Terry Mahy Design Store

Check out my new online store! Featuring my custom designed playing cards.

Don't miss out, these cards are limited to 100 decks - 50 of each back colour. So get in quick!

The Dead Kings Edition Playing Cards are © Copyright Terry Mahy 2013

Tweet

Illutrator Tutorial: How To Make An Interweaving Vine or Helix

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple 2d interweaving vine or helix shape.

Click video below to watch

Tweet

Ignesco

Recent illustration I have done. Lineart hand drawn with pencil and coloured in Photoshop

© Copyright Terry Mahy 2013. Can not be reproduced without permission.

Tweet

My Artwork

Just posting some of my favorite artwork I have done. For a more in depth look at my illustrations check out my website

 

 All artwork is © copyright Terry Mahy 2013 and cannot be used without permission.

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: Adding texture using a transparency mask

In this tutorial I will show you how to add texture to a vector object using the transparency mask in Illustrator. You can use whatever texture you want whether it be a vector one or bitmap, I'm going to use a jpeg for this example which you download below.

Right-click and save as to download

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: Digital Inking - Adding Colour

A follow up to my Digital inking tutorial, in this one I will show you how to colour the line art that we made in the previous one.

Tweet

Vintage floral design

A new design I have done, kind of a vintage floral type of thing. Done in Illustrator CS3

© 2013 Terry Mahy

Tweet

Illurator Tutorial: Digital inking with the brush tool

In this tutorial I will go through digital inking with the brush tool and a wacom tablet. First I'll show you suitable settings for the inking process then I'll show how to merge your line art into a single vector shape.
Click video below to watch :)

Tweet

Mahy Bros Logo

Having a bit of a slow period so I've been playing around with designing logos and such. This one was done in illustrator.

© Copyright 2013 Terry Mahy

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: How To Make A Stitch Effect

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make a Stitching effect in illustrator. This effect can be added to anything that can have a stroke and it is really quick to do. Watch the video below to see how.

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: How To Make Symmetrical Shapes

In this tutorial I am going to show you a simple method I use to make symmetrical shapes. Click the video below to watch :)

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: How To Make A Straight Ribbon Banner

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple straight ribbon banner and add stitching to it. We will cover things like smart guides, pathfinder and the direct selection tool. Watch below :)

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: Halftone effect

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a vector halftone effect. Halftones are great for screen printing and are also good for retro styled artwork.

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: Making Patterns in Illustrator

In this video I'm going to quickly show you how to make a pattern swatch in illustrator and how to manipulate that pattern on an object.

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial: Biohazard Symbol

In this tutorial I will take you through making the biohazard symbol Above. Although The symbol itself is quite complicated, it is actually pretty easy to make. After making the symbol I will also show you how to make a little triangle sign for it as well.

Click video below to watch.

Texture used in tutorial (click to view full size)

Tweet

Illustrator Tutorial - How to Make a Crescent Shape

In this tutorial I will quickly cover an easy method to create the crescent moon shape.
This tutorial is pretty easy and probably aimed more at a beginner to intermediate user. Click video below to watch.

Tweet

Welcome To The West

Last illustration for 2012! 

Drawn by hand with pencil, dip pens and sable brush, then coloured in Photoshop. Bring on 2013, enjoy :)

© Copyright Terry Mahy 2012

Tweet