Meet Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, a US based traditional artist whose watercolor paintings are characterized by swirling magical branches, stained oak leaves, and the endless soft and dreamy palettes of skies. Most of her subjects are based from folktales, mythology and legends. She started creating art since childhood but her professional artistic career began in 1998 after graduating from a program of Computer Science. She worked as a programmer for a software company for three years by day until she left the world of typed logic to pursue her career in painting surreal and magical world of dreams.

One of her most applauded project was the zodiac series of paintings for  Llewellyn’s 2011 Astrological Calendar. Her interpretation of the 12 zodiac signs are simply breathtaking where each was magically interpreted with the sacred ambiance and continuous movement.

“Aries” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Capricorn” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Sagittarius” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Taurus” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Virgo” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Cancer” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Leo” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Gemini” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Pisces” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Libra” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Scorpio” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

“Aquarius” | © Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

© Stephanie Law | Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 2011

Most of Stephanie’s works are created for various game and publishing clients like Wizards of the Coast, HarperCollins, Tachyon Books and more. She has authored and illustrated some books and illustrated the best-selling tarot deck, the Shadowscapes Tarot for Llewellyn Worldwide. Her work also regularly appears in Realms of Fantasy Magazine.

Check out more of Stephanie’s awesome artworks in her website or visit her DeviantArt gallery for more info.

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Anton Egorov is a Saint Petersburg, Russia based designer that mixes Photoshop with 3D applications to create stunning infographics and icons. In this article, we will take a look at some of our favorite pieces from his portfolio.

Plane Blueprint Illustration

Agricultural Infographics

Tire & Wheel – Service Robot Icon 3D

Little Town

Headset Icon 3D

Industrial Robot

Infographic Gross Gathering Chart Illustration

Today we are going to take a look at the amazing illustration of Jon Reinfurt. A graduate of illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a recipient of numerous illustration awards and recognition from known publications such as Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts and American Illustrators. His inspiring illustrations and paintings also graced a number of publications and galleries around the country. His clients range from publications such as Reader’s Digest Asia, Runner’s World, READ Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Apart from creating beautiful illustrations, Jon also teaches an illustration course at UArts.

SEE ALSO: Inspirations from Sketchbooks 

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Photoshop is a fantastic application because it allows you to create just about anything your imagination can dream up. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a science fiction environment using digital painting and illustration techniques. While working on this piece, you will learn how to set up your color scheme, set your perspective, and even how to create a monster robot. Let’s get started.

Tutorial Assets

The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.

• Base photo
• Soil

Step 1

Let’s get started. Create a new document in Photoshop with following settings, then import the “Base photo” asset and place it as shown below. You can delete the Background layer. I called that first layer “Import”.

Step 2

Duplicate the “Import” layer, call the new one “Extend” and hide the “Import” one. We keep it at the bottom to be sure to have an untouched photo somewhere in our layers. Do a very thin selection, transform it, and fill the empty area as below.

Paint few strokes to break that stretching such as shown below.

Step 3

Create a new Group called "Persp". Add a new layer called "Point 1", and draw the perspective lines. Do the same on a different layer for the second point. Set the group’s Opacity to 40%. Feel free to hide and unhide this group whenever you need to check the perspective of your draw. Have a nice hierarchy in your layers, "as always."

Step 4

Above the “Extend” layer, create a new “Tweaks” one and add some light and smooth colors at the perspective point. Start to refine a bit the rough part of the sky.

On a new "BG Overlay" layer, start refining the background with very basic shapes just as below. Pick colors you find on the "Import" layer, at the same level in perspective. Tweak them a bit, as I did on the right side. Variations in colors bring a realistic impression, even small value changes.

Step 5

Now add a new “FG” group and draw the foreground buildings on a new “FG” layer with darker tones you directly find on the canvas. Keep in mind that the shapes must stay very sketchy at this step and don’t spend any time into small details. You can use custom brushes to have some nice effects very quickly, as speed painters do for example.

Step 6

On a new “BG Buildings” layer under the “BG” group, create some basic shapes of buildings. Refer as below (main color I used for this is #332f36). And this is it, we already have the environment setup for this tutorial. Let’s move on.

Step 7

Create a new Adjustment Curves Layer above the “BG Overlay” with following settings. We don’t want that Adjustment Layer to change the bottom of the sky. Therefore, with the grade tool, create a black/white ramp in the Layer Mask of the “Curves 1″ layer such as below.

Then, by pressing Command/Ctrl+L (Image > Adjustments > Levels…) on the “BG Buildings” layer, do some changes as below to match the new sky.

The result of this step is a background more detached from the foreground. This is very important, since we don’t want the viewers to be distracted due to the amount of information we will try drawing.

Step 8

Now you can start refining a bit the edges and adding details. Don’t be too precise, refer to below.

I darkened and changed the colors of those areas from the foreground.

Here is our result.

Step 9

On a new "Battle scene" group, create two layers called "Robot" and "Robot lasers". Start drawing a robot, which is going to be the "bad guy" of this illustration. I place it over one perspective point. This is an easy way to lead the viewers’ eyes to this Robot.

Step 10

Let’s refine part of the "BG Buildings" we created before. Hide the "Battle scene" group. Basically, just paint some more precise and defined shapes with hard brushes and/or custom brushes.

Do the same with “FG” and refer as shown below. This step is a bit long, but necessary.

And here is the result of this refining step.

Step 11

Refine the Robot now.

Quickly create some soldiers and the lights of the guns on 2 new layers.

Step 12

Add more light to the ground and refine the shadows in the “FG” layer.

Do some refining on the buildings as well, as you can see below.

Change a bit the brightness (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast) of selected parts of the “BG Buildings” layer, to add some more depth in the draw.

Import the “Soil” from the asset and transform it to match the perspective and the ground. Set is as a Clipping Mask to the “FG” Layer, set his Blending Mode to “Overlay”, and erase the parts that aren’t over the ground in a Layer Mask.

Here is the result of this step.

Step 13

Now it is time to add some fine details. Let’s start with the Robot.

Add more Contrast (100) and Brightness (10) on the “BG Buildings” layer (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast…), remove some saturation (set Saturation to -20 in Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation) and refine even more, such as shown below. Don’t worry about hidden parts.

And again, refine the foreground. The whole process is about refining everything step by step. This is a bit dangerous since we tend to focus refining only on one main point. A good tip to avoid this is to constantly flip the canvas horizontally. But trust me, I can’t even count the number of times that I failed because I started focusing only on one point or side. I wasn’t anymore able to tell what was wrong with my illustrations in every case, so I left them.

Now, between the “FG” and the soil layer, as a clipping mask, add a new “Building Noise” layer. With black and white as selected color, create clouds (Filter > Render > Clouds). Set this layer’s Opacity to 30% and his blending mode to Overlay. Move it a bit at the top of the canvas to have it active only for the building part of the “FG” layer.

Create a new layer above the soil one, but without being set as Clipping Mask. Rename it to “Fog”. Select such a color : #644e60, and with a soft brush and a very low opacity, create a fog overlay effect, such as shown below.

Step 14

Time to do the first Color Balance. Create that new Adjustment Layer and set as below.

By painting in the Layer Mask, hide the background parts of that Color Balance Adjustment Layer. It doesn’t need to be very precise, refer as below, as always.

Create a new "Lights" layer above the "Color Balance 1" one, fill it with black, set his blending mode to "Linear Dodge (Add), and with a color at full saturation and brightness set at 50% (for example #007d8c), with a soft low opacity brush set to Screen, create those beautiful light effects.

Refine the “Robot Laser” layer, add a small explosion effect with a grunge brush. Add some small pieces being ejected away from the explosion on a different layer I called “Explosion”. Resize the soldiers and tweak them as below, since they were too big for the general scale.

Here is the result of this step.

Step 15

Above the “Curves 1″ layer of the “BG” group, add a new Level Adjustment Layer. Set it as below to darken the sky.

Now with the Brightness/Contrast tool, change the Brightness of the “BG Buildings” layer to -67 to darken them as well.

Do the same to the “FG” layer, with Brightness set to -40 and Contrast to 60. We really need heavy contrast on the foreground. Then, on a new “Shadows” layer above the “Lights” one, with a black color, paint some shadows. You have a preview of how I painted them below, in red. Use the Eraser tool with a soft brush if needed, to create some nice shadows. Then, set the blending mode to “Multiply”, and the Opacity to 50%.

On a new "Final FX" group right below the "Persp" one, create a new "SciFi Lightning" layer that is similar to the "Lights" one. Create a global sci-fi cyan lightning. Here is a preview about how your layer must look like if you set his blending mode to normal. Once you have the same, reset is to Linear Dodge and set his Opacity to about 60%.

It changes a lot the mood of the draw, and bring it to something more cold and futuristic.

Here is a small overview of our layers.

Step 16

Let’s refine the “BG Buildings” for the last time. I added some lights on a separated layer, “Final lights”.

Step 17

Let’s refine the "FG" for the last time. Adding such small details as wires, antennas, and barriers comes only at the end of the process. It adds lots of realism and details, but if you focus on adding this kind of stuff when the draw is still not well defined, you’ll have some serious problems with the illustration looking good. I simplified a lot the ground as well, since we’ll redraw the shadows nicely. You probably noticed that we had a double shadow effect until now. I disabled the layers above the "FG" one and his clipping mask layers, to help you compare what I have without those overlay layers and what you should have.

Right above the “FG” layer (and as clipping mask of course), create a new "Brushes" layer. Then draw some small effects with some specials “speed painting” brushes, to add fine details.

I reactivated the layers of the “FG” group. Then, above the “Color Balance 1″, I created a new “Ground Noise” layer, blending mode set to Overlay and Opacity to 65%. Then, with a grunge brush, I added those kind of nice variations to the ground.

Here is the picture with the redefined “Lights” layer.

…And with the redefined “Shadows” one.

Here is the look of this step. The draw starts to be really similar to the final one.

Step 18

At the top of the “FG” group, create a new “FGG Add” one and draw those 2 structures. I had the feeling it was needed to have some kind of very near structures there.

Then, refine few layers. Here, “Soldiers”.

“Soldiers lasers”, “Robot” and “Robot laser”. We’ll create the explosion in the next step.

Step 19

At the top of the “Battle scene” group, create a new one called “Explosion”. Then, with a grunge brush, create such an explosion. The idea is to start from the exterior with some dark very saturated reds, and to go inside step by step with colors going to something like very light low saturated yellows, at the center of the explosion.

On a new “EXP Details 1″, draw some small mini-explosions going outside of the main one.

On a new “EXP Details 2″, draw some metal pieces as shown below.

Then, by using the same process you did to create the lightning effects, add some glow to the explosion on a new layer, “EXP glow”.

Here is the look.

Step 20

Let’s move to the “Final FX” Group. Create a new Level Adjustment Layer, set it as below, and add some black at the background on the layer mask. The idea is to add some more contrast in the foreground.

Create another Level Adjustment Layer with following settings and layer mask. Goal here is to create a vignetting effect, and to darken few parts of the foreground.

Step 21

Now create a new “Hard Edges” Layer, apply an image on it (Image > Apply Image, then press OK without changing the settings). Add a Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen More. Create a layer mask, and draw in black the background: we don’t want it to be sharpened. Refer as below.

With black and white as selected colors, create clouds (Filter > Render > Clouds) on a new and last “Global noise” layer.. Then, add some noise to those clouds. (Filter > Noise > Add Noise). Set it as below. Change the blending mode to Multiply, and the Opacity to 4%. And here we are, that’s our final draw..

Details

Zoom in and take a look at some of the details.

Final Image

The contest calls for DeviantArt artists to draw their inspiration from one of the game’s breathtaking trailers — Tomb Raider “Turning Point”. The trailer features a young Lara Croft aboard the ship, Endurance. The title of the trailer refers to Lara Croft’s “turning point” — from a novice adventurer to a hardened survivor, adventurer, and explorer.

Here are some noteworthy entries from DeviantArt’s Tomb Raider Reborn Contest:

Lara Croft – Survivor by Raph04art

Tomb Raider Reborn by Txusjfuentes

I am Croft by Devilhaunt

Lara Croft by FangWangLin

Tomb Raider Reborn by TamplierPainter

Tomb Raider Reborn by beniek

Tomb Raider Reborn by gabfig

The Fourth Way by aijuxian

Survivor Tomb Raider by thegameworld

Tomb Raider Reborn by Bull2by

The reboot of the Tomb Raider series has garnered critical acclaim — from its aesthetic and gameplay, to the story and overall theme of the new Tomb Raider. We’re hoping for a  more exciting and adrenaline pumping action for the next installation of Tomb Raider!

What do you think of the reboot and major changes in the Tomb Raider series? Let us know through the comments section!

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Main Use

The main reason to use clipping masks is to allow text to come through an image. Most uses involve a clipping mask being applied to an image. The bottom layer will contain a shape or text. The image layer on top only displays the shape. This allows text to have an unfamiliar pattern or theme.

How to Use a Clipping Mask

Multiple Layers

The example above only includes one layer. The tool also allows the mask to cover multiple layers. To do this just drag any other layer and place it between the image layer and the masking layer. After it has been applied, it is just a matter of rearranging the order according to the current needs of the project. Graphic designers prefer this method for more complicated projects where they might have to deal with multiple effects and snippets of images at the same time.

Clipping Paths

The clipping path is often confused with clipping masks, or clipping layers as some people call them. Do not make this mistake. A clipping path is a vector shape that defines the boundaries on an image when determining page layouts. This is an advanced Photoshop tool, but they do not relate to each other in the slightest. M.A.H.

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WordPress is a popular website publishing platform. What once was primarily a blogging system has now evolved into a flexible and robust CMS used by both small businesses and large corporations alike.

When working with clients, front-end developers are often expected to produce creative, cutting edge content in a very short period of time.

And beyond staying innovative, there can often be a lot of redundant coding and debugging which requires a careful, meticulous eye. Between managing client expectations and trying to produce well-designed sites in a reasonable amount of time, developers can really feel the pinch.

Fortunately, there is an immense amount of resources to help aid with WordPress development.

In this article, I’ve seeded through tons of stuff to bring you a list of my favorite free WordPress resources for designers and developers. From discovering inspiration to choosing the right WordPress theme framework, I hope you’ll find just what you need to kick start your next project.

WordPress Theme Design Inspiration

One of the toughest parts of web design can often be just getting started. And even once you’ve begun to build your wireframes or designed your layouts, it’s easy to fall into the stylistic rhythms you’ve used in the past. This is why it’s important to continually research and interact with the work of other WordPress theme designers.

The following sites are a great place to engage with new and fresh designs to keep you pumping out those jaw-dropping projects.

Theme Design Gallery

WordPress Tag on CSS Awards

WP Inspiration

WPExplorer

We Love WP

WordPress Cheat Sheets

When developing WordPress themes, it can often be difficult to remember all of the specific steps and coding structures to building a complete theme.

Cheat sheets are a great way of keeping referencing specific code queries with ease.

Interactive WordPress Guide

Basic Theme Anatomy

WP Code & Tags

The Loop: Visual Model

WordPress Theme Frameworks

Instead of coding each new template from scratch, frameworks give WordPress developers a foundation to build upon. At their best, frameworks can save developers hours building and re-coding similar site structures.

There are plenty of frameworks out there, and each one is unique. I found these to be worth a look.

Bones

Gantry

Whiteboard

Thematic

Reverie

WordPress Tutorials Sites

No matter how experienced you are, you will run into walls that will need troubleshooting.

However, one of the greatest things about WordPress is the gigantic community of developers to pull support from.

There are hundreds of sites that offer extensive tutorials and responses to some of more difficult development questions.

Below is a list of my favorite sites that continually offer answers for both beginners and experts alike.

Wptuts+

WP Beginner

WPMU

WordPress Plugins

One of the best things about WordPress is the immense amount of free, open source plugins available. When looking to provide a specific functionality to your themes, it’s usually easy to discover a plugin that will fulfill the task with little work on your part.

But beyond directly improving your site’s functionality, plugins can also greatly improve the efficiency of your development workflow.

Below is a list of plugins that I found especially helpful to the development process.

• Debug Bar: The Debug Bar is an essential tool for anyone developing with WordPress. This plugin makes debugging issues simpler by showing query, cache, PHP warnings and other helpful debugging information.
• SyntaxHighlighter: With SyntaxHighlighter you’re able to post code directly to your site without losing any formatting or helpful syntax colors. It makes writing and updating code in posts a whole lot easier.
• CMS Tree Page View: CMS Tree Page View offers a simple but extremely helpful service. It allows you to quickly access all of your pages organized by their site structure. Not only can it help you find what you’re looking for quickly, but it can also give you a good overview of how your site’s content is taking shape.
• WP Google Fonts: WP Google Fonts makes using web fonts on WordPress themes easy. Since Google launched its free web font service, the web has been exploding with creative designs.
• Broken Link Checker: This WordPress plugin crawls your site and returns a report that will notify you of any broken links or redirects. A must-have to make sure your site stays in tip-top shape.
• Redirection: Redirection is a plugin that manages 301 redirects, tracks 404 errors and helps clean up any stray pages your site may have. It can be especially helpful if you’re trying to migrate pages from an old domain name.

Related Content

• Making Money Designing Themes: What You Should Know
• 16 WordPress Sites to Help You Build a Better Blog
• 10 Basic Tips for Improving WordPress Themes
• Related categories: WordPress and Web Design

About the Author

Luke Clum is a graphic designer and web developer from Seattle. He loves working with UI design and is an avid climber and outdoorsman. Check out his site, www.lukeclum.com. Follow him on Twitter @lukeclum.

Advertise here with BSA

WordPress is a popular website publishing platform. What once was primarily a blogging system has now evolved into a flexible and robust CMS used by both small businesses and large corporations alike.

When working with clients, front-end developers are often expected to produce creative, cutting edge content in a very short period of time.

And beyond staying innovative, there can often be a lot of redundant coding and debugging which requires a careful, meticulous eye. Between managing client expectations and trying to produce well-designed sites in a reasonable amount of time, developers can really feel the pinch.

Fortunately, there is an immense amount of resources to help aid with WordPress development.

In this article, I’ve seeded through tons of stuff to bring you a list of my favorite free WordPress resources for designers and developers. From discovering inspiration to choosing the right WordPress theme framework, I hope you’ll find just what you need to kick start your next project.

WordPress Theme Design Inspiration

One of the toughest parts of web design can often be just getting started. And even once you’ve begun to build your wireframes or designed your layouts, it’s easy to fall into the stylistic rhythms you’ve used in the past. This is why it’s important to continually research and interact with the work of other WordPress theme designers.

The following sites are a great place to engage with new and fresh designs to keep you pumping out those jaw-dropping projects.

Theme Design Gallery

WordPress Tag on CSS Awards

WP Inspiration

WPExplorer

We Love WP

WordPress Cheat Sheets

When developing WordPress themes, it can often be difficult to remember all of the specific steps and coding structures to building a complete theme.

Cheat sheets are a great way of keeping referencing specific code queries with ease.

Interactive WordPress Guide

Basic Theme Anatomy

WP Code & Tags

The Loop: Visual Model

WordPress Theme Frameworks

Instead of coding each new template from scratch, frameworks give WordPress developers a foundation to build upon. At their best, frameworks can save developers hours building and re-coding similar site structures.

There are plenty of frameworks out there, and each one is unique. I found these to be worth a look.

Bones

Gantry

Whiteboard

Thematic

Reverie

WordPress Tutorials Sites

No matter how experienced you are, you will run into walls that will need troubleshooting.

However, one of the greatest things about WordPress is the gigantic community of developers to pull support from.

There are hundreds of sites that offer extensive tutorials and responses to some of more difficult development questions.

Below is a list of my favorite sites that continually offer answers for both beginners and experts alike.

Wptuts+

WP Beginner

WPMU

WordPress Plugins

One of the best things about WordPress is the immense amount of free, open source plugins available. When looking to provide a specific functionality to your themes, it’s usually easy to discover a plugin that will fulfill the task with little work on your part.

But beyond directly improving your site’s functionality, plugins can also greatly improve the efficiency of your development workflow.

Below is a list of plugins that I found especially helpful to the development process.

• Debug Bar: The Debug Bar is an essential tool for anyone developing with WordPress. This plugin makes debugging issues simpler by showing query, cache, PHP warnings and other helpful debugging information.
• SyntaxHighlighter: With SyntaxHighlighter you’re able to post code directly to your site without losing any formatting or helpful syntax colors. It makes writing and updating code in posts a whole lot easier.
• CMS Tree Page View: CMS Tree Page View offers a simple but extremely helpful service. It allows you to quickly access all of your pages organized by their site structure. Not only can it help you find what you’re looking for quickly, but it can also give you a good overview of how your site’s content is taking shape.
• WP Google Fonts: WP Google Fonts makes using web fonts on WordPress themes easy. Since Google launched its free web font service, the web has been exploding with creative designs.
• Broken Link Checker: This WordPress plugin crawls your site and returns a report that will notify you of any broken links or redirects. A must-have to make sure your site stays in tip-top shape.
• Redirection: Redirection is a plugin that manages 301 redirects, tracks 404 errors and helps clean up any stray pages your site may have. It can be especially helpful if you’re trying to migrate pages from an old domain name.

Related Content

• Making Money Designing Themes: What You Should Know
• 16 WordPress Sites to Help You Build a Better Blog
• 10 Basic Tips for Improving WordPress Themes
• Related categories: WordPress and Web Design

About the Author

Luke Clum is a graphic designer and web developer from Seattle. He loves working with UI design and is an avid climber and outdoorsman. Check out his site, www.lukeclum.com. Follow him on Twitter @lukeclum.

The ten digital artists plus two surprise artists for TEN Season 2 were from France, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Russia, Poland, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Each will share new beautiful work as well as the local cultural influences with the world. Internet users especially digital artists will discover the different creative techniques by downloading the PSD file of each artist’s work for free in 24 hours. It comes with a making-of video, shot in the native country of each artist, sharing their cultural background and creative processes subtitled in 12 languages. In addition to the 10 new artists, two surprise artists will be featured, unveiling all new creative works.

The third featured artist and work in the series will be unveiled tomorrow. March’s artist, Adhemas Batista, is known as a “color salesman” thanks to his use of bright and lively colors, which has inspired his slogan, “I’m selling colors”. Inspired by the vibrancy of his home country, Brazil, Batista’s work is highly energetic, detailed and urban.

“I think our environment and personal experiences directly influence our life, as artists or designers. My work is probably more Brazilian than I am. I can be very calm and serious, while it’s happy all the time,” says the now L.A. resident. According to the artist, his creation is a “graphic explosion evoking the urban and youth culture, a kind of energetic rebellion, with bright colors and complex shapes.

More than just a learning tool for other designers, every artist shares his or her personal style and influences, how they came to become the artists they are today, along with the techniques they used to create the PSD through short videos. These videos are released on TEN Collection’s Facebook page and on Twitter (@Fotolia), or view them directly on Fotolia’s TEN Collection channel.

Find You The Designer on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google Plus for more awesome news and updates! And for more design related stories, you can subscribe to our blog using our RSS Feeds. Lastly, please do check out our print templates page and download our amazing set of blank print templates to aide you in your future projects. Stay awesome everyone!

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The ten digital artists plus two surprise artists for TEN Season 2 were from France, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Russia, Poland, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Each will share new beautiful work as well as the local cultural influences with the world. Internet users especially digital artists will discover the different creative techniques by downloading the PSD file of each artist’s work for free in 24 hours. It comes with a making-of video, shot in the native country of each artist, sharing their cultural background and creative processes subtitled in 12 languages. In addition to the 10 new artists, two surprise artists will be featured, unveiling all new creative works.

The third featured artist and work in the series will be unveiled tomorrow. March’s artist, Adhemas Batista, is known as a “color salesman” thanks to his use of bright and lively colors, which has inspired his slogan, “I’m selling colors”. Inspired by the vibrancy of his home country, Brazil, Batista’s work is highly energetic, detailed and urban.

“I think our environment and personal experiences directly influence our life, as artists or designers. My work is probably more Brazilian than I am. I can be very calm and serious, while it’s happy all the time,” says the now L.A. resident. According to the artist, his creation is a “graphic explosion evoking the urban and youth culture, a kind of energetic rebellion, with bright colors and complex shapes.

More than just a learning tool for other designers, every artist shares his or her personal style and influences, how they came to become the artists they are today, along with the techniques they used to create the PSD through short videos. These videos are released on TEN Collection’s Facebook page and on Twitter (@Fotolia), or view them directly on Fotolia’s TEN Collection channel.

Find You The Designer on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google Plus for more awesome news and updates! And for more design related stories, you can subscribe to our blog using our RSS Feeds. Lastly, please do check out our print templates page and download our amazing set of blank print templates to aide you in your future projects. Stay awesome everyone!

Read more posts by Kerby Rosanes