In this tutorial, we'll be creating a dark, modern contact form in Photoshop. We'll use some layer styles and some basic effects to give a metal cut-out look. Nothing too fancy but some pretty effective styles. ... Read More
Follow this Photoshop tutorial to create an awesome distorted type design. Using a range of Photoshop brushes well create the appearance of printed type that has come into contact with drops of water, breaking up the text with oversaturated drips, runs and splats. ... Read More
This web design tutorial will show you how to make a simple coming soon web page that has a nice background texture and a slick web form that you can easily adapt into contact forms, newsletter signup pages, and more. You will witness several web design techniques such as creating textured backgrounds, creating light rays, making illustrative clouds, and mor ... Read More
In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a clean Web 2.0 login form. You can download the PSD file at the end of the tutorial. ... Read More
Doodling is an everyday part of life for most creatives its as natural as holding a pen. Whether youre etching out little characters on the back of an envelope while youre on the telephone, or creating a complex masterpiece in the back of a notebook, bus trip by bus trip, its an essential part of developing your own style and honing your imagination an ... Read More
In this tutorial, we're going to take a simple model shot and transform it into a spitting, crackling beacon of fire. Using some of the most common Photoshop tools (like Smudge, Dodge and Burn) Neville D'souza shows how to create a complicated artwork without relying on third-party plug-ins. This lesson will also give you good practice wit ... Read More
If youre a Windows Vista user, youre probably familiar the eye catching graphics shown off on the box, and in some of their wallpapers/screensavers. In this tutorial, Im going to show you how to create that effect yourself. This Vista Lighting Effect, sometimes referred to as the Aurora Effect, can really transform an ordinary wallpaper to something ex ... Read More
In this tutorial, I will show the processes involved in making this shining and refreshing transparent text effect with sky and cloud textures. We had some really interesting clouds on the sky yesterday and thats where Ive got the inspiration from :) The techniques included in this tutorial are layer styles, gradient fills, clone stamp tools, blur filt ... Read More
Turning a run-of-the-mill photo into a dazzling one is simple when you know the right tricks. In this tutorial, Photoshop maestro Aeiko shows how to create a variety of light effects that can be applied to photography or illustration with equal impact. From sparkles, pixie dust effects, coloured light spots and light beams, to using splatter effects as ... Read More
In this tutorial, I will show you the processes I used to design this really cool, abstract style site header image in Photoshop, similar to the one I currently have on psdvault.com. Personally I can see an increasing trend of having a big and eye-catching header image for website/blogs, especially since broadband has become a commodity amongst the majori ... Read More
Last week I went to the movies to see Watchmen, an amazing movie with beautiful special effects. However, one in special caught my attention. It was the Dr. Manhattan transformation, so I decided to create something inspired by that scene using Photoshop. In this tutorial I will show you how to create the disintegration effect using brushes and the blur f ... Read More
Painting or drawing Stone and Rock in photoshop can seem difficult. But in reality its not that hard. We are going to show you how you too can draw realistic stone and rock in photoshop using just a couple of techniques. With a little bit of practice you will master this art form. ... Read More
Quite a while ago I found a simple technique in Photoshop for creating your own crumpled paper effect. It involved a few simple gradients, some layer filters and a tweak to the levels! In this tutorial I am going to combine this technique with a simple transform duplication, to create some paper flowers! Bit girly Rob you say. well yes but Spring is comin ... Read More
Constructivist graphic design is often associated with communist politics and propaganda, but it's more than that, Constructivism is about using bright colors, playing with lightness, perspective, geometrical forms, besides photomontage techniques and digital collage. This time I'll dare to name this tutorial a 'Neo-Constructivist' design ... Read More
Portfolios are nice, but what if your clients want a quicker, lighter way to see what you can do? A Minifolio is a hybrid between a full-scale portfolio and a business card. Its quick to design and it gives an idea of your style and a little of your background information without all the bells and whistles. Business cards are a great way to publicize you ... Read More
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will going to learn how to create a Glowing Neon Effects form a scratch. ... Read More
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to create a glowing text effects form a scratch. ... Read More
Photoshops Glass filter is often overlooked, but when its used creatively, its capable of creating some powerful and impressive visual effects. The Glass filter works by distorting an image using greyscale information, in a similar way to how bump maps in 3D applications work. In this tutorial, Mark Mayers reveals how to create a realistic shattering g ... Read More
In this tutorial I will show how to create a very cool folding effect to apply on your typography using photoshop, in very easy and in a couple simple steps you can transform a simple text into a text full of folded letters to give a very cool look to it, check it out. ... Read More
Chris Malbon reveals how to transform your old doodles into cutting edge portfolio-boosting work Injecting new life into old work can be a valuable way for new freelancers to gain a head start and build a portfolio quickly. We all keep sketchbooks: its in our nature as designers. Theyre the place where we doodle and write down our ideas many of whi ... Read More