Article · Spoon Graphics
How To Create 80s Style Retro Futuristic Neon Artwork
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2013
About this lesson
A long, image-heavy walkthrough building a perspective grid in Illustrator, then layering gradients, mountains, lightning, multi-style glowing text, scanlines and grain in Photoshop.
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