screen, talented editors, and Santa Claus are all it takes to create incredible holiday magic: family portraits that …
PixelSquid recently partnered with Chimirus, a professional digital arts training and coaching organization, to bring the people of Chicago a sold out evening of demonstrations in advanced Photoshop design techniques. Our own in-house Designer Ron Domingue was invited to demonstrate how PixelSquid can quickly import 3D stock imagery that can be fully rotated to fit your design needs, allowing you …
You may recognize Shaun Jonas’ futuristic sci-fi style from our most recent favorite new compositions newsletter. As a full-time graphic designer, Shaun uses PixelSquid to continue to improve his already excellent digital art skills. “It just allows my imagination to go wild with all the amazing 3D content and possibilities to create something spectacular. I use this tool most of …
This summer, artist (and PixelSquid Instagram favorite) Ilya Pyatygorskyy was invited to create an original art piece to display at the Borderlands exhibition in Munich by organizers at TechHunter Magazine. “The theme was The Future of Outdoors, and that sparked my interest,” said Pyatygorskyy. “Most, if not all, of my art depicts a possible future world in which humanity could …
PixelSquid is an excellent tool for building a wide range of imagery without the hassle of searching for and preparing the perfect reference image. In this latest edition of our tutorial series, graphic designer and self-proclaimed nonsense-tamer Ingo Lindmeier, aka spiel-sinn, uses PixelSquid objects to create advertising-grade imagery. This piece titled, “Guitaffe” is part of his Haushaltstier series. 1. …
Watch Photoshop design pro, Shaun Ryken, in action as he uses the PixelSquid Photoshop extension to build a full composition nearly from scratch! Shaun uses a myriad of PixelSquid objects to create his underwater fantasy titled, Game Changer. Check out the videos below where we’ve marked some important steps in Shaun’s design process. Want to follow along? Many of the …
For a limited time, get access to free objects from our curated PixelSquid collections! Whether you’re trying PixelSquid for the first time or want to add a few objects to your collection, we’re giving you at least two full weeks to spin, download, and create with the objects below. Grab them while you can, because we’ll be giving you a …
These are some of our favorite new compositions created by you and shared with us on Instagram. Follow our Instagram account @PixelSquid360 and these artists for more amazing digital art inspiration! View this post on Instagram //// APOCALYPSE//// _ _ _ _ _ Here I am in the year 2019 with a new edit and a new series. This took …
