June and July bring us a set of new great Photoshop tutorials for the enthusiast designer within you. I hope these will help you enhance your PS skills as well as the ones from the last articles. Now start doing a tutorial in Photoshop or Ill kick a kitty. :/
Creating A Dream Land
In this photo manipulation tutorial we are going to digitally create a dream land using Photoshop. Along the way we will analyze lighting, incorporate a shattering effect, and use some brush tool properties.
Digital Painting Lesson: Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge Special Edition
This tutorial will take you through how I made this illustration of everybodys favourite, wont stay dead, Zombie Pirate LeChuck who is one of the main characters in the newly released Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge Special Edition, one of my favourite games of all time created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. Hopefully this will help all of you reading this to learn some of my techniques and will help me get some free Monkey Island stuff booty sent to me!
Bugatti Veyron
Create an Abstract Composition in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create an abstract composition using rendered images and light effects. As you can see from the final result preview we will create a mystical and magical effect. In this tutorial we will use plenty of Photoshop tools, and we also will use another Adobe product Cinema 4D, but if you dont have Cinema 4D thats ok, you will be able do all rest steps of this tutorial. I hope you will learn some new tricks. So, lets move forward and start this tutorial.
Make a Soft Grunge Product Ad Design in Photoshop
In this graphic design tutorial, well create a poster with light grunge features centered around a Nike shoe. Graphics designers are often asked to work on advertisement campaigns. Great projects are realized in collaboration with several creative minds specialized in different matters, all under the direction of an art director. Small firms, on the other hand, generally contract out a single graphic designer and give them detailed instructions on how create their ad poster design.
Create an Iconic Retro-Modern Ball Chair in Photoshop
The ball chair, popularized by Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio was the cornerstone of any mid-century or 1960s living area. Today, we will learn how to create this iconic piece of furniture from scratch in Photoshop.
MSNBC New Background Design in Photoshop
In 2007 I wrote a Photoshop tutorial for PSDTUTS that was a user request, actually it was a request from not one but quite a few readers, they wanted to know how to create the MSNBC header effect. Back in those days it was a brand new design with a very colorful background image on the header. Now in 2010, they have a new website design and I was invited to help them with the background image.
Create a Cool 3D Graffiti Text Effect using Line Art in Photoshop
In this tutorial, youll learn how to take a line art sketch of text and turn it into a 3D graffiti style text effect using some simple techniques and stock images. Youll learn how to take a concept, add the initial coloring, then use some well placed images to achieve a 3D effect, then finally use some brushes to add awesome extra effects.
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Use the Mixer Brush in Photoshop CS5 to Turn a Photo Into a Realistic Painting
Before Photoshop CS5, transforming a photo into a realistic-looking painting was quite tricky. Now that CS5 has been released we now have some new tools to help achieve this effect a bit more realistically. In todays tutorial we will demonstrate how to use Photoshop CS5s new Mixer Brush tool to transform a photo into a masterpiece in minutes.
Create a Set of Glossy Metallic Icons in Photoshop
This tutorial is going to teach you how to make a stylish, metallic Adobe Icon Set with a glossy finish.
Simple Portfolio Gallery Layout in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple yet colorful portfolio gallery in Photoshop. If you have any questions about this tutorial be sure to ask in the comments
New Techniques for Cutting Out Hair in Photoshop CS5
Photoshop CS5 comes with some exciting tools for designers, one of them that stand out is the new Refine Edge tool. It really helps when cutting out an object from a background especially when it involves human hair or any type of fur that is troublesome and can be tricky to achieve a realistic look. With Photoshop CS5 it is now possible to achieve the task very easily. Here are a couple techniques you can use on images especially those those with varied background tones, the results takes just a few mouse clicks. In this tutorial we will be replacing a dull background with a very cool sunset
How to Make a Sleek Aluminium Hard Drive in Photoshop
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we will create from scratch an external hard drive that has a smooth, metallic finish. Well take advantage of a few fundamental tools in Photoshop such as shape tools, layer styles, and transform commands combining them with easy and creative techniques to come up with a graphic that you can adapt into icons, infographics, and other design projects.
Create Awesome Splashing Water Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create Awesome Splashing Water Text Effect in Photoshop. Along the way, you will learn how you can incorporate water splash brushsets into your text and create great effect from that
Apply a Quick & Easy Vintage Photo Effect
Learn how to work with softening techniques, blending options and adjustment layers in order to turn ordinary photos into vintage spectacles
Create an Extruded Glossy 3D Text Effect in Photoshop
People love 3D effects. They also love the look of shiny, glossy, graphics as well. Today, we will combine those two popular styles and create an extruded 3D glossy text effect in Photoshop
Flashing Design in Photoshop
So in this tutorial he will show you how he created one the Flashing design, one of his works from his portfolio which in he mixes a photo of girl with splashes of milk and light effects to create a beautiful artowork.. We also highly recommend that you visit Mikes website and check out his portfolio, its really cool.
Create a Surreal Turtle Image
This tutorial shows the creation of one of my images. It shows how I adjust lighting and colours in my images to create this surrealistic turtle. Hopefully, youll be able to transfer these methods to your own work.
Create an Apple Mac Mini Using Photoshop
In this Photoshop graphic design tutorial, I will be walking you through the method of designing an Apple Mac Mini completely from scratch. Ill be showing you how easy and simple it is to achieve realistic and detailed effects using only the basic tools available in Photoshop such as selection tools, the Free Transform command, smart objects and the application of layer styles.
Draw an Ink Painting in Photoshop
Sometimes all you need to create a quick graphic in Photoshop is a piece of paper, a pen, and a scanner. In todays tutorial we will demonstrate how to convert a hand drawn sketch into an ink-style painting in Photoshop.
Design a Sleek Textured Portfolio Design
Learn how to create an awesome textured background, used a basis for a sleek and professional portfolio design
Create an Animated Banner Ad in Photoshop CS5
Animated Gif files have been the butt of many jokes within the design community. That is because animated gifs are famous for being a bit cheesy and notorious for cluttering up a page. Used properly however, animation can draw interest to an otherwise overlooked area of a page. Today, we will demonstrate how to use Photoshop to create an animated gif in Photoshop CS5
How to create retro aesthetic poster in Photoshop
Today, Im going to show you how to blend a stock image with shapes and pattern, add lightness and color to get a nice retro poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Layered PSD file included
Create an Awesome Wrinkled Sticker
Burn and Dodge are very powerful tools that you can use in Photoshop to create a great number of things. In todays quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a wrinkled sticker in Photoshop using these fantastic tools
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Photo Manipulate a Surreal Space-Age Landscape
Learn how to combine various photographic elements into a cohesive, surreal space-age scene. You will learn how to work with lighting, blending options, and adjustment layers
Create an Elegant Photography Web Layout in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to make a beautiful web page design PSD that is dark-themed and perfect for a web portfolio that is centered around photographs. Its a pretty simple tutorial that aims to illustrate some great techniques to adapt into your current web design workflow.
Colorize a Comic Strip With Photoshop
Converting a rough sketch into a polished piece of digital art might not be as hard as you think. In todays quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to import a sketch into Photoshop and color it
How to Make a 3D Folder Icon in Photoshop
In this icon design tutorial, we will create a three-dimensional folder with an appealing perspective all from scratch using basic drawing and blending mode techniques in AdobePhotoshop. The process is straightforward, yet I hope you will take away several valuable methods that you can incorporate into your own Photoshop workflow.
Design a Multimedia Website Layout in Photoshop
First impressions do count! Stunning our viewers with a visually compelling portfolio is one of the most important things that a designer can do to court a new client. Today we will demonstrate how to use photos, brushes, and textures, and 3D objects to design a creative multimedia website layout in Photoshop
Create a glamour scene in Photoshop
In this tutorial we will create a glamour scene manipulating photos in a non-destructive way. In short, the file will contain the original images used and you can always return to any point and tweak a few details.
Create an Electrifyingly Icy Composition in Photoshop
This graphic design tutorial will use Photoshop to create a design composition with an icy and dramatic look. This is somewhat of a tribute to one of the greatest competitors in sports, UFCs Chuck Liddell, who recently had what may be his last fight after a long and illustrious career. Well cover a lot of handy tips, tricks, and shortcuts that you should be able to apply to any of your own designs.
A Draw-Through Technique, With a Spaceship
In todays tutorial you will learn how to polish your knowledge of perspective with a simple but very useful technique widely used by concept artists and professionals in the entertainment industry
Painting Trees
Create a Cosmic Love Goddess With Photoshop CS5
Photoshop CS5 includes several new features to help improve your workflow. In todays tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cosmic love goddess using some of Photoshop CS5s new tools including the Refine Edge Feature which really helps to streamline the process of masking and removing objects from their background.
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Create an Illustrated, Japanese Style Hand Fan in Photoshop
Before air conditioning and the electric box fan the only means that most people had to cool themselves on a hot day was a hand-held fan. Today, we will demonstrate how to illustrate a realistic, Japanese-style folding fan in Photoshop
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