Welcome back to Tutorials with PixelSquid! Hopefully, you’ve had the chance to read the last tutorial put together by one of our talented graphic designers, Kate (if not, then go go go). One of the great things about PixelSquid is that it makes it possible for non-designers (like me) to get creative in Photoshop – PixelSquid’s Photoshop Extension tool makes …
Tutorial: Quick, Fun Images with PixelSquid
As graphic designers, we are often called upon to create awesome, eye-catching images on a strict time budget. Creating imagery for PixelSquid is no exception, so here’s how I used our Photoshop Extension tool to both inspire a fun image and put it together very quickly for a promotion we did earlier this year. My goal was to create something …
Taxi Driver
About a week ago we were talking about the upcoming Oscars, and we thought of the idea of recreating classic movie posters using PixelSquid objects. This is the first one we did – a contemporary spin on Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’. In this comp, we used 2 different objects from PixelSquid: Classic NYC Yellow Checker Cab: https://www.pixelsquid.com/stock-image/vintage-nyc-checker-taxi-1140658462561146354?image=H03 Aerial Splash: https://www.pixelsquid.com/stock-image/isolated-aerial-splash-1064748359211816183?image=G16 We think …
House of Cards + PixelSquid
In anticipation of the season 4 premiere of the Netflix drama House of Cards, we decided to have some fun designing an image using several objects from PixelSquid.
Happy Friday The 13th!
The 2nd in our series of reimagined movie posters using PixelSquid objects – Friday the 13th Part 2. The upcoming Oscars is what inspired us to try the movie poster series, and yes, we know this one wasn’t exactly Oscar-caliber. Still, it’s one that many of us remember fondly (or with terror). We created this poster in Photoshop using 3 …