DigiWilliams

A Designer in Progress

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Test

Testing

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Don't Mess With Willie by DigiWilliams.

This is my attempt at using the overlay blending mode to wrap a pattern around an object as seen on Gavin Hoey's youtube tutorial of the same name.

I could have gotten this perfect if I'd felt like dedicating more time to adjusting the levels and setting the distortion map.

This is a pretty cool effect. Here's a link to the video one more time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHNO4Sgnw5E

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How and When to Use Overlay Blend Mode in Photoshop

I went searching for practical uses of the overlay blend mode seen in the layers palette in Photoshop and I found a lot of inform about blending modes.

I found out that blending modes are great for correcting photos, as well as creating cool effects.

Here is a great blog post I found on photoshopessentials.com explaining how the overlay blend mode works

An Explanation of How Overlay Blend Mode Works

I also found a great youtube tutorial showing a cool way to use the overlay blending mode from youtuber Gavin Hoey showing How to Wrap a Pattern Around an Object Using the Overlay Blending mode.

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What the Heck is Overlay in Photoshop

As a self taught graphic designer I don't know much about design terminology or jargon so I suppose its high-time I learn. I guess I'll start with overlay. I always see the overlay setting in the layers palette in Photoshop, but I can't recall a recent instance where I've used it. I'm going to do some research and find out what practical uses I can find for the overlay setting.

Does anyone know of any tutorials or explanations of this tool?

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One of "those" Professions

Graphic design is one of those professions where you're never done learning. I call myself a sell taught graphic designer, but that implies I'm done learning. A good graphic designer is never really done learning. I will continue to learn and not only teach myself but teach others.