With a simple and direct methods described in this tutorial, you can create a female portrait easily. This process will have you creating anatomically correct human faces in no time.
Final Image Preview
Below is the final image we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join Vector Plus for just 9$ a month.
This one’s another collaboration with my good friend Toma Alin Gabriel. In this tutorial you will learn how to manipulate stock images and turn them into your puppets to express your desired feelings.
The first month of the new year has wrapped up and there was a ton of great content for all the Photoshop Fans. This month was bursting with tons of freebies that the readers could check out and download, for example this month we are featuring some great free font packs, as well as some great 2010 wallpaper packs. On top of that we have some great high quality tutorials that deal with some very interesting 3D techniques. So lets get into this wrap up of January 2010.
2009 was an excellent year in the video industry with the introduction of the Video DSLR revolution. Now amateurs and pros can get their hands on video techniques and looks that were previously only able to be achieved at $30,000 and above mark using complicated and expensive cameras.
Here are some basic terms you will need to know when it comes to DSLR Video:
Framerates:
The number of frames taken in a single second by the camera. (fps: frames per second)
We’ve got another giveaway for our readership, and again we’re rewarding one random commenter with an awesome book, this one shows the evolution of character design. This book showcases numerous styles of inspirational character designs. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate!
Matt Lyon, aka C86, is a talented, vector illustrator living in London, UK. He has a background in teaching graphic design to young adults, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, and he has successfully transitioned into working as a full-time illustrator. He’s inspired by retro folk art, children’s illustration, abstraction, and other artistic styles and ideas, which you’ll learn more about in this interview.
The Winners for the Digieffects Atmosphere Plug-in have been selected at random and we would like to congratulate them!

The Winners!
The Winners for the Video Copilot Optical Flares Plug-in Giveaway have been selected at random. Since there was such an interest, Andrew decided to give away 3 more licenses bring it up to 5, plus 2 VCP gift cards!

The Winners!
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a vector pen, in an elegant box using Illustrator. We’ll pull out the Pen Tool, Rectangle Tool, and gradients in this one. Let’s see the final result which is our goal.
Final Image Preview
Below is the final image we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join Vector Plus for just 9$ a month.
We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your matte painting skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!
