Ink Photoshop Tutorials
Create a Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect in Photoshop
Follow this Photoshop tutorial to create an awesome distorted type design. Using a range of Photoshop brushes we’ll 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
How to Create a Traditional, Chinese Ink Painting Based on a Scenic Photo
Try a breath of ancient Chinese art and culture! With these simple intuitive steps of manipulations, you will learn how to create an original traditional style Chinese painting, which has an archaic charm just beyond your photo. Even with these basic Photoshop skills, you can quickly find a path to make a beautiful fairyland. So let's hit it! ... Read More
Urban Ink Photo Effect
Learn how to create this photo effect with just two layers by using all blending options instead of layer masks. This photo effect works great on photos with a simple background. Example Photoshop documents included. ... Read More
Draw an Ink Painting in Photoshop
Sometimes all you need to create a quick graphic in Photoshop is a piece of paper, a pen, and a scanner. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to convert a hand drawn sketch into an ink-style painting in Photoshop. ... Read More
Advanced Tutorial: Creating ‘Broken Link’
David Cousens explains how to create a stunningly professional work of art, in this advanced tutorial. ... Read More
How to create Pink Lady Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Today, I'm going to show you how to transform a simple lady photo into a pink lady photo manipulation using Photoshop techniques. In this tutorial, you will learn how to retouch a face and create a pink background from different shapes. Layered PSD file included. Let's get started! ... Read More
Design Studio Header
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a design studio header for your website. If you have any questions about this tutorial be sure to ask in the comments. Also, remember with all the tutorials, the psd is available for download. ... Read More
How to Create a Steampunk Style Illustration in Photoshop
Go simultaneously backward and forward in time with this Steampunk tutorial. The main focus, aside from the style of course, is fusing elements from different sources together to create a cohesive whole. There are many tricks to this end and we shall be looking at light sources, shadows, and image grading. ... Read More
Illustrating a cold beer with dewy glass effect.
Draw a cold beer with leaking foam and dewy glass effect. Make shiny reflections and realistic liquid drops. ... Read More
Skin Retouching
Learn how to perfectly retouch skin by using the frequency separation technique.
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Papercraft Text Effect
Wired Magazine introduced on the September 2008 issue a new headline design created by Mario Hugo. This cool headline design struck me with its beauty and simplicity. So I decided to turn this effect into a Photoshop tutorial. Although the effect is a bit different, all credit should be given to Mario Hugo. Since he designed a custom typeface for these head ... Read More
Deep and Moody
Right time to go into Photoshop and create a "simple" moody image using loads of simple effects to create an image with depth and composition. This is simpler than you think but can demand a lot from your system. You will be switching between Illustrator, Photoshop, Painter and throwing a few hand rendered elements in just for good measure so put t ... Read More
Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop
I’ve seen some very nice images mixing photos with light effects and sparks. If you go to flickr in those Photoshop and Graphic Design groups you will see images with this effect. There’s a designer, I think he's Brazilian, who has some amazing designs using this style, his name is Leandro Demetrius and it’s really worth checking his work out. Anyway ... Read More
Add Falling Snow To A Winter Photo
In this Photoshop photo effects tutorial, we'll learn how to easily add realistic falling snow to a winter photo. Call me crazy, but I love winter. Sure, it's not always easy to drive in, and scrapping ice off the car windshield is never fun. But to me, there's nothing better than waking up to a fresh blanket of snow covering the city, or h ... Read More
Glowing Orb With Dial
In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll be experimenting with layers and styles to create a cool glowing orb and dial effect. This tutorial is written with an intermediate to advanced user in mind but I think anyone who knows their way around Photoshop shouldn’t have a problem reproducing this effect. ... Read More
Create a Sleek Pressed Letter Design
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. Recently, I read a post at Smashing Magazine that highlighted pressed lettering as one of the Web Design Trends for 2009. All this got ... Read More
How to Make a Creative Blog Layout
In this tutorial, we'll make a creative blog layout using mostly simple shapes, a few brush techniques, some images, and a dose of Photoshop ingenuity. Creating web design layouts is easier than you may think. You can learn to build attractive designs rapidly. Creating this design will take less than two hours and you'll learn some professional tip ... Read More
Create a Dark and Grungy Poster in Photoshop
Today we’re going to be creating the dark and grungy poster you see below. You will also find links to the stock images we will be using in this tutorial. This tutorial focuses heavily on blending images together to achieve a desired effect. ... Read More
Gigposter Design: The New Sex/
A lot of people are making them. A lot of people suck. We don’t suck, and neither do you. This tutorial requires NO drawing talent… so don’t trip folks. You will however need Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or higher and Illustrator CS2 or higher. My name’s Dave, and this is my first ever solo tutorial. I’m very unorthodox and direct… so forgive me if I lose you guys du ... Read More
How to Tidy Up and Smoothen Skin, and Do Eye Makeups in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the processes I used to Tidy Up and Smoothen Skin, and Do Eye Makeups in Photoshop. Along the way, I will also explain the steps you can use to effectively produce smooth skin and get rid of black spots on face. Previously I posted an interesting (well, at least I think it’s intersting) showcase displaying 30 Stunning, Ab ... Read More