Create your own Victorian masterpieces and achieve that vintage look using a selection of adjustment layers and blur effects. Let’s begin!
... Read MoreSmoke trails are elegant, beautiful, and amazing to watch. Thin wisps of smoke dancing through the air reveal just how fluid our atmosphere really is. The effect is deceptively simple, and the dynamics of it are dizzyingly complex. Recreating believable smoke in a digital environment is no easy task. However, capturing the practical effect is a much ... Read More
Water drops are one of the most ubiquitous of naturally occurring elements. They are like tiny little liquid prisms that can capture light and reflections. The very fact that they are so common and so small does nothing to detract from the inherent majestic beauty of a single drop of water. For something so simple in nature, they are remarkably diff ... Read More
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this unique hair style with leaves texture in Photoshop. We will combine several stock images and use a number of custom brushes along the way, and use filters and layer blending modes to spice up our effect. This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be challenging.
... Read MoreIn this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create two nice retro effects using adjustment layers, brush and texture.
... Read MoreCustom brushes can be an incredibly powerful way to add a touch of originality to your work. By photographing or otherwise capturing given effects such as splatters, drips and watercolor textures, you can easily create your own custom brushes in Photoshop, and apply them to your own work right away to make it stand out. In this tutorial, you'll ... Read More
Today we will create a really cool anti-smoking concept design in Photoshop using only a few stock photo and some creative outside-the-box thinking. We will go through some interesting techniques you will definitely find useful, as well as some composition ideas. Following this tutorial will not only learn how, but also why a specific command or set ... Read More
Fantasy art scenes are usually handled with a liberal sprinkling of Photoshop plug-in fairy dust but you don't have to slavishly follow that route. By creating your own brushes in Adobe Illustrator, and using scanned elements with Photoshop, it's a simple process to create otherworldly scenes that are alive with glow effects and shafts of ... Read More
n this tutorial, Adi Gilbert explains how he produces beautifully-crafted illustrations using a blend of traditional brushwork, and digital techniques with a tablet, stylus and Photoshop.
I like to think of my Mac and my tablet as just another tool alongside my pencils, brushes and inks,â says Adi,and try to combine the ... Read More