Inspiration - Written by Gino on Friday, February 29, 2008 3:22 - 27 Comments
25 Tasty 3D Graphic Design Treats

Design Above by Nik Ainley
3D graphic design is becoming more popular and I have noticed a surge in 3D Type work on portfolio sites. Below are 30 examples of 3D graphic design from a variety of truly talented visual artists. many of these 3D graphic design projects were created using programs such as Xara 3D, Maya 3D, Photoshop, and Illustrator to name a few. Feel free to link your 3D type designs in the comments!
3D Graphic Design Using Type as a Central Theme
Emeric TRAHAND
Josh Rhode
Nik Ainley
iunewind
Hampus Olsson
Newflesh
Zoltan
Dreaming-Star
Xfragg3r
Myaki Design
Erik Finsrud
Drew Flaherty
57 Even
Anton Shineft
MoreVision
27 Comments
Great examples of typography being treated as design rather than something you ‘type’ into a keyboard. Very cool stuff!
Gino
Yes I think its interesting to see typography showcased in this way, its very refreshing to me and i like the depth of a lot of these works.
Love it! Especially the Xfragg3r one. Awesome ![]()
interesting work……… check my blog too…
indy
Very cool indeed. I would really love to know how to do this. Hmm, do you need a 3D program to create this or can you just used Photoshop, and Illustrator? Anyone out their knows?
greg
Really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im a graphic desiner and would really like to know how this is done.
Anyone who knows please could u teach me!
I could assit u in any projects u have if u could help me.
Gino
They are done in a variety of programs including Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator and so on.
I am hoping to post a tutorial in the future on how this is done.
Jenkin
I’d love to see a tutorial on how to do this effect. I think there’s a serious information gap for most print designers on how to make the leap to using 3D tools. It’s something that has, to date, not been something taught as part of the toolkit for most print applications.
Ezekiel06
Wow, this work is amazing. Love the different color schemes
Deepak
AWESOME !!!!!!!
indy
I also would love to see a tutorial. I unfortunately don’t have Maya but have been playing with blender. But I’m sure and hoping I’ll be able to adapt the tutorial to Maya.
brother is a beautifull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aarlev
The letters can be done with the excellent little program called Xara3d and then exported to Photoshop. It’s extremely simple to use.
Tutorial on this type of stuff can be found here: http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/valentines-day-photoshop-style/
I highly recommend Cinema 4D for designers wanting to do 3D work. It is extremely user friendly and includes a module specifically for graphic design called ‘mograph’. Check it out.
illadelph
these guys should get into graffiti
its more fun and they aint limited by the functions of a program like photoshop or illustrator
Very Good!
danny
simply…. tasty
sander v
you forgot Serialcut… http://serialcut.com/
manray
a really killer app for doing 3D Type and extrusions of eps files is Zaxwerks Pro Modeler. http://zaxwerks.com/promodeler/index.shtml
Lots of control, super-fast renderer and rich output with an alpha channel for dropping into Photoshop easily.
blackwhitecolour
There’s a tutorial on 3D type effects by Nik Ainley on the Digital Arts site at http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?featureID=1617
His illustration at the top of this blog is a front cover from that mag too, I seem to remember…
When did graphic design and graffiti art become the same thing? Damn punk kids.
Really nice designs, I liked the “Summer Going Out” picture the most. It is done so well. Great work.
xavier
anyone here can help me i wanna know what kind of font is the used in “dreaming-star” pict
thaks sorry by my english its not good im from galapagos ecuador
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_antagonic
good… good… good
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Oh my… all these 3D graphics are superb!