Neon Sign Effect Illustrator & Photoshop Tutorial

In today's tutorial we're going to create a bright neon sign effect using the powers of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. While it is possible to construct the entire artwork in Photoshop alone, Illustrator offers some useful tools for producing the initial layout with its vector shape building capabilities. Where Photoshop really shines is with its various layer style options that can be configured to create vibrant lighting effects, which are perfect for depicting a realistic, illuminated neon sign. Real neon signs are made out of glass tubes that a bent into shape, so to help with the realism of our neon sign artwork, the linework will be created in a way so there's a start and end point for each segment with no overlaps. Photographs of real neon signs show intense brightness from the tube that appears almost white, but with an ambient glow of a vibrant colour. This will be replicated using Photoshop's Inner Glow, Outer Glow and Drop Shadow effects.

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Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator design tutorials from Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics. Subscribe to learn how to create stunning artwork as I share my tips and tricks in video format.

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[EthaSound]

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[sophiagraczyk]

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[gerrygarcia]

This was a true masterclass. I have learned more from Illustrator & Photoshop interaction with this video than anywhere else.

[loverrlee]

Perfect! Very easy to follow step by step instructions! Thank you so so much!! I’m going to be making so many neon signs! 😍

[kpendurkar]

Liked and subscribed because of how efficient this tutorial is. Great for people like me with years of basic PS experience, but still a noob in drawing.

[crazeemango]

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[LupieStardust]

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[margaretgraham]

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[DizzyDtube]

"produced by a cocktail of layer styles"...

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[christophertamer]

This was just a fun expirement for me as a new photoshoper, and i was a ton of fun and you helped a lot. Thanks!

[skintinka]

FANTASTICO!!!Finalmente ho imparato ha fare l'effetto neon...Grazie mille

[Snaresandcymbals]

Brilliant tutorial Chirs thanks so much!

[ielburner]

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[SamuelPfleumerSami]

Great tutorial. Thanks a lot. Will try it myself.

[samcastillo]

This is the best neon Ai video. Thank you!

[AlexO_ADP]

I use Ps like a PRO from 2006, but this tutorial it's AMAZING for its simplicity.

[naitikkathiriya]

Thank u so much for reaching this very simple but so attracting graphical artwork in my fav Illustrator!!!✔️✨... Well done bro..

[kegi]

thank you very much bro, I made one for me for my birthday. already done several tutorials from your blog thanks