We find ourselves in this weekly Photoshop tutorial roundup with some of the best Adobe Photoshop tutorials that’ll help you learn Photoshop and it’s tricky techniques, all for free, of course. Beginner or advanced tutorials, they’re here, with a comprehensive explanation.

Create a Complete Vexel Image Using Photoshop

This tutorial will instruct the reader on how to take a picture and create a vexel image out of it, through Photoshop. Numerous vexel techniques are taught. You’ll learn how to use the Pen Tool, and then put it to good use to construct hundreds of shapes that will compose a full vexel image.

Create cool neon effects

Photoshop expert Tony Ariawan shows you how to use warping, layer masks and simple colour tweaking for a high-tech look that’s out of this world.

Create a Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop

Taking a closer look into the world of web design this tutorial will cover the process of designing a vibrant and colourful modern blog layout in Adobe Photoshop. Beginning with a blank canvas we’ll go through the process of creating the entire structure and effects from scratch.

Designing a Typographic Concept Poster

In this tutorial I will take you through a few steps that will show you how I created a poster design. This illustration was created for a contest started by UPrinting Design over at You The Designer. I was one of the lucky winners. Also, because of the requests to write a tutorial on this design, I made some changes to it, and I decided to show you the design process behind this piece.

Create a Face Shattering Effect

Creating A True .EPS File Using Vector Masks

In this Photoshop tutorial I will show you how to take an illustration created using Vector Masks in Photoshop, turn it into an Illustrator file with all the associated paths, layers and colors and from there turn it into a true .EPS file.
Now I know I know what you’re thinking, you’re saying to yourself “Hero, this is a Photoshop tutorial website and now you’re talking about Illustrator!”
Well, that’s all true and I apologize… but there are many times as a designer when more than one program comes into play, and this process is one of them. So cheer up little buddy, I promise not to do this kind of thing very often.

Make a 3D colour explosion

Combining vector art and photography can yield some great – and unexpected – results. The impact is even greater if you factor in lighting techniques, as James Davies shows in this tutorial, which combines Photoshop with Illustrator to blend manipulated photographs with 3D images, with no need for expensive 3D software.

Creating A Retro Grunge Poster

This tutorial is an add on from the Poster article the other day, we will create a Retro/Grunge style poster using the pen tool some textures and playing with text to make it look more retro.

Create a Realistic Wine Bottle Illustration From Scratch

This tutorial teaches you how to create a super realistic bottle of wine completely from scratch. You will learn how to use the pen tool effectively, as well as gradient/pattern overlays and other drawing techniques.

Vector car Photoshop tutorial

Vista Aero Thumbnail Icon Photoshop tutorial

Headphones Photoshop tutorial

Design an Old-Style Safari Map

This tutorial will teach you how to create an old-school safari map, using a range of Photoshop techniques. We will be exploring some basic photo manipulation + blending techniques.

Realistic Decorated Wine Bottle Illustration

Create a Vector Style Illustration in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an illustration of a model. We’ll be creating it in vector style, though using Photoshops Burn Tool to add some dimensionality to the illustration. By the end you’ll have enough information and practice to create your own. Although, it doesn’t require any special ability you should be proficient in the use of the Pen Tool. Drawing skills would also help, as well as a tablet, though it’s not necessary.

Making of Transformer – Death Blow Photoshop tutorial

This summer when Transformers hit the big screen, it soon raised up the heat in theaters all over the world. I even went to see the film again particularly for this artwork, in order to get a more vivid feel of the scene, as well as searching for ideas. It is very crucial for a creator to foresee the image in his own mind, and knowing if it would make a good artwork or not. I want to create a scene filled with tension and drama, just like a still photographs from the film.

Amazing Retro Rainbow Curves

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to design some amazing vector based Retro Rainbow Curves using Adobe Photoshop. These retro artifacts have become a popular trend in modern design!

Using Gradients to Make Light and Shadow – and a Coffee Cup!

In this tutorial, we’re going to use some simple circles and gradients to make a cup of coffee viewed from above. The end result isn’t that useful, but the process is interesting nonetheless.

The new way to create 3D text

3D text needs the right depth, lighting and texture. Nik Ainley tells you how to do this without re-rendering nightmares

Typography is huge at the moment in illustration, and 3D text is a big part of that. It literally gives the artist another dimension to play with, and the power of 3D programs provides a sense of realism that 2D typography just can’t match. This allows for seamless blending with photos and other renders.

Transformers Effect

In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to make the Transformers movie text effect while learning to create 3D text and apply a series of layer styles.