Photoshop Plugins: 3D and Beauty

Over the last years Adobe Photoshop’s developers have been integrating some powerful 3D tools. Many of them require you to import a model from a 3D software or to gain profound knowledge of the software and its terminology. If you wish to move forward a little faster, then take a look at the following plugins.

http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/photoshop-plugins-3d-and-beauty.html

How to Create a Cool Monkey Character in Illustrator

In this tutorial, we’re going to be creating a monkey character illustration using Adobe Illustrator. You’ll be using basic Shape Tools, the Pen Tool and various other Illustrator techniques to create the illustration. Let’s get started! ;)

Step 1

Before starting, we need a source to refer to when creating your illustration. You can either use a photograph of a monkey (or any other animal!) or sketch your own and then either scanning your image in or taking a photograph of it. I sketched a monkey and scanned it in at 150dpi; below you can see my result.

http://spyrestudios.com/monkey-character-tutorial/