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Pixel Playground with Bert Monroy (Updated Jun 26, 2015)

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Genre: Video Training

Take a 10-minute recess every week and join Bert Monroy in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, the playgrounds of digital artists. Every Friday Bert walks through a fun, self-contained project that tests your skills and challenges the imagination. These programs aren't just image editors; they are sandboxes for creativity and experimentation. Take a spin through a carousel of tools and get reinspired, each and every week.

Pixel Playground - New This Week

Creating an Art Deco bistro sign

April 2015

Easter basket: Adding a bow and the eggs

Placing lettering on plastic

Using brushes to create a twisted pair of wires in Illustrator

March 2015

St. Patrick's Day card: Creating a shamrock and a pot of gold

St. Patrick's Day card: Adding the details

Creating a 3D Easter egg

Easter basket: Creating the basket

February 2015

Making a piece of candy: Adding the jelly filling

Creating a Valentine's Day card

Turning a daytime scene into night

Using Photoshop's Displace filter to create a waving flag

January 2015

Using the Photoshop Flame Generator

Creating a mountain scene

Creating reflections in water

Making a diamond-encrusted type

Making a piece of candy: Creating the chocolate base

December 2014

Mapping video onto a 3D object in Photoshop

Creating a wintery scene

Making a New Year's 2015 card

November 2014

Three Dimensional type with extruded neon: Making the letter forms

3D type with extruded neon: Adding the neon

Creating a Thanksgiving card

October 2014

Creating a galaxy with Photoshop: Building the star field

Creating a galaxy with Photoshop: Adding color and effects

Creating a campfire scene: Adding the campfire

Creating a campfire scene: Adding trees and lighting

Creating a superhero type treatment

September 2014

Making a desk nameplate

Illustrating a campfire from scratch

Creating realistic stains on bathroom tile

Creating a distressed windowsill from scratch

August 2014

Increasing precipitation: How to make a rainy-day photo look rainier

Retouching techniques: Improving a picnic scene

Retouching techniques: Moving an object in a scene

Retouching techniques: Improving a real estate photo

Adding a billboard to a photo

July 2014

Making a book: Perspective

Making a book: Adding pages

Using paths and layer styles to create logo text

June 2014

Theater curtain: Animating a rising curtain

Creating a chalkboard

Creating a manila envelope

Turning a regular donut into a jelly donut

May 2014

Creating net fabric for a veil

Animating a spotlight against a brick wall

Damen Station: Using Blend in Illustrator to create intricate details

Theater curtain: Making a braid and tassels

Theater curtain: Creating the curtain

April 2014

Oyster Bar: Creating a canvas texture

Creating realistic reflections and shadows

Creating water droplets on a surface

Wrapping a pattern around a 3D wine goblet

March 2014

Damen Station: Creating realistic rust

Oyster Bar: Creating puddles

Oyster Bar: Creating asphalt and concrete textures

Oyster Bar: Creating a manhole cover

February 2014

Magazine cover: Creating a lamp

Magazine cover: Creating a wood floor

Damen Station: Adding multiple train cars

Damen Station: Creating bolts

January 2014

Red truck: Creating a headlight

Red truck: Creating chrome headlight trim

Red truck: Creating realistic metal perforations

Red truck: Creating wear on metal

Magazine cover: Using perspective to draw a room

December 2013

Oakland Theater: Creating lightbulbs

Changing photo contents with Auto-Align Layers

Creating a metal grill

November 2013

Charms and medallions in Photoshop: Adding details

Charms and medallions in Photoshop: Adding a third dimension

Oakland Theater: Creating stone walls

Oakland Theater: Creating neon

October 2013

Animating a 3D starfield

Creating an antique pub sign using Photoshop

Creating a custom brush to draw hair

Charms and medallions in Photoshop: First steps

September 2013

Using a Fibonacci spiral to create a tattoo

Body shaping with Puppet Warp

Type effects in Photoshop: Pillow

Type effects in Photoshop: Clouds

August 2013

Recreating magazine clippings

Creating realistic scales for a dragon tattoo

Creating spikes for a dragon tattoo

Creating the belly for a dragon tattoo

Creating a flower tattoo

July 2013

Creating a custom brush

Using displacement maps to create shadows

Enhancing a landscape by adding a lake

Creating a dog tag

June 2013

Creating animated snowfall with Photoshop

Filling an empty glass with liquid

Using an alpha channel to create a 3D object

Creating a 3D coin