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Latest Tshirts available from RedBubble

2008-09-04T07:11:00.000-07:00

Here are our latest designer t-shirts available from RedBubble. All T-shirts have one price of US$23.94 each. Check out the entire collection here http://rudeboyskunk.blogspot.com

Prints Available on deviantART: HDR

2008-05-11T00:24:00.000-07:00

There are prints of our photography available to buy on www.deviantart.com. Here are a few HDR shots that are available. Click the image to take you to the corresponding page where it is available for purchase.

All about Rude Boy Designs

2008-05-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

Rude Boy Designs is a graphic and web design company that specialises in all aspects of graphic and web design. From creating flash games to logo creation and photography we do it all.

We do graphic design and website design, Flash and html web design, we create custom Flash games, custom graphics and illustrations. Photography and photomanipulation. Flash presentations and CD or DVD presentations. Logo creation and corporate identity / branding. Custom desktop wallpapers, screensavers and gadgets among many other things...

We also offer free downloads of our flash games including the popular plastic zen and rude boy designs games. These games are also available to play online.

We have our very own newsletter and comic strip which can be found on the site and which is available to subscribe to as well.

We are ready at all times to give you a free quotation so please don't hesitate to send us a message with any queries you may have regarding something you would like done or even just to say hi. Our doors are always open to you.
We do professional, hard hitting design work. From "in your face" designs that will turns heads, to a simple corporate looking logo, we do it all. We don't like to classify our style, as we believe that each design is unique and should be treated with the individual attention that it deserves. While our scope of work is extremely broad, our quality is consistently excellent and our ideas and concepts are always refreshing. We have placed a list below of a few thing we have done in the past, in order to give you a better idea of what we are capable of. This is not a definitive list though. If you need something done that you don't see here, send us a message through the contact page with the details, and we will get back to you with a free quote.
Web Design
Print Media
Flash Web Design
Custom Flash Games
Illustration
Photography
T-Shirts
Logo Design
Corporate Identity / Branding
Flash Presentations
Autoplay CD Presentations
Customised Desktop Widgets / Gadgets
Screensavers
And Much Much More...

Prints Available on deviantART: Butterflies

2008-05-10T08:55:00.000-07:00

There are prints of our photography available to buy on our individual accounts on www.deviantart.com. Here are a few shots of butterflies that are available. Click the image to take you to the corresponding page where it is available for purchase.

New T-shirts Available

2008-05-10T05:24:00.000-07:00

Here are the latest T-shirts from us on sale now.

Click the image to take you to the corresponding page on redbubble.com where it is available to buy.

T-Shirts available to buy on RedBubble

2008-04-16T22:46:00.000-07:00

We have made some our designs available to buy on T-Shirts through the website www.redbubble.com.
Here are the thumbnails of the t-shirts available with links to the corresponding pages where they are available to buy.

Photoshop Tutorial: How to create a glossy web button

2008-04-16T16:44:00.000-07:00

In this tutorial I am going to be showing you how to create a glossy looking web button like the one you see here.

Step 1: Make a new document 100 pixels wide by 50 pixels high.

Step 2: Set the foreground colour to the colour that you want. I will be using #066ceb for this tutorial but you can use any colour you want. Make sure the background colour is white.

Step 3: Use the elipse tool to draw an oval. This will be the shape of the button.

Step 4: From the layer menu select layer/layer style/inner glow and use these settings.

Step 5: From the layer menu select layer/layer style/inner shadow and use these settings.

Step 6: Use the type tool to add a text layer with the text that you want on your button.

Step 7: With the text layer selected select layer/layer style/bevel and emboss and use these settings.

Step 8: Duplicate the shape layer and drag it so that it's on top of the text layer. You should now have the text layer between the 2 shape layers like this.

Step 9: Change the fill of the top layer to 0% and the opacity to 25%

Step 10: Delete the background layer and your button should now look like this.

You now have the finished button and that takes us to the end of this tutorial.

Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create Metallic Text

2008-04-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create metallic text like the image shown below.

Step 1: Create a new file 500 pixels wide by 200 pixels high

Step 2: Hit "D" to set the foreground colour to black and the background colour to white

Step 3: From the filter menu select filter/noise/add noise and use these settings.

Step 4: From the filter menu select filter/blur/motion blur and use these settings

Step 5: Hit ctrl+F to apply the same filter again. Your image should now look something like this.

Step 6: Use the Horizontal Type Mask Tool add whatever text you want. Use a nice thick font like Impact or Arial Black. For this tutorial I am going to be using Impact.

Once you have finished typing click on the move tool and you should have a selection looking like this.

Step 7: Hit Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection.

Step 8: Right click on the background layer and select Layer from background and name it texture.

Step 9: With the texture layer selected hit Delete to remove the selection.

Step 10:Hit Ctrl+D to deselect it. Your image should now look something like this.

Step 11: With the texture layer selected go to the layer menu and select layer/layer style/bevel and emboss. I have used these settings but the settings may need to be adjusted to work with the font that you have chosen to use.

Step 12: If you want you can create a metallic background using steps 3-5 on a new layer beneath the one with the text. I have rotated it slightly to give it a bit of a twist.

If you have followed the instructions step by step you should now have some text with a metallic effect like the image below.