Last week, I brought some doughnuts to my office. It was late afternoon, and some guys were very hungry. When one of them shouted “Doughnuts!”, everybody in the office rushed towards me and picked one. And one of them must have got two. That’s when my secretary came back from a restroom. And when she found out that there was no more doughnut left for her, she gave me a look. That look…, which scared the hell out of me. I couldn’t do my work because that look haunted me. So I launched Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. In a matter of 5 minutes or so, I designed a chocolate doughnut for her.

The following tutorial shows steps to design a chocolate doughnut. Although I mainly used Adobe Photoshop CS2, I used Adobe Illustrator CS2 to create a path and then a 3D image. Continue reading →

I met this young lady named Heather at a party which I attended a few years ago while my wife was out of town. She wanted to show off her favorite lighter. So she tried to light a candle with it. But no matter how many times she struck it, a flame never came out of her lighter. Eventually, her big smile full of dreams and hopes turned into despair. I wanted to do something. I didn’t want a simple mistake to take over her life and future. But what could I do? Right! I had my MacBook with me, so I launched Adobe Photoshop CS2. In a matter of 5 minutes or so, her big smile came back.

The following tutorial shows steps to create a lighter flame. The photo used in this tutorial comes from Webshots. Continue reading →