Outlaw Design Blog

Seeing as how this is the first post I have put up in months and that the current design of the site is a bit bizarre, I’m sure you all have two main questions: Where the hell have you been and whats up with the site design? Lets start with where I have been. As [...]

I think many of us, myself included, rely on free and premium resources too much. Why not take a step back and become more involved in our designs? Some DIY style if you will. This post is a collection of ideas on how creatives can use digital cameras to do just that. There are also [...]

Last week I did a post for GraphicRiver call “The Scariest Movie Posters of All Time.” They were really just a showcase of cheesy old horror movie posters. Because I am such a fan of that style, I thought I would show you how to create poster with a similar style. Its really easy to [...]

Step 1 Create a new document with the following settings: 8×10 and 72dpi and add your background artwork as needed. I decided to use Starry Night. Step 2 Add your car image and remove any background portion of the photo as needed. I used this stock photo from Shutterstock. Step 3 Select your artwork layer [...]

As you might have noticed from the other photoshop tutorials on this site, I am a bit of a movie buff and enjoy recreating movie posters. In today’s tutorial I am going to show you how to make a cool Kill bill style movie poster complete with bloods, swords, and girls. Step 1 Create a [...]

Im a big fan of vintage magazine ads. Aside from the retro look they present, its interesting to me to see how far the design industry has come over the years. Aside from being a fan of vintage ads, Im also a big fan of old school pinup art. While I was researching vintage ads [...]

InDesign is a beast of a program to get in to; mostly because it’s so complex. This tutorial should scratch the surface a little bit of what it’s capable of, and introduce you to many of the fun tools. The tutorial itself is fairly generic, but assumes a basic knowledge of Adobe products. Don’t worry; [...]

Step 1 Create a new document in photoshop. For the sake of this tutorial, I will be using an 8×10 inch file at 72dpi. Feel free to adjust this to your liking. Step 2 The first thing I want to do is find an image for the main portion of the poster and start editing [...]

I recently watched a From the Couch video where the guys talk about how nice the design and blog community is. They don’t necessarily say that giving things away for free is a bad idea, they just question the practice a bit. This got me thinking about; when and how can you make giving things [...]

Earlier in the week we did an interview with the talented Charlene Chua. She was kind enough to create a special wallpaper exclusively for Outlaw Design Blog. Quite a huge gesture considering her busy workload! I am super excited with the end result and can’t wait to share it with you! Below you will find [...]