Visual inspiration, site news, and graphic design tips & tutorials from the PixelSquid team!
Tokyo based artist, Ponte Ryuurui creates fantastic sci-fi imagery at high speed for his Youtube channel. In this featured video, Ponte starts with a portrait photo he shot with Miss Japan Universe 2016. He uses a range of Photoshop tools, including PixelSquid, to quickly add elements to his composition of a cyborg woman, worthy of being the next great science fiction …
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 …
PixelSquid has so many uses for hobby artists and professional artists alike! This month, we sat down with film and video game concept artist, Kenny Callicutt, for a short Q&A, and a walkthrough of his creative process. His humorously titled piece, “Windy Day” uses a combination of 3D modeling, PixelSquid objects, and Photoshop paint-over to conceive a post-apocalyptic character, vehicle, …
Michael Wandrey, aka @Foxmikey1 on Instagram, is a popular digital artist and photographer who has made incredible works of surrealist art using PixelSquid objects. His racing snail composition using a PixelSquid Engine and Snail were featured in a full two-page spread in the 2019 edition of PhotoshopBIBEL. He’s shared his process for creating this super-charged racing snail as a video …
Here are some of our favorite new compositions shared with us on instagram from PixelSquid artists. Be sure to follow @PixelSquid360 and these amazing artists for more inspiration. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shaun Ryken (@shaunryken) on Nov 14, 2018 at 2:02pm PST View this post on Instagram A post shared …
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 …
PixelSquid Contests are back! Submit your compositions for the chance to win six free months of PixelSquid. The contest opens on the first Wednesday of the month and closes on the last Wednesday of the month. Here’s how to submit. Submissions: Either, post your image on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the contest hashtag. It will be different each time, so …
We’re always excited to share the incredibly creative ways artists incorporate PixelSquid into their workflows. One such artist, Kevin M. Wilson, is a UK based illustrator working primarily in the entertainment industry and the collectible screen-printed poster market. He’s found that PixelSquid is particularly useful in adding quick details to his designs. In the Pulp Fiction inspired silk-screen print, Royale …
