Intro: The outcome of this tutorial is pretty cool, but along the way a few things didn’t turn out quite how I expected. One of the things to learn from this tutorial is that with some creativity and a few cool Photoshop techniques it doesn’t matter if things don’t go your way, it’s important to [...]
Final Image: This is the final image that we’ll be creating: Step 1: Open up a new document, 80X600px and paste in an image of a swan. Step 2: Cut the swan out from it’s background using the lasso tool, or whichever tool you might prefer. Position the cutout so that the bottom part of [...]
Delay This tutorial took me a day longer than I anticipated to write (you’ll see why from the number of steps), but I hope you enjoy it! Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: Step 1 Open up a new document and go to view>show>grid. Then use your path [...]
Intro After the hand-drawn blogging icon set that I posted recently was well received, I’ve decided to write a Photoshop tutorial on just how I achieved this sketchy, hand-drawn effect. Arguably this effect works better with smaller, simpler images such as icons, but I thought that I’d try my hand at a more complex image [...]
CoolSurface.com’s David Cousens takes you through his design process… Warning: This tutorial is NOT FOR BEGINNERS, it’s for people who know their way around Photoshop and are looking to further their design knowledge/skills. If you aren’t comfortable with radial gradients, overlay layers and clipping mask layers and have a good foundation level of artistic skill [...]
Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: Step 1 Creating a new document (600X600px) and create a new layer called ‘yellow background’. Fill it with a linear gradient ranging from ebda7c to fcecbe. Step 2 Create a new layer called ‘background highlight’. Now use your radial gradient tool (white [...]
LeChuck’s Revenge: a very Monkey Island inspired cel shading tutorial Ye be warned: This tutorial is NOT FOR BEGINNERS, it’s for people who know their way around Photoshop and are looking to further their design knowledge/skills. If you aren’t comfortable with radial gradients, overlay layers and clipping mask layers and have a good foundation level [...]
In this tutorial you will learn how to create an elegant hourglass in Photoshop. While using simple techniques and paying a little attention to the lights, shadows and reflection you can achieve perfect result with photorealistic details. Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: What you will need to [...]
Resources Used In This Tutorial Paper Textures by Hibbary on Deviant Art Sparkle Brushes from Gimp In this tutorial I will be showing you how to take any drawing and turn it into a mixed media masterpiece using Photoshop. We will be combining some digital painting techniques with textures and light effects to achieve the [...]
Resources Used In This Tutorial Free Vectips Watercolor Brushes I live in Turin (Italy) and the Mole is the symbol of this city. Rome has Colosseo, London the Big Ben whereas Turin has the Mole. It is a very good subject to use, vectorized, to decorate this city’s merchandising items. A city skyscraper is a [...]
