Photshop/Illustrator Tutorials!

Hey everyone!

I was going through some old project files today, and I noticed some screen captured video files. I hadn't named them or stored them in a specific folder, so I was curious to find out what they were.

Photoshop Tutorials!

Way back when, I was the host of a few podcasts that were photography/graphic design related. I had always wanted to create Photoshop tutorials, even before I knew how to do the techniques themselves.

We are talking pre-youtube days, so we're talking just straight image/text tutorials, like the great phong.com or designsbymark.com

Ever since designsbymark.com basically sold out and started charging money for his tutorials, I was kinda bummed. His stuff is really good, however, so I understand his motives. They are like beasts that can only be contained within the confines of a DVD cage. His tutorials are professional level stuff, so I get it. Thankfully phong has never charged for his stuff, but it's been a few years since he has posted anything new.

But what about us lonely people down here? Lynda.com has some great, GREAT resources, but they are usually just a general brush stroke. (Pardon the pun, I try to be creative and/or interesting in my writing!)

What I really like about phong's tutorials is they were an in depth look at his specific style. This made a lot of my early work pretty much recreations and/or poor imitations of his work. Thankfully I was young, and all my design work just collected dust on my hard drive. His lessons did ferment in the back of my mind, and I like to think this help me create the wonderful wine that exists on my wonderful graphic design palate.

Phong and Mark's tutorials were pretty much Photoshop specific, and to make it even narrower, completely graphic/web design related. Not a big deal, but I feel like I have much more to offer.

I've been looking for a new, big project to tackle, and I feel this is perfect. I'm throwing all the old stuff out the window and starting fresh. As of today, I'll be creating some awesome tutorials that cover the entire Adobe Creative Suite, as well as some straight photography tutorials. But there is just ONE problem...

I don't know where to start.

Okay, I take that back, I knew where I COULD start, but these tutorials are not for me. They are for you. So I'm going to let you decide what it is I do. No project is too big, no tool is too small. If you want to learn how to use the pen tool, let me know. If you want to learn how to utilize the entire Adobe CS workflow, from Lightroom to InDesign, let me know.

The good ol' email address is snlich@gmail.com, so drop me a line. I'll be waiting!