Friday, July 9, 2010

Stylish Surreal Portrait

Stylish Surreal
 Portrait Photoshop Tutorial In today's tutorial we will combine surrealism and fashion effortlessly to create a state of art portrait. I'll show you how to achieve this essentially through a combination of photos, filters and brushes. You can then translate these techniques into your designs to add an artistic edge to them!

Friday, July 2, 2010

Draw a T-Shirt in Photoshop

Draw a 
T-Shirt in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial
Learn how to draw a realistic t-shirt 100% in Photoshop! This detailed step by step tutorial will show you techniques on creating shapes, shading, embossing, and more.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

How to Animate a GIF Inside of Photoshop CS4

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In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at the Photoshop animation feature to create a nice animated GIF. I’m sure all of you already noticed the ads at the right side of this page. For some of you, they are annoying, others even click on them, which is why they are there. I personally think there’s nothing to be said against them, so I thought why not creating a nice 125 pixel by 125 pixel ad to demonstrate how easy it is to create nice animations inside of Photoshop.
All we need to do is open up Photoshop, create our final image and animate it the way we want it to move the single elements to achieve the final effect. Additionally, we’ll stop by at the beautiful GraphicRiver website, where we’ll download their logo, which we’ll use to create our GIF.

Create a Realistic Soda Bottle in Photoshop

Create a Realistic Soda Bottle in PhotoshopFor many, the complexity of Photoshop’s tools can be a bit intimidating. If used properly however, almost anyone can create realistic and impressive-looking graphics. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a stylish soda bottle using some easy-to-learn techniques.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

cool effect

A simple tutorial to show you how to make your image looked warped. A nice effect used in alot of professional advertising .

How to Create a Stunning Fire Effect In Photoshop

Showing a realistic, fire effect in photoshop is a bit tough, but in this tutorial we will learn how to use photoshop to render realistic flames and create a dramatic artwork in few simple and easy steps..

Realistic water running on tap

Through this tutorial, we will learn how to use a combination of photoshop filters to create a realistic effect of water running from a tap..

Monday, June 7, 2010

3D Polaroid effect

We are going to create a 3D polaroid styled photo effect. 
 Find a suitable photograph from which to create this effect. Some tips when picking a photograph include a distinguishable background and an area within the photograph that extrudes beyond the normal outline of the photo. In my example, the dog's leg makes this photograph a perfect candidate for this technique. Note, that this photograph is image #0520011 from Photospin.com. You can download a low resolution comp to follow along with this tutorial from their website.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Create A Wooden House Icon in Photoshop

You might be surprised what you can do with Photoshop’s drawing tools, a few textures, and a basic understanding of light and shadow. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a wooden house icon in Photoshop by applying textures to basic shapes.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Ice Effect

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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an ice effect completely from scratch using special Photoshop Brushes. Some time ago playing with Photoshop and trying to make an ice effect I discovered that “dead trees” can simulate very well the ice’s “veins” giving a cool feeling to an image. I’m not going for realism here, but I do like the final effect for this tutorial. I used some text as reference, but this effect can be applied to any shape you want and can add some great style. Let’s get started!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Create a Barcode Sticker in Photoshop

In today’s quick tip tutorial you will learn how to create a barcode sticker and a paperboard background texture. Let’s get started!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Create an abstract Valentine background with hearts

Create an abstract Valentine background with hearts in Adobe 
Photoshop CS4
In this tutorial, you’ll see how to create an abstract Valentine background, using a simple shape from Custom Shapes Tool and crosshatch brush from Brush Tool. So let’s start!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

How to Create a Cosmic Photo Composition in Photoshop

How to Create a Cosmic Photo Composition in Photoshop CS4In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a cosmic photo manipulation using different Photoshop techniques, brushes and blending modes. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Create a Devastating Twister With Photo Manipulation Techniques

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If you’re looking to create a really nice photo manipulation, often you will have to combine several photos and apply a few effects to get your desired look. In today’s tutorial I decided to combine a few photos that I took while I was traveling to create a devastating tornado consuming everything in its path. Okay, let’s get started!

Create a Realistic Panoramic Matte Painting in Photoshop

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Matte paintings are images commonly used in the film industry to create the illusion of an environment that would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build. In this tutorial I will show you how to turn a single stock photo into a realistic panoramic scene.



Saturday, May 1, 2010

How to Design a Print-Ready Flier with Photoshop and Illustrator

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In this tutorial we are going to create 3D text and integrate it in a natural environment. We will not use any 3D programs, so all you need is Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create this effect.

How to Draw a Watch in Photoshop

How to Draw a Watch in Photoshop













Final Product What You'll Be Creating
You might be surprised how many people use Photoshop to mockup their industrial designs. In fact, Photoshop is a very popular tool among fashion and jewelry designers. In today’s tutorial we will use layer styles and shading to produce a really nice rendering of an analog watch in Photoshop. 

Create a Knife in Photoshop
















Photoshop is a fantastic app to use to manipulate photos but it is also a great app to use to illustrate still life objects. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a semi-photo-realistic knife in Photoshop using vector drawing tools, layer styles, textures, and effects.

Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration

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A nice and cool effect

How to create a spattered photomontage in Photoshop

How to create a spattered photomontage in Adobe Photoshop CS4














In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to make a spattered photomontage in Photoshop using brushes and some filters. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!