Sunday, March 29, 2009 1 Comment
I love anything graphic design that has that vintage grunge kind of look. This tutorial will show you how to create a stunning vintage polaroid effect. It’s fairly simple to make and can be used in many different types of projects.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
It’s quite trendy these days to use bright, vibrant colors with wavy lines and a silhouette of a person. This tutorial will aim to show you how to create this look. It’s the longest and most extensive tutorial I’ve written to date. I really hope you can learn from it; I know I did, by creating it!
Tags: Photo Effect, photoshop
Category: Design
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
Every Photoshop tutorial writer should have a space explosion effect in their arsenal. This is my interpretation of a space scene. The fun part about working with a space scene, is that you can let your imagination go crazy. Please use this tutorial as a guide, but don’t feel limited by it. It’s by experimenting and playing with your own techniques that you’ll learn the most, and create something unique.
Tags: Photo Effect, photoshop
Category: Design
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
It’s very common these days to see swirls and flourishes within graphic design. You can use brushes or vectors to achieve this look, but if you want to customize your own you’ll have to dig in and spend some time creating them. This tutorial will cover some of the techniques you can use to create your own beautiful swirls and flourishes.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
I quickly realized this was a bit of a vague and challenging subject to write about. However, big typography has always inspired me, so making a tutorial on this was something that I welcomed with open arms.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
Pressed lettering is showing up more and more these days in web design. Like any other trend, you have to be careful not to over use it. Already you can recognize those people that are doing it well and those that are not.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a fantasy photo manipulation mixing different images and learning to use and modify the stock images in a creative way. The idea is to get a compact image that looks absolutely real, and at the same time, absolutely impossible!
Tags: Photo Effect, photoshop, surreal
Category: Design
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
Applying texture to a flat surface, or flatly applying a texture across a whole image (as a means to age it or degrade it) is simple stuff. Realistically applying a texture to an uneven surface is much more hands-on (more so than simply overlaying a texture and changing the Blending mode).
Tags: Photo Effect, photoshop, Screencast, surreal
Category: Design
Sunday, March 29, 2009 No Comments
I decided to show my personal way of creating stain based designs in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we’ll grab a picture, apply several filters to it and obtain a monochromatic stain, which combined with stain brushes and a texture will transform into an eye-catching grunge result. Let’s get it started!
Tags: grunge, Photo Effect, photoshop, Screencast
Category: Design
