Make a Sketchy Wallpaper for this Christmas

Make a Sketchy Wallpaper for this Christmas

   This tutorial will show how we can create a sketchy wallpaper for Christmas this year! We shall cover watercoloring, pencil sketching and some simple lighting effects. It will be good if you are working with a pen and tablet. ...

Font Collections #1

Font Collections #1

Some of these fonts can be used on your web projects, but check the terms. And if you're looking at a quick overview of web font formats, check out Jonathan Snook's post on font embedding. So, without further ...

Burning Wishes – Abstract Photoshop Tutorial

Burning Wishes – Abstract Photoshop Tutorial

  Stock used Female model: http://angelcurioso.deviantart.com/art/dark-elegance-3-71561155 Crow: http://stockmichelle.deviantart.com/art/Black-Crow-in-flight-1015741...

Create a Glowing Liquid Text with Water Splash Effect in Photoshop

Create a Glowing Liquid Text with Water Splash Effect in Photoshop

To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stocks: Ground texture Water pattern image Water splash brush Step 1 Create a new document sized 1280px * 800px with black background. Load the Ground Texture stock image into Photoshop, and select a piece of the ground as shown bel...

80’s Style Design Using Photoshop

80’s Style Design Using Photoshop

  Part 1: Creating The Main Text   Taking a canvas size of 1900 X 1200. Of course you could pick any size according to your preference, but make sure the resolution is decent enough. Fill the background layer BLACK. With the Text Tool type whatever you want the text to be. I chose “Leave,...

Add Brilliant Light Effects To Your Work With Photoshop

Add Brilliant Light Effects To Your Work With Photoshop

 Tutorial Resources Blanched Paper Textures from WeGraphics Dancer from Shutterstock light_effects_custombrushes (ZIP, 26.1 MB) Step 1: Set up the background Let’s start the tutorial by creating a new document (Ctrl/Cmd + N) in Photoshop. Since I like printing my work, I will typically choose a...

Brush Collections #2

Brush Collections #2

1. Abstract brushes from Rubina – (6 brushes)    2. Veruct Brushes by Disporatik (8 brushes) 3. Starwalt Abstract light brushes by gigistar (6 brushes)   4. Abstract splash brushes by Rce-Ordinary (12 brushes) 5. Ecol Brushes by Rubina (6 brushes) 6. Silicon Brushes by Axeraider...

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect

  Part 1— The Background So create a new document in Photoshop at 1920px wide x 1200px high, and with the Gradient Tool (G), draw in a radial gradient of browns (#5c3d09 to #1f1409) so you get something like what is shown below. Notice that the gradient is not centered vertically but sits toward...

Create a Studio Sports Portrait

Create a Studio Sports Portrait

Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Damaged Road Empty Highway Source Photography Introduction This is probably one of the hottest compositing trends today. A lot of photographers are now choosing to photograph athletes in a studio and then composite...

How to Create Cityscape Concept Art

How to Create Cityscape Concept Art

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to easily create a successful piece of cityscape concept art. We’ll be using a very basic 3D scene as a foundation for the piece, then taking it into Photoshop for some creative photo manipulation of reference photos, basic painting and adjustments. Let’s create...